--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lee Estingoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also think that the AMA better come up with some REAL solution to the > Parkflyer / renegade flier (vs. or nearby) traditional fields issue. Seems > to me a long time ago the AMA could have simply huddled with the 3 or 4 RC > TX manufacturers and gotten them to voluntarily put the parkie (4 channel > and under) radios on a select few channels and warned the rest of us to stay > clear (like driving on New Year's Eve). >
You can either look at this as a problem, or an opportunity. Lee, I don't know if you meant it this way, but your post comes across pretty negative towards park flyers. Instead of looking at these models and these flyers as a problem, why not look at them as an opportunity? I fly quite a bit at local parks, having never lived in a city with a dedicated soaring club (except while I was at Purdue). Every time I meet another person at a park with an airplane (be it $30.00 "on off" model, a throttle and rudder "aerobird" model, or a guy flying a "3D" style ship), I always introduce myself and get their email address. I always ask them what channel they are on (and more often than not, they do not know) and explain that I would not want to be on the same channel as them and it cause their model to fly improperly. See, this is what I don't understand about people who think "they other guy" is going to cause a frequency problem for them. It goes both ways. A modeler with a parkflyer does not want his pride and joy to be damaged as much as we don't want our super moldie to be damaged. That 2K we have in a moldie very well could be the economic equivalent of what a college student has in his 3D fomie. OK, back onto constructive things. Unfortunately, I moved away from Indy, but I had built up a network of about 25 pilot's emails addresses. I was sending out an email about once a week to let folks know when I and others would be out at the field and if I would bring my high start along. Some folks used this group to start indoor electric flying, and a few of the pilots actually started flying gliders. One of the new pilots I tried to help out actually attended the Nats for the first time this year. So instead of looking at park flyers as a problem, why don't we invite them into the fold? I flew both my LSF 4 1 hour flights at this park along side park flyers flying GWS planes and 3D planes. Our hobby can and does coexist! It just takes a bit of working together. A positive attitude can and does go along way. Treating parkflyer pilots like an equal (regardless of the type or cost of their model) will go a long way towards building mutual respect. Off soap box . Ryan 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
