[bri3d]

To your edit number 1: the FAA notices around model aircraft already require that the aircraft stay within LoS.

Nothing changes with this decision with respect to what can fly or where it can fly. All this decision does is reinforces the common sense conclusion that a model plane is a model plane regardless of what computers it has on it or if someone is getting paid to fly it around.

I do agree that density might increase, but if operators are working within the letter of the law "model airplane" class drones still won't be operating in densely populated areas, around airports, or outside of operator LoS.

It is worth noting that the ruling re-enforces guidelines around model aircraft as simply "voluntary," but that isn't a change from the past.