Surprisingly a good definition wouldn't need to know about RC.
Pilot.. someone that flies something. I pilot the drone.
Enjoy being whatever you think you are, you fly the drone yer a pilot too...
You are making assumptions about what you think is implied. It does not state internal only controls and since they are in the business of definitions it makes not sense to imply and not explicitly state. It would be a very poor definition if we have to figure out all the implications.
We are...
pilot (noun) - A person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.
aircraft (noun) - An aeroplane, helicopter, or other machine capable of flight.
Old Oxford.
We are pilots. One does not need to be a licensed pilot to be a pilot. One does not have to have ones feet off the ground to be...
You need a master's license to be in charge of a ship. Pilots are the guys that get on board and have local knowledge of the port. They don't touch anything, they inform the master and things get done.
In what world do you think that deploying ordinance is a willy-nilly fashion would be anything other than bloody idiotic?
What, pray tell, do you think you would use? Guns? Yeah, good luck hitting it and those rounds have to go somewhere? Going to get missle lock...
I believe the decision was stayed pending appeal by the FAA which would mean registration is still a requirement.
Although if they are offering refunds it may be they aren't[ planning an appeal.
And every mistake you ever made in your life could have been avoided in hindsight as well.
I would have toggled back to PMode first to see if it stopped the drifting and if that didn't work would have gone to AMode. A hard landing on grass is better than running headlong into a tree too.
Would it not be more prudent to find a safer mechanical way of attaching then relying on the same technology that barely holds pictures on poster board?
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