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FAA bill governing UAV use of national airspace has passed the House!

Fortunately, the AMA’s efforts have come through and the government isn’t gong to regulate the RC hobby beyond current AMA guidelines, thus keeping regulation self-regulatory through a “community-based” organization (i.e. the AMA). This is great news for us hobbyist, and a great victory against unwarranted government regulation!

Here is the provision of H.R. 658 reagrding …

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New Spektrum radio

Here’s a new radio for the Spektrum fans, especially Matt:

 

http://www.spektrumrc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdId=SPM18000&view=test

 

 

Status of FAA rule making

AMA recently held a public discussion on the topic of the FAA rule making process over unmanned aircraft and how it might affect the RC hobby.  You can see the video by going to this link: modelaircraft.org/amatv.  The rule has not been finalized and released yet but basically it sounds like AMA’s current rules and safety …

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