FAA to require registration of all unmanned aircraft

I encourage every one to please read the FAA request for comments at

http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FAA-2015-4378-0022

Then consider this information

I have commented many times on these things, mostly Amateur radio related with the FCC

Always astounds me how many have and opinion but fail to read the proposal, the agencies intent, or the current law, and try to answer the specific questions they seek information or opinions for

Clear to me the Congress told the FAA to start enforcing that which is already law, well defined, and tested:

REF tested: Administrator v. Pirker, NTSB Order No. EA-5730, at 12 (Nov. 17, 2014) (affirming that the statutory definition of aircraft is clear and unambiguous and “includes any air aircraft, manned or unmanned, large or small.”). Because UAS, including model aircraft, are aircraft, they are subject to FAA regulation, including the statutory requirements regarding registration set forth in 49 U.S.C. 44101(a), and further prescribed in regulation at 14 CFR part 47.

I encourage every one to comment before Nov 6th.

I do for a fact know they have teams reviewing and sorting the comments. A few years back, twice I had to retrieve quite a bit of data from them for a report I did as an Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) Test Officer.

Read their specific questions and try to answer or opine relating to the question

You may opine that they should do nothing but it is worthless writing

I have read a cross section (55) of the 325+ comments...most are worthless

It would help a lot if most aero modelers would focus on the massive effort it would take to register every modeler much less each and every aircraft. Many of us have over 20 model airplanes.
How would they ever know how many scratch built aircraft there exists?
How much is this going to cost me/us?
Is there a negative impact to the business and suppliers of kit, ARFs, parts, and associated hobby supplies?
How many adult citizens will not be aware due to a significant part of the population (IIRC it is 18%) does not use the internet?
What are the impacts if I decide to NOT comply and register my models?
Question #2 begs the question how are we to transfer ownership from swap meet or e-bay etc. used aircraft?
Question #4 is a big area we can educate the members on by describing a class of model, it's use, quantity constructed in a year or lifetime and how many destroyed during trimming , testing or flying

I think the best we can do is inform the members just how massive, expensive, and unworkable registration of ALL unmanned aircraft is

In 2012, Congress confirmed that UAS, including those used for recreation or hobby purposes, are aircraft consistent with the statutory definition set forth in 49 U.S.C. 40102(a)(6). See Public Law 112-95, sec. 331(Cool, 336 (defining an unmanned aircraft as “an aircraft that is that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft,” and model aircraft as “an unmanned aircraft that is capable of sustained flight in the atmosphere, flown within visual line of sight of the person operating the aircraft, and flown for hobby or recreational purposes”

These members need to know there are millions of citizens with millions of unmanned aircraft.

Our focus; control line flight is just a meager proportion of the universe of all unmanned aircraft. But we must insist (in numbers) that tethered flight air craft should be exempt

Hell dime store $1.89 hand launched gliders would require registration unless we respond well to question #4