"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…"

"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=..."

"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. "

"So here is my question: assuming the community is in agreement that this is bad, wrong, and unjust (I certainly do), what is out best course of action to fight it?

Boycott the registration process? "

"I am disappointed in the AMA. Are my dues going towards them encouraging this?

Granted, he seemed to be encouraging some limits on the crazynes when he spoke, but he should be representing the thousands of AMA members that completely, 100%, oppose…"

"I also am concerned with a kill switch in air, even though I am used to using the throttle hold on my conventional helicopters. The reason is this: with my multirotors, I often have a lot going on, sometimes I switch between 2 transmitters (one…"

"would you have any interest in making a demo version to try? Maybe have it with a big watermark over the footage?

It would be interesting to compare some of my footage to the built in adobe stabilizer."

"Looks really good. $400 is a bit much for me to justify as I am primarily a hobbyist, but def an option!"