As an RC pilot I really, really, really hate that their “drones” look like hobby grade planes. We’re getting enough pushback from plebs as it is. To be clear, I don’t blame them at all, it is just one more way Russia is making the world a worse place to exist.
Well, drones and hobby grade planes are by definition veeeery similar.
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Well, military drones used to have a quite different look to them that you wouldn’t associate as directly with hobby grade RC planes or even quads. Now they are strapping mines to regular FPV quads and that plane looks only a little more military than a pretty standard rc plane. The FAA is already pretty far up our ass, wanting us to put trackers on our stuff… This can’t help. Perception really matters in this sort of thing.
Oh no, i get it. I just think it’s a bit of a lost fight. It’s only going to get worse.
In all this Ukraine conflict I have entirely overlooked the domestic PR impact on RC hobbyists. Thank you for your informative post.
