Amazing FPV video - 3km High

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii4biFQeppM

Suddenly I felt so strangled with the reminder of rules and regulations.

Well but that's a great flight attempt. Sometimes one needs to break the rules to break some records, even if it was personal. Just like how a computer hacker is being recruited by intelligence agencies for their talents.

That's when solutions must be induced instead of shoving it away with rules like a lazy boss who do not wish for a better life for the future of civilisation. Sooner or later, someone will have to come up with advanced radar and sensors to detect our R/C vehicles and biological life forms in the air then properly come up with a brilliant easy-to-follow rule for everyone.

If rules are stapled for roads to only be used by horses, the idea of driviing, cycling or even motobiking would had been just an imagination or a rule to be broken for people who just want to travel in different ways, be it for recreation or a necessity.


Without such rule breakers, the authorities will not have the awareness to create better rules for us. "If it is not broken, don't fix it." A common saying and also a hopeless defect in general human to not have the ability to foresee such little details about R/C hobby. A complex and controversial point I'm making here which I think might invite trouble. So I'll just stop here since my point has already been made.

For a person who stays in a country which has rules system that rivals North Korea - I'm just simply ranting.

You worked on AMES 1 - aka Chain Home or Chain Low - AMES 2? Jeez how old are you? And .... Chain was absolutely defunct 50 years ago (1962 ...) and the sites wre mostly dismantled apart from those used to develop the ROTOR system! A few masts still exist today but thats about it. Be VERY careful how you answer this as I am ex RAF more than once stationed at RAF's Fylingdales, Saxa Vord and Portreath.

Well, to clarify one thing.

I was refering to radar technology far more complex than simply "sensing" objects in the air. I'm talking about specific indentification and classification - be it a specific breed of bloody pigeons or a HobbyKing AXN. A system to be integrated into air traffic control around the world. A technology that will benefit the R/C Community and incoming mass Personal-Air-Transport systems.

Problem that I witness, everyone is so busy creating rules and enforcing rules that solutions are always overlooked or shoved aside.

Simply saying, not all rules are as good as they were meant for. Some does more harm than help, from a very wide perspective. Unfortunately, the way I see it, it takes breaking some rules to make adjustments for the better good. I'm just tired of hearing rule reminders, especially when they are so hopelessly flawed.

Edited by FusionTiger - 07/Jun/2012 at 4:50am