Just what is the difference between a model aircraft and a UAV?
At what stage of design /equipping, does a flying-machine belong to one or the other group?
just curious, I mean,the place is probably infested with them and it's SOOOO important an issue that CASA will have to expend enormous efforts in the framong of regulations.
In the UK, model aircraft are,largely,controlled by the British Model Aircraft Association...above a certain weight, the CAA have an interest and anything used for Business (Aerial Photography/live filming) they also have an interest in.
R/C model heli's have, for several years, been able to carry remote still and movie cameras,often gimbal -suspended with a second operator and multi-channel radio for the A/V side of things.....the price has crashed dramatically in the last ~3 years and quad-copters with a wireless camera are now in the reach of any tom,dick or harry. I forsee a lot of hassle ahead for legitimate operators, caused by "joe soap" running amok with them.