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10-19-2016, 11:04 AM
#27
While I think MR/Drone will continue to be popular, at some point the sales will drop off and we won't hear about hem as much as we have over the past two years. They are a fad to some degree, at least for the general public. I'll use the club I belong to as an example. We have a part of our field solely for MR and Helis. We saw a big influx of MR only guys over the past two years, about 25 overall. I actually expected more since we allow them in the club, and even have a track cut out in our field, but it didn't happen. What did happen is that more than half of these guys slowly gravitated over to fixed wing flying. Not only the foamies, but larger size balsa planes, and ducted fan as well. Most of these guys spend more time flying planks now then they do the aerial blenders. I'm sure some folks will stay MR, and some will stay plank...but there is cross-over happening on both sides. I don't think the club scene or the hobby as we know it is going to drastically change. There are so many new planes, and new technologies coming out for fixed wing to keep folks very interested for a long time, imo.
10-19-2016, 12:17 PM
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10-19-2016, 02:06 PM
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Gents when we talk "variable pitch" are we speaking of the propeller only , as in being able to make a 10 inch prop have a pitch of between for instance 3 to 9 while in flight , or are we talking being able to vary the thrust , ALA the full scale "Osprey" ?
10-19-2016, 02:40 PM
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I built one years ago, a VTOL designed by Tom Hunt from Grumman, the Vertigo. What a colossal pain with a nitro ducted fan .45!
things have come a long way with this technology, especially the stabilzation systems we have now.
10-19-2016, 02:49 PM
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10-19-2016, 03:36 PM
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10-19-2016, 07:41 PM
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Your smear campaign on AMA and drones makes me SICK.
Like it or not, the drones are the greatest invention of mankind, and they are definitely the future of RC.
I strongly recommend that you learn to calculate percentage since your 80% figure is far off.
10-19-2016, 08:39 PM
#38
My question,in relation to drones, is this.
What are you, as a traditional modeler, doing differently now than when this all started?
1. You're writing a reg number that costs for 3 years less than a trip through the dollar menu for breakfast at McDonalds. Yes.
But other than that? What are you doing differently?
What are you, as a traditional modeler, doing differently now than when this all started?
1. You're writing a reg number that costs for 3 years less than a trip through the dollar menu for breakfast at McDonalds. Yes.
But other than that? What are you doing differently?
I figured since I am no longer allowed to fly planes over 8-1/2 ounces, I no longer need much of a shop to build them. Don't need much space to build and store 1/2 pound planes, so I figured I no longer need my house with shop. Selling the house and moving into something much smaller on the golf course.
The hobby has been great to me for the past 50 years but now the FAA has sucked all the fun out if it as far as I'm concerned. I'm pretty bummed out by the Drone/FPV thing and the resulting FAA involvement.
I have to deal with the FAA on a professional basis, having them "watching over my shoulder" while I fly my models is a bit too much to bear.
10-19-2016, 08:46 PM
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Actually my modeling activity has changed drastically. I refuse to register with the FAA, so I can only fly planes weighing less than 8-1/2 ounces. I used to have 27 scratch built airplanes, gave away every one above the maximum weight. I now have 1 RC plane and 3 control line planes.
I figured since I am no longer allowed to fly planes over 8-1/2 ounces, I no longer need much of a shop to build them. Don't need much space to build and store 1/2 pound planes, so I figured I no longer need my house with shop. Selling the house and moving into something much smaller on the golf course.
The hobby has been great to me for the past 50 years but now the FAA has sucked all the fun out if it as far as I'm concerned. I'm pretty bummed out by the Drone/FPV thing and the resulting FAA involvement.
I have to deal with the FAA on a professional basis, having them "watching over my shoulder" while I fly my models is a bit too much to bear.
I figured since I am no longer allowed to fly planes over 8-1/2 ounces, I no longer need much of a shop to build them. Don't need much space to build and store 1/2 pound planes, so I figured I no longer need my house with shop. Selling the house and moving into something much smaller on the golf course.
The hobby has been great to me for the past 50 years but now the FAA has sucked all the fun out if it as far as I'm concerned. I'm pretty bummed out by the Drone/FPV thing and the resulting FAA involvement.
I have to deal with the FAA on a professional basis, having them "watching over my shoulder" while I fly my models is a bit too much to bear.
10-20-2016, 03:33 AM
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On a side note that email is 80% drone related that same number can be used as far as the AMA energy to TRY and get them into the organization which seems to be a failing..
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10-20-2016, 04:47 AM
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"smear campaign on AMA and drones makes me SICK" your kidding right why not direct your hostilities to the ones who deserve the credit for all this issues we now have, Reckless operators?.
On a side note that email is 80% drone related that same number can be used as far as the AMA energy to TRY and get them into the organization which seems to be a failing..
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Mike
On a side note that email is 80% drone related that same number can be used as far as the AMA energy to TRY and get them into the organization which seems to be a failing..
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Mike
10-20-2016, 05:04 AM
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"smear campaign on AMA and drones makes me SICK" your kidding right why not direct your hostilities to the ones who deserve the credit for all this issues we now have, Reckless operators?.
On a side note that email is 80% drone related that same number can be used as far as the AMA energy to TRY and get them into the organization which seems to be a failing..
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Mike
On a side note that email is 80% drone related that same number can be used as far as the AMA energy to TRY and get them into the organization which seems to be a failing..
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Mike
I know of no other class of RC flying where the rules are swept aside as soon as they become burdensome , do you ?
10-20-2016, 05:28 AM
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We are all allowed to fly. Nobody has stopped any of us from doing so. You have made a personal choice to not register, and not fly. The FAA isn't watching over anyone's shoulder either. Other than a random one off visit by an FAA person (that was reported here, and with cause), I've year to hear about any FAA involvement at the field level. It's a shame you gave almost all of it up, but I'm sure the folks who got your planes are appreciative.
I have experience dealing with the FAA and do not want any further experience.
And yes my flying buddy was very appreciative,
10-20-2016, 05:36 AM
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Hey Mike , take a look at the video that's been posted to the thread about these "world championships" and tell me where the required by AMA doc. #550 spotter was positioned so as to have LOS contact with the drone during all of it's flight ? Once you get past the footage of the jetliner landing at the airport you have drone footage that clearly violates #550 as there is no possible location where an LOS spotter could have seen the entire flight .
I know of no other class of RC flying where the rules are swept aside as soon as they become burdensome , do you ?
I know of no other class of RC flying where the rules are swept aside as soon as they become burdensome , do you ?
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10-20-2016, 05:54 AM
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http://www.modelaviation.com/nats-2016
10-20-2016, 06:32 AM
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(fact-check complete! LOL)
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Astro
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10-20-2016, 07:45 AM
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I believe the OP was referring to the 10-18-16 update E-mail from the AMA, one of the many different ways the AMA communicates with members. It was titled "AMA Today: AMA strategic partnerships flourish". You can log into the AMA site and basically get the same information.
http://www.modelaircraft.org/
http://www.modelaircraft.org/
10-20-2016, 02:43 PM
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I put it up in one of my posts but unfortunately it had a personal email address on it and I deleted it from my post. It featured various drone related links including a discount to AMA members on prepping for the Part 107 exam. Unless your a "droner" there was nothing interesting or vaguely related to anything I'm interested in. That seems to be the theme of all their correspondence as of late.
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