Originally Posted by
Big Tom
It is not fun anymore - the government put so many, as usual, completely idiotic rules on that hobby, that it is expensive, almost more regulated than flying a single engine aircraft and they make you jump through hoops to get a drone compliant with their nonsense. If you get a drone, stay under the 0.55 lbs total weight that they set for registration, license requirement and many technical requirements that make the drone very expensive to get.
It is another prime example of our government overreaching and limiting things without a real legal base - just because there is nobody going to sue the sh... out of them like we do with their infringements of the 2A...