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Never saw all this fuss about safety and regulation when radio controlled planes and helicopters started to become popular. I am sure far more damage could be done to somebody flying one of these that goes out of control, and it's far more likely too. Just because you fly in a field or at a club, doesn't mean your aircraft can't malfunction and fly off on its own.
50 years ago, my Dad had a free flight plane with a petrol engine and an 8 ft wingspan. It was supposed to fly in circles in a 40 acre field till it ran out of fuel and came down on its own. It malfunctioned and flew 3 miles before it crashed into a house and landed on the roof, next to a roofer repairing the chimney. Luckily, our address was on the plane and he brought it back.
No one was hurt, although the potential for damage was tremendous, the thing weighed a couple of kilos at least!
I wonder just how many people ( excluding owners) have been injured around the world by quads?
I'm not saying there shouldn't be legislation, but if there was, it would be common sense, and people that fly without using their common sense would be just as likely to ignore any regulations.
And, just for the record, I fly r/c quads, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. I am a Country member of the BMFA and fully insured.
I had a quad a couple of years ago that fell a couple of hundred feet out of the sky and crashed into the field I was flying over. It was a professionally built 450 sized quad with every fail safe you could want and thoroughly tested and checked before its flight. Even if I held a PFAW and was using it commercially, it would probably still have malfunctioned. You can't legislate for malfunctions
50 years ago, my Dad had a free flight plane with a petrol engine and an 8 ft wingspan. It was supposed to fly in circles in a 40 acre field till it ran out of fuel and came down on its own. It malfunctioned and flew 3 miles before it crashed into a house and landed on the roof, next to a roofer repairing the chimney. Luckily, our address was on the plane and he brought it back.
No one was hurt, although the potential for damage was tremendous, the thing weighed a couple of kilos at least!
I wonder just how many people ( excluding owners) have been injured around the world by quads?
I'm not saying there shouldn't be legislation, but if there was, it would be common sense, and people that fly without using their common sense would be just as likely to ignore any regulations.
And, just for the record, I fly r/c quads, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. I am a Country member of the BMFA and fully insured.
I had a quad a couple of years ago that fell a couple of hundred feet out of the sky and crashed into the field I was flying over. It was a professionally built 450 sized quad with every fail safe you could want and thoroughly tested and checked before its flight. Even if I held a PFAW and was using it commercially, it would probably still have malfunctioned. You can't legislate for malfunctions