A good in depth article about the FAA's proposed $182K.

[JackL]

Philly Drone Life, aka Mikey, has been giving the middle finger to FAA by continually flying Illegally, Unsafely, and Irresponsibly for a long time. He finally caught their attention.

Thanks for posting that. I can't believe this dude is literally begging for a gigantic fine and possible prison time for an average of 2k views on mediocre Youtube videos. That content can't be worth very much money each month.

 

[bill4725]

when you look at the comments on his videos its staggering the amount of people supporting him, you can tell most of them havent even watched the videos where he talks about the fine because alot of them think $182K is just a figure the FAA plucked out of thin air and dont realise its for 123 seperate violations $1500 is a bit steep for a single violation but in this guys case i hope they stick to their guns and try to get the full $182k

 

[Badgersurfer]

VLOS is virtually impossible to maintain. Especially with smaller drones.

If you use Strobon's you eliminate any risks regarding VLOS providing you fly legal. They only weigh 4gr...