Model aircraft hobbyists fighting drone rules
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Proposed federal rules to monitor drones in flight would hurt hobbyists who build and fly model airplanes, a group says.The Academy of Model Aeronautics and its members are pushing back against the remote identification rules announced by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA wants unmanned aircraft systems to have remote ID technology, similar to an airplane’s transponder, built into almost every drone heavier than about half a pound. […]
