Comment Re:Not surprised, mixed feelings (Score 1) 268
Agreed. Just look at the FPV videos publicly searchable on Youtube. These guys aren't staying confined to R/C airfields. They are buzzing people in public parks, doing high altitude flights over Manhattan - flying over heavy traffic and hotshotting through bridge supports, we've seen reports of creepos using these to look in peoples second story bedroom windows and filming thru the windows. It really was only a matter of time before these guys ruined it for everyone. The writing was on the wall for anyone even casually following the FPV scene.
IIRC, you own the airspace overhead to a height of 83 feet or something like that. In between that and 500ft is sort of ambiguous, and anything over 500ft belongs to the FAA. There was a planet money podcast on NPR that explained this some time back. Clearly the FPVers are going well over the altitude designated for hobbyists. Also, goggles or no, recreational R/C *requires* the aircraft be within visual site of the operator. Clearly that's not the case for a lot of these "stuntaz" with their quad copter toys.