"@Robert, as I have already said, I am not advocating banning RC flights or FPV flights or passing any kinds of laws. I am advocating sensible flying, which does not endager those who did not choose to be endangered.
 
While I am not exactly sure,…"

"@Robert, I think I have already pointed out to you that the risk of being hit by RC plane is less than the risk of being hit by the car only because cars on the streets outnumber RC planes. So you can't compare involved risks directly. If we…"

"@John, when it concerns public safety, risks are usually weighed against the benefits of positive outcome. That's why we have cars, civil aviation, nuclear power stations and many other things. Trappy is the only one benefiting from his flights"

"@Robert, average person at a "safe" spot at an airfield is aware of the fact he is at the airfield, there are aircrafts flying around, and watches the planes that come close to him. This way he has some reaction time, and as it was mentioned before…"

"@Robert, 0 risk environment does not exist. Everyone takes the risks since the moment of conception (in fact, even before that there's a risk that conception won't happen). All that security is about, is increasing or decreasing the risks."

"@Fab, yep, that's why I asked Trappy to fly into himself with props spinning. If he's afraid of 100% throttle, 75% would do. Trappy, can we ask a crash test filmed from plane and a stationary location near you to see the impact?"

"Trappy, was it really full throttle? And it doesn't show what has happened to you or whoever was piloting the plane. Not that convincing."

"Trappy, to stop this discussion, which is starting to get ridiculous, can I ask you to post a video of your foamie going full throttle into you? If everything is as harmless, as you claim it to be, we'll see that ourselves and there will be nothing…"

"I have not said anything about regulating RC flights. I am urging everyone to use his common sense not to do stupid things, both with skateboards and RC aircraft. Be as safe as you can and don't think about what can go wrong is a really lame advise…"

"@Hai Tran, I don't really think the guy lolled that much in a hospital. As long as trappy is the only one flying at the ground level, yes, average american cyclist has slim chances of being hit by his foamie. And average australian cyclist can be…"

"@trappy
Couple of examples how you can do considerable damage with a foamie. You can hit a cyclist on a road, who would lose control because of that and fall. Or you can hit a baby in a stroller who isn't yet aware of the fact he needs to stay clear…"

"That's true, there are silly things in this world. Though this is not an excuse to do another silly thing."

"That's exactly the difference between shows and reckless flying over peoples' heads. When you come to an air show, you realize there will be tons of metal flying right over your head. For whatever reason you accept this risk and go on to enjoy the…"

"@Andrew - I'm in the same position as all of us here, I can take my XBees and start fooling around with them and a MAVLink, or can fool around with something else ;)
I'm not sure I have time for this now, but I like the idea. At some point, if it…"

"I meant application specific compression, like Mike described.
 
Using XBee in API mode would also allow to leverage the capabilities of XBee, which are currently unused. Like having retransmitters, for example, greatly extending telemetry range."

"@Andrew
Yep, that's right. Data can actually get changed, as I guess packets might get delivered in a different order, but that's irrelevant. Delays can actually be much longer, I've seen delays in seconds. Indeed, time stamping can be used to solve…"