First, I want to admit that I just stepped onto this thread. Now, for my $.02 worth..
First, and formost, I believe that we as modelers, are supposed to fly in areas where we don't expect to find full size aircraft (including gliders). I read this to mean that we don't fly near airports, and we fly below the altitude of full size aircraft in other areas. Second, we don't need to make a lot of noise about flying with other gliders in thermals. The very last thing we need is attention from FAA or worst case, the NTSB! .........bc AG4YQ Williamsburg, VA On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Martin Usher wrote: > >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
