Ignore the rules but do so responsibly and safely.

I'm a quadriplegic that build my own controls learn how to use them and started with a 5-in and nothing but learning beta flight and protocols also VTX and recently the digital world... It's taken many years just to get where I'm at, and by far I am not really a good pilot but I can fly quads flying quads and I'm not stopping progress till I'm dead! FPV is freedom

Ignore the bullshit especially from any government and you’ll enjoy the best hobby ever made!

I say get into fpv in spite of the rules and regulations. 😎

Bardwell rants are the best. They stay on point and are well thought out even if it’s off the cuff. Love it lol

Hello Josh. I have been inspired by yourself and tron cat (I think that's what he goes by) to get into the hobby. It is my belief that these new rules and regs have been inspired by "world events". We don't have to accept these unjust rules...we are the people...they work for us!!! It's a fun hobby from what I have seen thus far! I'm never going to stop! Thanks for your content brother. Let's not let them take our fun! Keep doing your thing!

You summed the hobby up quite well lol it's brutal at the best of times 😂😆

I absolutely love your rants, haha.

"that day's not here, not today", preach, Bardwell!

Bardwell's feeling the heat!

This video is just what I needed, just had a vtx go out on one my favorite drones yesterday was one of my worst flying days ever and I wonder why I keep doing FPV after all the things you must do to keep flying I just love it and I am a year into the hobby

I've spent about $1500 in dji drones and dji air units lately. I figure it will be years before anything should keep me out of the air, especially since the latest one is much less than 250 grams. Love your videos Joshua, keep up the good work.

Fire!!! I’m 3 months in and I’m dealing with BS but I love it!

Oh yeah! In Australia we can only fly FPV indoors, because the authorities cant control this! We are not able to fly FPV outside only line of sight, which mean NO Screen or Goggles! So What do we do? We go bush, and fly FPV anonymous where there's no CASA looking! A

Well said JB!

he was preaching i love it

For me today was the day. This lady came over and told me I couldn’t fly drones in the public park I only flew two and a half batteries

had a little propwash there started dooming but turned it around with an inspiring speech. thanks uncle bardwell

Well, we could always get into another hobby like building other types of robots. Looking into that myself.

DJI is currently selling some of the most amazing drones to the general public at affordable prices. So get them while you can basically.

Fpv is going to go underground like skateboarding did so it will just get cooler and more community based

The more they crack down on FPV the more it makes me wanna fly.

I stopped flying about 4 years ago and am just now getting back into the hobby. I stopped because local governments made it pretty much impossible to fly. All of the local open spaces had signs put up "No Drone Zone", with a number for people to call if someone was flying a drone. I got chased off by the cops a few times and that pretty much turned me off of the hobby. There just weren't enough people into flying in my area to make it so I didn't have to drive for hours in order to fly. Just recently I got my first Tiny Whoop. Holy crud...now I'm back into flying in a huge way. I dusted off my 3 and 5 inch drones. My batteries are completely dead and won't hold a charge.. My stuff is so out of date that I can't really even find batteries. That said, tiny whoops are incredible and so much fun. I've got 2 now and I just ordered a new set of 6 year old goggles and a new controller. I fly my whoop at work every day during lunch and again when I get home. SO MUCH FUN. Now I'm thinking of getting a new bind and fly 5 inch, but I am not sure I want to spend the money given how hard they make it to fly them.

I plan to get my part 107 as soon as possible because I believe more restrictions will be coming

Ur funny! Like the way you put things! lol

Indoor flying and underground flying maybe maybe maybe, it's better than not flying at all.

It's fine,the 2in to maybe 4in. Are the most fun anyway

Depending how things go, the regulations could get simpler... But we shall see what happens.

It will get worse before it gets better. News flash. This wasn't a surprise. We knew it was going to happen. The best thing we can do is try to shape the future to what we want

the prepper in me is trying to save up some spare FCs & escs when i can just in case they one day target imported components.

Got into it about a year ago and don’t regret it 🤙🏼

Yeah, I remember my first beer…

Joshua. I gotta say this. I got into flying EDF jets basically because of you. I know your a drone guy, but I watch you because you have passion. I got the TX16s because of you. I got into ELRS because of you. And I'm gathering the knowledge and resources to start FPV in my jets because of you. You are a MFRKNG TITAN in this hobby. Keep doing good work, and you'll inspire more like me to enter the hobby. And yes, I know how to fly drones without autoleveling and dipped into basic fpv on my mavic 1.

Tinywhoop has the least rn, its what im getting back started with. I went analog because i may be a steele stan. But reality is my wallet cant take that hit to do it again.

What rules lol im buying and building more as i watch this 👍

People that concoct legislation should be compelled to be very knowledgeable about the ins-and-outs of the subjects they regulate. Unfortunately as it stands, we "elect" people to vote on things they don't even read let alone understand.

Well said 😂

Haha Water World... Good movie. Kevin Costner man. Kevin Effin Costner.

All RC fliers need to create a group like the gun people have. The attitude of the general public needs changing.

For me, worse is a relative term. What do you consider worse. The regulations that we are currently working with are from the 2018 law, so these are not new, just many folks never bothered with them. Maybe it is less about the regulations and more about possible enhancements to enforcement. The whole uproar about the RID issue is really about tracking for enforcement. Sort of a method to "catch" violators. So, don't violate. Consider that recreational is just flying around at short to mid range and solely just for the fun of the pilot and Nothing else. From my perspective, one of the two biggest issues centers around using the flight or video for some benefit including posting to KZfaq which puts the flight into Part 107 territory and NOT recreational. The next big thing is flying long range. That is flying beyond the pilot's visual line of sight; meaning beyond what the pilot can see things in the quads airspace and be able to control and fly the quad back without video assist such as goggles. Not a real problem, just keep the quad in a small to medium space. I have seen some language where the new regulations will provide for Part 107 pilots to fly beyond visual line of site, but Not recreational flights. Anyway, I believe that it will all be ok, we just might need to pull in rogue activities and do better a compliance.

The same fine you get for full automatic weapons you can get for flying a drone that exceed weight

In one way it's better than ever. The price of entry is so low these days.

What is the best fpv drone bundle to fly indoor and outdoor for a beginner like me ? Also my budget is $500 for everything .

Knoxville TN ..

will the network listening for the broadcast ID be used to collect video surveillance by government drones?

When the FAA pulls a Waco, I’m out!

What a strange time for drones. Sounds like drones that connect to an app to fly or to sync on PC are the biggest problem for security. The answer? Made in America. Maybe.

We can always go to Ukraine and fly. I wonder what the CAA in ukraine is like...lol Can you fly around the cities and stuff without being shot down? Ukraine has a 2kg! 2000grams registration limit. LOL You can fly anything under that anywhere you want apparently.

EU- clear NO and most people underestimate the running costs. It dies...

FNA JB!! Fly til I Die!!!

Should I get DJI or goggles x considering the ban

With commercial drones being commonly used in warfare, drones could be banned in a blink of eye

Still not as bad as we have in eu. You need a fricking spotter to fly fpv. No city flying at all, complete crap.

Thats it. I quit.... till later tonight

Never Stop this great Hobby. Don't be stupid.

The problem is government. Solve that problem and you can live in freedom.

It’s never been worth it to buy a drone, but hobbies aren’t something you do because they’re worth it. But the worst of the regulations are already here. They may change, but RID was the big one. It’s here, it’s dumb, ignore it and keep flying responsibly. Boeing has chunks falling off their planes. The only people who care about these regulations are too busy having 3-drink lunches with congressmen to actually do any enforcement, so don’t worry about it. Disregard, fly, crash, rebuild, repeat.

I guess we'll have to pivot to hangars and warehouses eventually but "that day is not here. Not today". Excellent JB rant.

Fly in a responsible way follow the rules that make sense. Chose less populated areas, avoid the centers of large cities. If you post online never show yourself or record your voice. Never say its you are the one flying, you came across the video and thought you would post it for entertainment. There are over s million drones in the US, just how many people can they actually track down, especially if you remain in the background. Let others take the center stage and attention. I feel the more rules they make the less people will take a interest in following them. Like speeding on a highway, they can't get everyone, just don't be the one that stands out, let others take the lead.

FCC must differentiate between camera drone and FPV drone. why is it so hard for them?

Everything I here or see about drones is from that mythical world of "youtube". As I look out my backyard, all I see is a wonderfully hobby and no bullsh-t.

What’s a regulation

"Every day you go to fly and it's some bullshit!" 😂 "This whole hobby is bullshit after bullshit." Hahaha If you fly you know

Just go fly

Not today!

I still will fly I love the hobby and I'm not letting a couple regulations get into the way this hobby saved me in so many ways go for it 😉😉😉

I could care less regulations I'm still gonna fly as long as I have gear... I normally rip and dip anyways

So in 50 years we're all going to be underwater 🤔

Government is like a spouse, when it sees you happy it gets annoyed.

Honestly don't worry about regulation fly when and where you want if you do get caught they will just politely ask you to leave the area and they will never have the man power to go out and catch everyone they wont even catch 99% of fpv pilots that don't follow the rules.

To be fair this kind of regulatory bullshit is happening across a lot of hobbies. If you can find a way to roll with (or ignore) the bullshit, just keep it up as long as you can.

Size don't matter, neither. Learn all you need with a whoop. What skills you develop directly translates to bigger units - plus you can fly a whoop just about anywhere you like, provided you behave yourself. Only a weapons-grade Karen is gonna lose it over a whoop.

I'm laughing... skateboarding is like "not legal to do at some places" meanwhile vegan is flying a miniwhoop at timesquare

Need to add a waving American flag background and some patriotic revolutionary flute music

FPV IS NOT A CRIME

Stand for your hobby. Quitters Will quite always

Regulations Shmegulations

If he thought drones were over he'd pack in and do something different, like 3d printing

Is it worth getting into drones? Look at the situation across the world. You will have skills that are in high demand. Regulations will be irrelevant.

Are you kidding!? It's THE time to get in! (While you can still buy components capable of getting airborne without GPS and RID being built in) My analog builds will continue to fly INDEFINITELY, regardless of what "rules" are made. I predict a future where ALL components are required to have integrated GPS & RID or it just won't work. This shoebox of aging F4's aren't going to quit working until I break them. My advice is to get in and get in DEEP while components that can't be remotely detected (or even remotely disabled) are still available.

We need to somehow blow it up like a new Nascar and I think it is really really close to that with the cool new drones coming out. Look at the pro speck multigp drone it makes drl drone look like a joke.

i feel like if anything, stocking up on parts now is the way to go. 3d prints should be more accessible (idk how accessible they are tbh)

They would have about as much luck banning fpv as they would banning skateboarding, good luck with that. Skate or die, fly or die

EU regulations are still flyable(you learn the rules, and then its up to you to judge the situation, no one to really enforce them !!altitude!!, no city or national parks unless you have a permit, fpv above 250g, only problem is 25mW they WILL find you 4300usd, again unless you gain a permission dont know much about that, you need a homemade BIG antena to fly far but with digital it is possible analog is dead except for races. In my opinion you dont need more than ~5km to have fun, few mW more would help, to clarify I am not flying just considering future, long range=permission Thats why "common" folks fly micro foldable djis and stuff, they want photos, look over obstacles...

It's like saying it is worth smoking cannabis even with the new reschedule of cannabis. Of course it is weather illegal or not we're still going to do it. RID didn't stop us

Stefanik's actions appear driven by her broader political aspirations, potentially aiming for a spot on the Republican vice-presidential ticket. Her close ties to anti-China drone players like Skydio and AUVSI, facilitated by former staffer Joe Bartlett, reveal the self-serving nature of her legislative efforts. These bills are not about national security-they are about Stefanik's political gain at the expense of an industry that is crucial for innovation and safety. I suspect two things. It's always follow the money. Skydio can't compete and pulls out of the mid-price drone market, then suddenly their fingerprints are all over a ban of the competitor they couldn't beat. Also, big companies want to be able to go to drone delivery, to not have to pay all those pesky delivery drivers. I would be shocked if there arent huge bribes getting spread around congress to get those things done. Two separate interests that need the same starting line, and there's a lot of money to be made if they get the dji ban done.

Already have tons of parts, bunch of frames. Live in the mountains, f rid😊

want DJI stuff in the usa in the future - its simple, welcome to the gray market. Rebadged, no badge drones and parts from gray import suppliers. look at countries like australia, no steam deck sold there, yet you can still get a steamdeck if you want one.

2:49 This is what people always say in the present. That just shows that people worry prematurely. That's not a reason to not get worried now. I wasn't worried in 2020 because I knew we weren't on the verge yet. It was just being talked about. We are on the verge now. Now is the time to actually be worried. Example, I told my business professor on the first day, along with the entire class, that automation was coming. The professor said to me "they've been talking about that for 20 years" "you are just Doom and gloom". I chuckled and said, right, but it's here now.

When it comes to electronics, I do whatever the hell I want..

I just don't conform to stupid regulations. Given enough time and the success Ukraine / Russia have had with drones in their war, I guarantee some geriatric shit in our government will try to classify a drone as a weapon. You know the regulations are ridiculous when a tiny whoop can at times fall under rules/regulations as a cinelifter or larger. But hey, Amazon, don't fret. You'll be allowed to fly your drones BVLOS with that AI pilot all day without issue as long as you keep sending that check to the gov't.

To play devil's advocate in the discussion here, a lot of these efforts on the gov's part are trying to manage the individual hobby pilots getting their first drone with zero community around them to inform and train them about the responsibility controlling these aircraft places on them. It has happened a lot with semi-autonomous drones like DJI's offerings but FPV builds have had their fair share of stupid pilots too. Either way, when equipment/technology is developed that creates a sufficient threat of harm to the public, be it a firearm or a car or an aircraft, it's the rule of law that comes into play to prevent incompetent or ill-intended actors harming others. The equipment itself is harmless, it's the wiiiide range of competency and intents of humans that want to use the equipment that creates the problem. For us, we need to understand how much power these aircraft give the average citizen to cause harm (not just intentionally, but also unintentionally), especially nowadays where /anyone/ can buy a mavic and fly pretty much unimpeded and undetected into every FRZ around them. For FPV, a government just needs to look at how lethal fpv drones became in Ukraine to realise that they have next to nothing to counter someone who actively wants to deploy quads lethally. So just like completely unregulated firearm access, every citizen currently has (relatively) uninhibited access to build and deploy aircraft that are notoriously difficult to detect nevermind contain if they have become a danger for others. That's a huge potential security problem when combined with even just one bad-actor who may want to use lethal payloads. So they must work out how to reasonably regulate their access/use. To that point though, lets be reasonable: Look at the likes of airsoft. In the UK, plenty of airsoft firearms look and behave indistinguishable from the real thing until fired and even painted up to designate them as a replica/non-lethal, can still cause a lot of harm to others if used improperly or maliciously by a bad-actor. So we have legal regulation in place that fits them into the same legal 'airspace' as regular firearms and allows their recreational use to continue safely whilst shutting down the obvious avenues to creating a lethal weapon (Impact Joules, no open carry, two tone or orange tipped unregistered weapons etc) or operating it in a way or environment that is just obviously a threat to others. Airsoft is a continuing example of how you can find a way to integrate hobby-level versions of potentially dangerous equipment without having to even remotely come close to shutting it down for good. I fly commercially but also like to bando and mountain surf for fun. I've had my fair share of incidents both commercially and recreationally and I can totally see the need for at least registration and basic training. My qualifications let me train and fly in places where I'd definitely not want a newbie flying on their own, not because their aircraft will immediately cause harm, but because someone inexperienced will be far more likely to become a danger to others though lack of awareness or op errors on their part. Impacting people or animals is one thing, but causing road accidents or air collissions is wildly serious for someone who just spent

If u are flying for the enjoyment and feeling, abso-facking-lootly… If u are flying to edit together cute videos to post on social media for clicks, maybe think twice

I was taking aerial photographs with radio controlled aircraft back in the '80s. I had to strap a camera to the bottom of an airplane which took months to build and hope the camera was pointed in the right direction as I pulled on the "gear" switch to activate the camera. I then had to land the thing (often between trees on a dirt road) and go develop the film. You quadcopter pansies have it so easy you have now idea what real BS is like. You've only had to deal with rabbit droppings compared to what we used to have to deal with.

WHY HAVE THEY NOT PICKED ON RC PLANES YET!! OR ARE RC PLANES NEXT ON THE LIST..

Bro if you stop yourself bc of regulations this hobby was never for you period fly high bros

The hobby is dead. Don't get into drones.A friend of mine was fined 1000 for not broadcasting their signal. I love quad racing and the gov is obsessed with running it into the ground.

Stop complying with tyrants!

We should just put motors on guns. They won't GAF then.

Thank you Joe biden and your ukrine war! I'm with Stew from OZ thanks dji you did this!