Looking to Join Local FPV Meetups and Whoop Races

There are a couple groups on FB in my local(ish) area that I want to go meet up with and fly. One of them seems super laid back and always has guys posting sick spots, but they are the farther group being 1.5-2hrs out. The one that is a bit closer mostly does whoop related things, totally fine by me given that most of my gear is fairly versatile. The closer one put together a whoop race that looks like it would be an absolute blast to go be a part of with the caveat that they were doing it at an AMA owned FRIA, with it explicitly stated in the event description that AMA membership would be required, and enforced. Personally, I don't like that. I'm sure some of their reasoning for wanting to use the FRIA was so people could fly things other than whoops during / after the event but putting it behind the paywall like that felt dumb and counter productive to me. I get it, but also wouldn't want to be forced to support the AMA because to me that organization feels like a skateboarder that became part of city council in the hopes that one day the council will let them skate the spot that they really want to right outside the court house. Then in the process that skater assimilates, becoming a part of the thing that they disagreed with from the beginning. Am I crazy for feeling this way?

AurilFPV

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you have to have AMA membership to fly at AMA fields and AMA membership provides insurance for pilots. to have an outdoor race, everyone needs to be licensed with part 107 as that goes beyond personal enjoyment according to the legal definitions. it doesn't matter if theyre flying a whoop or a 10" the need for legal liability protection is the same in this case. especially when theyre advertising it as an organized outdoor public event online.

Is the AMA a good org? I dont know. are there better options right now? no. Im not going to defend the AMA, but the hobby at large goes far beyond the "skateboarder" side of the culture and has a lot to contend with that will steam roll over the entire culture/hobby if there isnt some level of acceptance of that we live in a society.

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Imp_Syn_FPV

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I understand that you need AMA membership to fly at AMA fields, the logic logics on that note. They were also claiming it as a noobie friendly event, which would go against the theory that everyone attending that event would be part 107 certified IMO. My qualm with it is more so that there are other groups that will do indoor races at some place like a Dave & Busters for example, with no outlying requirements, so to me it feels like a "WE WANT MONEY" thing. Which is what urks me. I went back to the group that I saw it posted in to see if I could find additional details backing my point, and naturally the post seems to have vanished / been removed. I'm not disagreeing with you in any way, it was just something that was bugging me. lol

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AurilFPV

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the Federal Aviation Administration has no jurisdiction indoors, it controls air space. you do not need any special permission or licensing to hold events indoors. I get where youre coming from, but youre talking about opinions vs laws. every person racing a drone outdoors in the USA has to have a part 107 to do it legally, even if it's your first race, doesnt matter who is organizing it. It's not easy organizing something like that and chances are them taking it down isnt because they realized they were being hypocritical about something.

a similar example would be that you can drive a car on private property at any age because the DOT doesnt have jurisdiction over fully private roads property like that. However, you cant start driving a car on public roads without a permit just because youre a beginner. private property rights dont extend to the airspace above your property beyond reasonable enjoyment of that property, otherwise every plane flying over your house would be trespassing.

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