damoncooper said:
Food for thought: the lower the barrier to entry the more incidents will be in the press, and the more regulation we will see enacted. Not sure where this ends but if in 5 years it's $199 for today's $3,000-4,000 quad equivalent, it'll be a very different landscape.
Of course, lawsuits may have thinned the heard of suppliers at that point and "suicide" and misbehaving quads maybe a thing of the past.
Yep. It will get there. You are exactly right. Now the kids will have their hands on this stuff. Kids will not have toy versions but have high quality professional and hobby versions rtf at accessible pricing.
Legislation will be nuts then.
Think about it. This year Hubsan came out with a fpv mini 107D. The 107 cost 40 bucks. With camera and fpv it's at $200. That not a toy. It can easily fly out of LOS! Fpv sucks but still. lol
How about rc logger that can carry a gopro at $150 bucks.