This is the FAA and not the CAA though.
And as much as I fully understand the damage a large heli can do, I can fully understand where the FAA are coming from to. With FPV and high power 2.4GHz radio, you can fly beyond the site the aircraft etc, you are personally responsible for that vehicle. Being that I have done numerous repairs to real aircraft from impacting with small/medium/jesus christ that was big type bird strikes on aircraft, a large octo-copter with a 10s LiPO and a large camera slung below it will make a monumental mess.
I think that the FAA are saying is, if you can't physically see it, you have no perception of what is around the aircraft hence can not fly safely.
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