General Announcements

[Liam Walton]

I can imagine that a micro-transponder could work alright if it was less than 5g and quite compact. If it were any heavier, the FPV community would not even consider it (there's already huge opposition against current rules). It would also be impossible to enforce people to use receivers and/or flight controllers which could be hijacked by authorities on custom-built aircraft. I like the idea of registration and EID tags IF it is unobtrusive. If I could paint a few small numbers on my aircraft (big as possible but not a set size) and/or add a tiny transponder, that's no trouble at all.
I think the main 'drone' issue lately has been people not bothering to find out about rules and flying their RTF multirotors around stadiums and airports. The proposed scheme seems to cover that very well even if it is a bit vague on FPV pilots flying custom aircraft.
So far I'm unsure what to think of the proposed scheme without more long-term information on EIDs etc