Flying Hillbillies RC Club

AMA District 3 – Club # 657 – Winfield, WV, USA

FHRCC News

  • Regulatory Action

    The FPVFC is lobbying congress to change the FAA rules so that the lower limit for registration will be one kilogram (2.2 lb.) instead of the current 250 grams (.55 lb.). Remote ID (RID) is tied to aircraft registration, and RID will not be required for aircraft below the lower weight limit under current rules.…

  • March 2023 Meeting

    News from the March 11 meeting: Long time member Benny Warden joined us at the Putnam County Library for our March meeting. Benny has been absent from the club for a while, and we all welcome him back. Mike Eden discussed FHRCC’s growth initiative and brought an example of the Flite Test trainer kit for…

  • Meeting Announcement

    We will be having our next club meeting on Saturday, March 11, 10:00 AM at the Putnam County Library. Mike Eden has been working on some ideas to grow the club membership and increase FHRCC’s presence in the community, and to that end he’s investigating getting involved with local school STEM programs with the Flite…

  • FAA Rules & Enforcement

    An Ohio man was charged with operating an aircraft without a license on September 24, 2022. He was spotted flying a multirotor drone in the vicinity of the OSU stadium by detectives from the Columbus Police Department’s Counter Terrorism Unit. They asked to see his TRUST certificate, he didn’t have one, and they cited him…