U.S FCC Unhappy with HobbyKing

[PatR]

About $2.8 million worth of unhappy.

FCC Proposes $2.8 Million Fine Against HobbyKing

 

[mmg_walter]

And if any of those purchased systems are used for commercial drone operation, that's an additional violation. The Amateur service is exclusively noncommercial... surprised they didn't tack on an extra fine for that.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

There's still time for additional fines.

 

[PatR]

I have similar thoughts on that, and I would not be surprised to see a similar action against one or more long range multirotor manufacturers.