I'm back... and almost certainly going to be in trouble soon! 

we got your back bro.

Now THIS is the xjet that we all know and love. The man that doesnt back down in the face of adversity. This is inspiring and confidence-raising and gives me hope. BLAZE THE WAY Bruce!

I’m with you here in Australia where the rules are similarly idiotic, and safe non-compliance is the only way

Keep up the good fight, Bruce. Non-compliance is something I've been practising (safely) when flying my RC planes.

Bruce, thank you for all your efforts. This hobby is better for having you.

Looking good Bruce...... Great to see you back with such an exemplary fighting spirit! Im in the UK......... Spending most of my free time now riding my bike rather than flying. Sick to the back teeth of constantly looking over my shoulder each time i fly feeling like a criminal. Ive always flown by the two rules you speak of plus another i feel is important. Dont endanger people Dont endanger property And respect people's reasonable right to privacy. I fly sub 250 and do so safely. But these stupid regulations and over reach definitely robs me of the joy i once had.....

I was getting REALLY worried. I'm so glad your still here

Hi Bruce! The world needs people like you, in general most are real stupid or just don't use their brains. Why focus on these small questions, there's so many big ones that's needs to be solved. Keep on with the good work 🙂

I'm jealous because Bruce is outside with just a T-shirt 😂

Bruce. I am glad ya picked yourself up. "Good on ya" Keep up the good fight.

I occasionally have birds flying into my house. They need to regulate those little fluffy bastards 😂

I agree with your position. When regulators make regulations which are overly restrictive the only choice we have is to ignore the regulators while still flying safely.

I'm convinced that what they're really afraid of is cameras, specifically where the operator can't go in person.

Great to see you bruce. You look great in this video.

I had every faith in you dude I knew you'd be back ❤ 👍🏼😎👍🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Good to see your health is back to a better level.

Bruce. You're a lovely Guy and you take the time, despite your health problems, to protect 'our' interests. Thanks so much. I wish you good health and best wishes to you and yours. xxxx

"I'm just heading where the hobby is headed" Nailed it, Bruce. The whole hobby is becoming non-compliant with a few exceptions. I'm ahead of the curve I guess.

Keep it up Bruce! Non-compliance, in a safe and responsible manner, is sadly where we come at. I've been flying RC planes since I was a kid. Building my own and learning about basic aerodynamics by trial and error. I did not start with drones before 2018. It's definitively a good and healthy activity for both young and old minds.

Glad to see you again. Looking much better and happier than last time. Keep this sparred. Happy safe flying.

THE MAIN MAN OF ANY RC MODEL FLYING AND THE REASON I FLY SAFE ON MY OWN. LOVE YOU BRUCE 😍 KEEP STRONG WE ARE ALL BEHIND YOU ❤❤❤❤

Great to see you back Bruce. Looking so much better in mind and body!

Good to see you again Bruce! Ya rebel!! All the very best from Ireland.

I am an RC flyer in the UK and I weep for these regulations. I spent my working career as a Copper and I know how difficult it is to enforce the laws we have at present; let alone the crap legislation they keep introducing to ruin the hobby! Bad laws are the norm at the moment.

Congrats on your Comeback. Welcome to the dark side of the hobby, We would have missed your videos. Ever since the FAA and CAA got involved in this Hobby we knew that the days were numbered. I had made my mind up that I was never going to register. But I will never ly in a dangerous way. Thanks for the video and info on your comeback.

Keep up the good work, Bruce!!!

Nice to see you again Bruce. 👍👍👍👍

Glad you are feeling better! Just sitting here working on my APD. Planning on checking my cows with it tomorrow FPV. In the middle of nowhere. Hope the cows don’t report me.

Thought that you had passed away without letting us know....nice to see you upright.. I have been doing what you are now preaching for years... fly safely and competently .. never been challenged yet.

Great to see you back Bruce, look forward to seeing your jet engine projects! as person with long term disability life can be awful sometimes stay well and take care

Glad to see you're back and want to sincerely thank you for all you do.

Great stuff Bruce, I too fly whenever I feel compelled to do so, providing it’s safe in terms of property and people. We are taking up the reigns of safety because the regulators clearly aren’t interested in real safety. It’s nice to see you in good spirits mate. 😊

Nice to have you back. The hobby is just better (and safer) when you participate Bruce. I was thinking about you just a couple days ago. I was flying my quad about 100 feet above my property. I was thinking in March I must put a $100 remote ID module on my quad because it's over 250 grams. Right at that moment, three paramotors were operating right across the road above the state land. It made me chuckle that those manned aircraft will not be required to have RID but my little toy will. I'm still shaking my head. No logic here in the USA either 4🦊sake.

Having flown model craft of all types from the age of 12, and now being the ripe old age of 86, I think I have some knowledge of safety without thousands of regulations. I carry on as usual, and take a lot of no notice😁

Hi Bruce. I am so glad you are back, feeling better and exercising. Happy flying !

It's great to see you back, Bruce! 💪✊ At this stage, safe & responsible non-compliance seems to be the way forward. I haven't flown for many years, but "I'll be back!" 😆

You are an inspiration, Bruce. Great to see you back in the saddle and if you could send some of that lovely weather to the UK, I would really appreciate it. Keep up the good work and great to have you in our corner..

Glad to see you back and with a positive attitude, no pun intended.

Happy dayz, youve made an englishman very happy. Good too see you more upbeat

GREAT news!!!!! Thanks Bruce for NOT "abandoning" us!!!! You are the head od the hobbie! We can NOT lose you. With love, Machado

Hello Bruce, nice to see you back on the channel. Good to hear you are exercising and feeling better, also really liked the last few shots you took at the end. We have to stick it to them anyway we can.

He's back! Yeah! Really glad you've come through the last few weeks Bruce and have a bounce in your step again. Look forward to your new videos! 🎉

It's great to see you back, Bruce! I hope everything goes your way! 😊 But, damn... I can't travel for one weekend without the internet turning upside down! 😬 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊 And happy holidays!

I knew you'd see sense Bruce. Fly safely and enjoy the hobby that you personally have brought many people to.

Glad your feeling better Bruce, and doubly glad you didn't let them take the hobby from you. Keep flying and stay safe.

Great to see you back Bruce. Non-compliance has always been the way for FPV and has been practiced by most of us for years now. Who out there only flies with 25mW, always has a spotter, and never flies BVLOS because it's naughty? Remote ID and blah blah blah is just more of the same. Fly in a sensible place away from Karens and just ignore their rules.

When flying, I am equipped with eyes for detecting objects, and trained thumbs for avoidance, so that is compliance! Following your example for attitude to rules that make no sense. Big thank you for leading the way!

Careful mate, by flying above the drag racing, you will spread the air pollution with the drone's propellers!! Keep it safe mate! Love the shoutout to Rotorgeeks, Dave and the crew are awesome!😉

I'm so happy to see this video Bruce! Not only have you decided they can't keep you down but today is the day you stand side by side with Botgrinder on noncompliance. Fuck the FAA and anyone else who tries to tell us we can't fly!

lovely to see you mate

Great to hear Bruce, keep flying like the rest of us!🎉

Glad you are back. I find that you speak the truth and that people don't like when you show them the errors they make. You are an inspiration to all of us that love and enjoy the hobby. I hope you enjoy every flight you get.

We love you Xjet! Thank you for all you do for us and the hobby, we need you!!! Much love always!

Good on ya Mate!I’m with you 100 percent . I’m about to start my 85th year in 2 weeks time and will follow your example .

Good job becoming active again! Pre Co-V I was super active, cycling thousands of miles per year. Then during the Co-pocalypse I became very inactive. The last couple months I've been hitting the gym about 3 days a week and I too am feeling so much better. Keep it up!

Good to hear your up for the challenge sir. I figured that your are just as important to this hobbie as Botgrinder, so I'm now signed up on Patreon for you too. Have a great day, enjoy your Summer as I start my Winter up here in Western Canada.

Good to see your head again. Don’t forget to also let down Johns tires.

I’m glad you’re back, along with your rebel spirit.

Keep going nice to see you back. From Brian w.germany

Nice one Bruce, glad you're back and keep up the great work in showung how the regulators are oppressing our hobby without good valid reason! 👍

move over bot grinder we got a new badass in town. keep it up Bruce

Does anyone else remember RCModelReviews ZMR250 build tutorials? Man times have changed since those exciting days.

Welcome back Bruce. So happy here in Sebastian Florida..

Welcome to the "unregistered flyers club" Bruce! Just don't be a problem or risk other people's safety and in general people won't bother you, just like in the old times.

Really glad to see you again, it’s been bothering me wondering if we would see you again. literally made my day. Love the last 15 seconds of your talk.

Good for you mate😊

I love that you are taking a stand and just doing what you love! Keep making great content!❤

You're an absolute trooper Bruce. We love you like crazy for what you do for the hobby, even if we can't always be bothered to speak up*. (Unfortunately). But I know for damn sure, I wouldn't want to live in a world without heroes. Greetings from 2.5hrs away 🙂 👍

Glad to see you smiling again ! ❤ (Still haven' t got an answer from your district 😂). Fly my friend, fly !!

You're a legend in your field..........we are all thankful and grateful for your advice and knowledge in this hobby. Glad to have ya back mate. From Australia 🇦🇺

Happy you're back and in better spirits and health Sir Bruce ! Do Not go softly into the dark night...Kick, Scratch and Bite Every inch of the way ! You da Man !

50meter rolls of solid weed mat makes for perfect runways..Can be installed on any flat piece of ground..ANYWHERE.

I live in the UK. I have done a lot of aeromodelling over the years. Now I'm retired living in a particularly flat part of the country, and I will be building a thermal soarer for the summer. The UK regulators can 'do one' as far as I'm concerned and I won't be joining any clubs, paying any money to anyone, or taking any stupid courses. As Mel Gibson famously said "FREEDOM". 😊

Glad to see you back and up for a fight Bruce! Idiotic rules are made to be broken. Here in the UK (as you mention) we are going to be in a similar situation to fliers in the USA when CAA have their way and introduce remote ID and further flying restrictions. I have replied to their "consultation" (which is no more than a tick-box exercise so they can say they have sought viewed and "listened") and expressed my frank views.

Welcome back to amateur "civil aviation". Great attitude, with safety as the priority while enjoying flying. Such a great example that follows centuries of pragmatic aviation. Stay healthy, stay safe, have fun! ♥😎👍

"Here I am! I'm back!" It gave me gousebumps!!!! One of the best things that I've heard on youtube this Year! Love fom Germany!

Heck yeah Bruce, welcome back! So glad you are back in the fight. Never stop the RC!

Hi, Bruce, I want to thank you for all of your videos. I have learned a lot from your advice. I live in Southern California in the US. I am lucky to find a club only 20 miles from my home. It is a FRIA site so some of our county's FAA rules don't apply to our club. I especially enjoyed your design of the Outlaw 250. I built a few of them and they certainly were fun. Because I wasn't worried about being sub-250, I took your idea and modified it significantly. I stretched the wingspan to 30 inches, the chord to 7 inches, and eliminated the elevated tail and elevator assembly. In place of the suspended rear tailplane, the elevator is in line with the lower skin of the front wing. Also, the area behind the front wing is solid instead of being open all the way to the elevator. I don't have a spotter all the time, so I made the plane a tractor configuration. With all of these changes, I was worried how it would perform. I made a chuck glider and the results were quite unexpected. I put a single landing gear wheel in front and threw it into the air. Instead of stalling and lifting the nose, it flew perfectly! The reason that was surprising is that the cg in this setup is at 4 inches from the leading edge of the front wing. It might be due to the fact that I incorporated a "true" KFM airfoil on the front wing instead of just adding a single thickness of foamboard to the wing. I built a test plane and gave it to a friend for evaluation, and its performance is amazing! Thank you for all of your wisdom and commentary, I always enjoy reading what you have to say.

Keep doing as much as you can for as long as you can, and I'll keep clicking on it! I'm in the process now of thinning out the model collection that I've been amassing over the years. There just isn't enough time left in the hobby for me to build them all, so somebody should be enjoying them while they can.

I've patreoned you dude ,don't give up ,your the voice of us all !❤

Hey, in a lot of countries, the drone rules don't apply indoors and... underground! You've unlocked the puzzle to Bruce!

Thank you for your great videos and standing up for the cause. As a pilot of aircraft big and small, there is nobody I'd rather share the airspace with.

Glad you are feeling better, good on you for unlocking the shackles.

Well now I am looking forward to seeing bits of Tokoroa that I have not already seen.... Good on you Bruce. And excellent news on your continued good health.

This is great news and good to hear well done Bruce. The more non-compliance will actually help to change the current ridiculous rules.

A channel about your exercise routines will be a success also! think about it! hehe. Good luck with this new approach, i hope you don´t get in troubles! best wishes BRUCE!

Just had to chime in…totally brilliant end run around the airfield restriction! Go and have a good time filming! You’ve encouraged me to keep flying ‘til they come for me. For a guy w/Parkinson’s you look amazingly fit - keep on keeping on!

This is great, Bruce is finally living the breaking bad story arc! Glad to hear you sounding more chipper.

This is an absolute delight to see Bruce :). The only comment I will make is to quote something a friend said recently "Well, following these changes my Legal flights will continue to be Legal' :D

We ALL LOVE YOU, Bruce. ALL of us!!

Bruce Glad you have found a way to Circumvent the ISSUE 👍👍👍 new you wouldn't stay down for long

Great video, and welcome back. Not so sure about the blazing a trail part, since many of us reached the same conclusion and have been flying 'under the radar' for years now. 😇

Not to many people actually do respect the hobby and I appreciate that you do! This have me goose bumps lol

Way to go Bruce!!! Blessings from the US.

So happy you're back Bruce. All the best my man, stay safe

nice to see you back in great shape 👏👏👏👏👏👌👌👌👌👌👍👍👍👍👍

So happy to see you laugh and smile again 😀 Thanks for sharing.

It's so good to see you back with a positive attitude. Go get 'um!

Good to see you back up and running Bruce. Agree 100%. None of this is about safety. It's about making the job of airspace management easy for the authorities with the VTOL and drone delivery operations envisaged for the future. The hobby of RC models has been brushed aside and regarded as a much lower priority by governments around the world. So here we are in 2023. We have rules designed for a different world to the one we live in. They might be called safety rules if the skies were full of flying things, but the reality is, they are not.

In the time I've lived in this house in a remote part of northern Finland, I have seen 2 aircraft from our property. The 1st was an Otter flying off the lake across the road from us, the other was an RAF R135 seen just yesterday. We are about 40km north from the regional airport, all flights to and from the airport fly southerly routes. The same rules apply to me as to someone living in Helsinki.