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[pvolcko]

Point of fact from the article Kev linked:

While a dozen other drone pilots have received cease-and-desist letters, Pirker is the only one who’s been fined, and he is willing to spend the money for a legal challenge. The difference, FAA’s Dorr says, is that Pirker was cited not for commercial drone use but for “careless and reckless operation of the unmanned aircraft.

This is why the FAA may end up winning this. Not because they have regulatory authority over commercial UAS flights, but because they're going to claim authority over anything in the air that is flown in a reckless/dangerous manner. I still think they'll lose, but it is just "feel good" enough if it gets in front of the right judge at the right time (preferably after someone loses an eye from an RC heli/airplane/quad out of control) they it may well go their way.

As to RF7 sessions, the RF gusy have them already, though it seems less frequently than the Phoenix sim users on this forum.

 

[murankar]

Yeah but not many on RF7.

 

[wolfman76]

Me tony and maybe a few others on the forum actually have rf6.5 I will eventually upgrade to 7 but just can't afford it right now

 

[Tony]

Start work at my new job tomorrow...

 

[Slobberdog]

sorry Tony I might have missed something here lately but what you get/doing

 

[Tony]

A crap job just to make ends meet. Working at Lowes. If you don't know, it's a home improvement store. At least I get a discount for when I start the remodel on my house lol.

 

[Slobberdog]

dude been there had to do that, got to a point a few years back, if I had been out of work another month I might have lost my house,

 

[Tony]

And losing my house is why I'm going there. My brother in law is living with us to make ends meet, and he may be here for a while. But, if I cna play my cards right, I can move up pretty quick in this company. We will just have to see how it goes.

 

[Slobberdog]

well its a start and if you have to you can still look while working, they say its easier to get a job if your working rather than out of work,

 

[Tony]

I don't know about that lol. But at least I will have some money coming in. And bonus, it's less than half the distance of my last job lol.

 

[cml001]

Glad to hear u got something to hold u down till u get what ur looking for. I've been there a few times... Not easy, but I'm sure that's a bit of a stress reliever!

 

[Tony]

Relieves stress in one aspect, but adds to another. This is not a sit on your butt job, so there will be no time for any of the forums while I'm at work. But I should still be able to get on here every night.

 

[Stambo]

Relieves stress in one aspect, but adds to another. This is not a sit on your butt job, so there will be no time for any of the forums while I'm at work. But I should still be able to get on here every night.

I was having trouble finding a job I was happy in many years ago.
I ended up buying a job. I am an auto technician and I bought a business.
Down side is the extra stress when things are a little quiet and not so much money coming in.
Also don't get the holidays I used to get paid for.
Up side is being able to leave my very trusted employee to finish off the day and leave early whenever I want (as long as it's not too busy).
Get to choose what sort of vehicles we work on and what sort of people we work for.
Get to buy stuff through the business that would normally be paid from my personal account (not yet figured how to include RC stuff).
Get to get on forums whenever I like.

 

[pvolcko]

Will they let you fly a heli in the back lot?

 

[Stambo]

Will they let you fly a heli in the back lot?

I fly a quad there regularly.

 

[Derek]

well, maybe the "flying weather" is finally on its way to me....just not today. The temperature is a nice and pleasant 51 degrees, the sun is out, and there are some clouds. However, the wind is whipping around with 30mph gusts. No flying today.

 

[pvolcko]

I just got out for a flight with the Gob 500. Windy, gusty day. Made it interesting trying to keep ail rolls in place.

 

[Tony]

Started my new job today. Tomorrow is a full day. Oh yay.

 

[Stambo]

Just did another evening flight with my "Night Quad"
Flying in the dark is fun.
Went up in my prop size from 8" to 9" and I think it feels better.
Just charging the battery, be interesting to see if it used any more or less power.
The motors were definitely cooler than normal.

 

[Derek]

That's fantastic, Stambo!!! I really need to get my other projects completed and soon. I want a multi rotor in such a bad way. I'll probably go with a tricopter. I just like the look of them over the quads. Although, that v-tail quad that I've seen on Youtube really looks cool.