"While I am not in favor of giving the FAA any more authority, I feel that if they are considering model aircraft the same as manned aircraft, they had better go after these folks in the same way they would go after someone that shoots at an airliner…"

"If model aircraft are aircraft, do I need register my RC car at the DMV?"

"http://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/20151213_IFR.pdf"

"$5 fee.

WHY? Screw the FAA."

"+1 Well said Rob.

I am also astonished when an upstart drone company does not leverage Arducopter. I too, assume in that case, that they will fail.

The other thing that gets me is that often times these KS drones are advertising existing…"

"Jimmy, are you looking to throw your money away? If so, keep backing KS projects :)If you want a drone, go buy one of the many many options available that work great."

"Who wants to take bets on the other crowd funding drones making it?1. Airdog
2. Hexo+
3. Plexidrone 
4. Lilly (not Kickstarter, but taking preorders in a similar way)

I think Airdog and Hexo+ have the potential to make it and appear somewhat close,…"

"Of all the outrageous features they claim, the 15 minute flight time is among the most absurd. That and the gesture based control.... ha"

"A few takeaways from these continual drone failures on KS:
- it is hard to produce things
- Kickstarter is a great means to advertise. People invested millions in this project
- If idea's were so great, it wouldn't be hard to get conventional…"

"The flight controllers we use are not actually expensive. A lot less so than a smartphone phone. This is a solution to a non problem."

"There is nothing reasonable about creating a government registry for toys."

"A $58 battery is normally sold for $150 from you? And you think that a 50% discount is a good deal? http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=..."

"+1 John, I don't see how they can justify it with the language in the 2012 FAA authorization act."

"Good: 
Free

Bad:
Pointless
Does nothing about user education
Over reach by government to register toys."

"To the hobbyist, there is little benefit to these hybrid quad/fixed wing machines. Cannot get pictures in loiter of the ground, and I suspect that the loiter performance (with the huge side profile) will be poor in the wind. The Firefly6, while more…"

"Yeah, I don't see a petition working here.

Civil disobedience. Refuse to register. The program will fail if no one will do it. "