You were right to mention it to us in the community. Hopefully the word will get spread thru the local hobby shops and clubs in that area, and we won't have to see alarmist articles in local media, leading to government shut-downs of flying sites for everyone... even those who play by the rules in safe areas.
I suspect this guy is a lone wolf type, might take a while to track him down and explain it to him in words he can understand. A full-scale plane is never more in danger than just after wheels up and just before landing. The pilot 's attention is dominated by the task of flying the approach or the take-off, you can't count on him spotting a small model in time at a closure rate of as much as a hundred miles an hour. Much less count on him being able to evade without maybe causing a tip stall and crash. WITH PEOPLE ON BOARD!!! Even a foamy wing, hit by a plane going about 70-100 MPH, might penetrate a window, cause prop damage, get ingested into a turbine inlet, foul a control surface.... bird strikes are serious as a heart attack, this is no different except the bird's brain is theoretically smaller than the RC pilot's .....What human being, aware of these facts, would callously continue his selfish activity in such a danger zone? We have that AMA-recommended no-fly zone around airports for many reasons, first of all to save lives. The fact you haven't hurt anybody yet is no excuse to keep taking the risk. And who the bleep are YOU, mystery model flyer, to expose other people to risk against their will and knowledge? If I saw you doing this, I'd not only shoot your model down, I'd give you a tune-up using your TX against your noggin. One stupid moron being selfish always ruins it for everybody else..... 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
