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falcolas | karma 33589 | avg karma 3.15 · 2020-01-07 21:10:23+00:00

And yet you can still fly under 1,200 feet Above Ground Level (where I am) without being controlled (Class G airspace). I (personally) feel like hobby and personal drones fall into this kind of "general use air space" usecase.

pc86 | karma 24701 | avg karma 2.58 · 2020-01-07 21:32:51

Some places. At some times. It's not a hard and fast rule and there are plenty of spaces where controlled airspace extends to the ground.

falcolas | karma 33589 | avg karma 3.15 · 2020-01-07 21:58:18

Which also describes legal locations to use drones. You, without an exception, can’t fly a drone in class e or above airspace.

paulmd | karma 13045 | avg karma 2.72 · 2020-01-07 21:55:46+00:00

That's the part this regulation is taking away, more or less. That airspace is being given to Amazon for commercial operations.

falcolas | karma 33589 | avg karma 3.15 · 2020-01-07 22:18:16

Crop dusters, paraplanes, paragliders, kite flyers, and amateur rocket enthusiasts are all going to be mighty disappointed if that airspace is “given away”.

paulmd | karma 13045 | avg karma 2.72 · 2020-01-07 23:00:33

It strongly appears that the FAA does not care what hobbyists think about it. The feedback has been near-universally negative and I doubt it will make any difference at all, any more than the commentary to the FCC changed Ajit Pai's stance.