Re: [RCSE] September/October thread -- interference
I agree completely with Jack's approach to park flyers. We do the same at MOSS and have recruited several new members this way. We do Park Flyer Outreach at the local hobby store by leaving flyers near the pile of GWS boxes. - Original Message - From: Jack Harper To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:49 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] September/October thread -- interference I frequently run into park flyers at the high school where I sometimes fly my DLG. They are mostly family types where Dad is trying to get the plane into the air by throwing it straight up. They are usually more than happy to get some help after seeing me throw DLG a few times. I have helped several of them get their planes into the air, and always take the time to explain about interference. They usually have no clue about that. So far, this has produced several new glider pilots and some new club members. In fact, one of them who was flying a park flyera couple ofyears ago will be Predident of our club next year. I look at it as an opportunity torecruitnew flyers and grow the sport. Jack Harper Houston Hawks - Original Message - From: Ron Weaver To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 9/28/04 8:21:39 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] September/October thread -- interference I had arecent encounter with a park flier myself. I helped him solo his POS, and his dad even took a turn at the sticks. They were both grateful to get the help, and I was also able to educate them about frequency control (they didn't have a clue). I hope to fly with them again sometime. These people are interested in participating in our hobby - I say let's bring them into the fold. As an added bonus - they expressed an interest in gliders andI was able to refer them to DAW and some of the other fine vendors that provide us with our toys. Ron Weaver Buffalo Grove, IL Do you Yahoo!?vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today!
Re: [RCSE] September/October thread -- interference
I had arecent encounter with a park flier myself. I helped him solo his POS, and his dad even took a turn at the sticks. They were both grateful to get the help, and I was also able to educate them about frequency control (they didn't have a clue). I hope to fly with them again sometime. These people are interested in participating in our hobby - I say let's bring them into the fold. As an added bonus - they expressed an interest in gliders andI was able to refer them to DAW and some of the other fine vendors that provide us with our toys. Ron Weaver Buffalo Grove, IL Do you Yahoo!?vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today!
Re: [RCSE] September/October thread -- interference
I frequently run into park flyers at the high school where I sometimes fly my DLG. They are mostly family types where Dad is trying to get the plane into the air by throwing it straight up. They are usually more than happy to get some help after seeing me throw DLG a few times. I have helped several of them get their planes into the air, and always take the time to explain about interference. They usually have no clue about that. So far, this has produced several new glider pilots and some new club members. In fact, one of them who was flying a park flyera couple ofyears ago will be Predident of our club next year. I look at it as an opportunity torecruitnew flyers and grow the sport. Jack Harper Houston Hawks - Original Message - From: Ron Weaver To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 9/28/04 8:21:39 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] September/October thread -- interference I had arecent encounter with a park flier myself. I helped him solo his POS, and his dad even took a turn at the sticks. They were both grateful to get the help, and I was also able to educate them about frequency control (they didn't have a clue). I hope to fly with them again sometime. These people are interested in participating in our hobby - I say let's bring them into the fold. As an added bonus - they expressed an interest in gliders andI was able to refer them to DAW and some of the other fine vendors that provide us with our toys. Ron Weaver Buffalo Grove, IL Do you Yahoo!?vote.yahoo.com - Register online to vote today!
Re: [RCSE] September/October thread -- interference
One thing to do is to talk to your LHS... Our local stores are not bad but they're also not good. They need the sales. The problem's not the toys. I don't think we should run down people who try to fly them either. Everyone starts out clueless, often with a 49MHz PoS. After all, that's how I got into this hobby. In fact I was nearly part of the problem. I've still got the plane and the radio -- foam electric, three channel AM set that runs on 42. Purchased it in 1994 from a toyshop (not a hobby store) for my daughter who wanted a remote control plane for her birthday. I had absolutely no idea that it could interfere with someone a mile or more away. Fortunately for everyone it didn't work very well -- at least we couldn't fly it further than a hundred yards without crashing it. We got lucky, though. I was a bit wary of model aircraft so I thought I'd assemble a Gentle Lady kit someone had given me years before to see how to repair the things. So after crashing the electric (*again*) we thought what the heck and tossed the GL, expecting it to also fall in a heap. It didn't. So we started flying it. On 44 this time, still without a clue. Fortunately the GL needs space to fly in and after a couple of weeks we found where everyone flew gliders. We were helped by someone who showed us how to trim it, how to fly it and taught us the lore.the rest, as they say, is history. A little bit of help goes a long, long, way. My daugher may have moved onto bigger and better (and much more expensive) things (full size) but I'm still flying those sailplanes. Martin Usher RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send subscribe and unsubscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
