Glad to se the list alive again, with regards to full scale sighting models it has been my experience talking to full scale glider pilots that they will indeed see a large scale ship circling with them and think that it is another aircraft, but they will also think it is 3 times farther away if it is a 1/3 scale. We need to get out of the way.
JD Endless Mountain Models http://www.scalesoaring.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Usher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 1:21 AM > To: soaring@airage.com > Subject: Re: [RCSE] High Altitude Glider > > >If you are not flying in the area of full size traffic and the risk of > that > happening is low, I would not lose a lot of sleep over this. (Bill Malvey) > > If you are out in the sticks flying one of those big scale ships you're > going to look just like any other traffic to a passing plane. They should > just steer out of your way (like they're supposed to do for gliders, I > believe) and not give you another thought. > > I notice that aviation charts are marked with areas where you're likely to > find sailplanes, ultralights, skydivers and so on. It doesn't seem to > reserve these areas (that is, you're going to find the noted activity > there and only there) but its just a warning to the user to watch for this > activity. We should claim a piece of that pie, we're legitimate users of > airspace too -- we've just got to get people to stop thinking of modelling > as something you do with sticks of balsa, tissue and rubber bands. > > Martin Usher > > Incidentally, returning to the original subject of this thread, this site > first popped some time ago, it even got its own thread in RCSE. They're > Canadians, they seem to know what they're doing and it looks like a fun > project for them. > > > > 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and > AOL are generally NOT in text format 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
