Comment Re:Illegal and Dangerous? (Score 4, Informative) 200
FAA limits model aircraft to a height of 500 feet
No it doesn't.
The 400 (not 500) foot figure comes from FAA advisory circular 91-57 made back in 1981, and the key thing about this is that it's *advisory*, not mandatory.
The AMA safety code says "Not fly higher than approximately 400 feet above ground level within three (3) miles of an airport without notifying the airport operator." -- but those are just safety rules for AMA members (and a good idea for everybody) -- but they do not have the force of law behind them.
Now, the FAA may change the laws in the future, but so far