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Are you a member of a club?
Yes, I am a club member - flying less than 2 years
  15% (9)
Yes, I am a club member - flying more than 2 years
  42% (25)
No, I am not a club member - flying less than 2 years
  23% (14)
No, I am not a club member - flying more than 2 years
  18% (11)


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Are you a member of a club? - 6/15/2010 12:06 PM   
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Are you a member of a club or are you flying on your own?

If you are flying on your own, not a member of a club, how long have you been flying? Where do you fly?


If you are a member of a club, how long have you been flying? Where is your club?

Please feel free to post anything you like about your flying experience whether part of a club or not.


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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 6/16/2010 6:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		I started flying 6-7 years ago with an Aerobird Challenger. It was my intention to fly only small electrics in a park near my house.

Central Texas is windy and after about a year I expanded into my first glow plane, a 40 size. That led to my joining a club.

I still enjoy flying electric park flyers, and it has been a nice experience to see more and more of the glow flyers starting to experiment with electrics.

My experience has taught me that park flying and club membership aren't mutually exclusive.

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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 6/16/2010 12:33 PM   
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Interesting to see how people progress.  I started on an Aerobird but moved to gliders.  I still fy small electric airplanes on occasion, at the club field.  




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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 6/18/2010 2:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		I started flying about 5 summers ago, with a Firebird Freedom. Moved up to a HobbyZone Super Cub and a couple of GWS foamies. All this was done solo in parks, soccer fields, etc., until I bought my first large plane and my first balsa plane. I purchased a Magister ( very large foamy) and a E-Flight Mini Ultra Stik. Both seemed to be a little more than I felt comfortable with in a park, so I joined one of the local clubs. It was a short time befor all the foamies were gone and I started building larger electrics. From there they just got bigger, more powerful, and more aerobatic. Of the 17 flyable planes I currently have in my hanger, 4 are .60 sized conversions, 4 more are .46 sized conversions, 3 are .25 sized conversions, and the remainder are E-Flight 480 size. The one exception is my Stryker C....
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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 6/18/2010 4:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		This is my third summer. I'm in a club in northern Vermont (where the season is May-early October) and started on .40 size glow planes. I flew in a pattern meet my first summer and was hooked, and I now primarily fly a 110 size electric pattern plane. A 1.20 Yak (glow) is my backup plane.

I started with the club and would not have it any other way. I have met some wonderful people to fly with, or to help out when I started, and to help with the switch to electric. I also have some great friends now to fly with.

Flying at a sanctioned club field with my AMA membership is such a good feeling, in case anything out of the ordinary ever happens. I've read and heard about misfortunes in the RC world, and club fees and AMA memberships are a small price to pay for everything you get in return, plus a piece of mind.

I actually just moved to Central Vermont for the summer. I joined the local club immediately, and now have two fields to fly at for wherever I am this summer. I have my electric pattern plane with me, and my Yak gets flown when I head back up north for a weekend or something. Tough life I've got...

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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 6/18/2010 7:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		I started with nitro helis, then nitro planes, then electrics. I still fly the nitros, but have found myself flying the electrics more frequently due to convenience. I keep about 10 LiPo packs charged up and ready to go, so I can throw them in my car with a couple electric planes in just a few minutes. With nitros, I have to charge my NiMH RX packs the night before, and take my huge field box with me to fuel and start the nitros. Then, of course, there's the nitro slime cleanup at the end of the day. Don't get me wrong, I still like flying nitros, but that ends up being an all day event when I do it. Electric flying, on the other hand, requires only an hour or two of free time.

I do 95% of my electric flying at a club (I maintain membership in at least two clubs, typically). I can (and do) fly my electrics at parks or school fields on occasion, but I find a club field will typically have less obstacles to avoid, and I don't have to worry about people entering my flyover area unexpectedly, or people/kids coming up to me asking all kinds of questions while I'm flyiing, which usually includes "can I fly your plane?" One of my clubs has a small 300' x 100' field (with 30+ acre fly-over area) less than 15 mins from my house. That's perfect for my small electrics and .40-.90 sized nitros. If that field was farther away, I'd probably fly my electrics at the parks/schools more often.

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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 8/4/2010 10:56 PM   
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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 9/7/2011 2:07 PM   
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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 10/2/2011 2:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am not a member. I started flying electrics in my open field of about 2 1/2 acres last fall. I have concluded that my area will best support parkflyer size aircraft. If I decide to go to larger aircraft I will probably join a club.

But for now i will fly with the 'Turkeys'.  I had a hen Turkey hanging out around the house and field all summer.  She got so brave as to hang out in the field while I was flying.  Could't tell if she was laughing.

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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 2/14/2012 1:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Are you guys mostly dedicated electric airplane guys or do you fly glow and gliders too?


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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 2/14/2012 1:29 PM   
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Status: offline 		I am not (yet) a member of a club though I am a member of the AMA.  I have been flying for a little over a year now.  The reason I have not joined a club is that I travel for business alot.  Not for a week here and there but for a month or more in various locations, South Dakota is my home but I could be in Colorado, Texas, Tampa, Boston at any given time. 

I wish I could be in one place long enough to join a club and get to fly with people I could get to know better...

One day.  

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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 2/14/2012 1:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		I am not a member of a club but I am a ama member. I mostly fly helis and when I inquired about joining a club that is nearby I was told there were no heli trainers in the club. Another club that accepts heli fliers is almost 30 minutes away. So for now I am just flying in the park.

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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 2/15/2012 12:41 PM   
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I ruined my shot at the club by almost taking out the leadership on my first fixed-wing lap with my trainer.

Since then switched to helis ditched the club and not looked back.

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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 2/15/2012 1:01 PM   
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I am not (yet) a member of a club though I am a member of the AMA.  I have been flying for a little over a year now.  The reason I have not joined a club is that I travel for business alot.  Not for a week here and there but for a month or more in various locations, South Dakota is my home but I could be in Colorado, Texas, Tampa, Boston at any given time. 

I wish I could be in one place long enough to join a club and get to fly with people I could get to know better...

One day.  

Jim



FYI, if you are a member of AMA you can often get permission from a local AMA club to fly as a guest.  I have done that when I have been traveling on business and will be staying over the weekend.    Even if you don't have anything to fly, just being around RC Pilots can make the visit worth your time.  I know I enjoy it.

You can find clubs using this locator.  
http://www.modelaircraft.org/membership/clubs.aspx



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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 3/12/2012 7:17 PM   
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Got back into RC with gas planes but liked the electrics and switched over. Just cleaner and I can fly in places that you shouldn't with gas.
Small planes are what I prefer and they lend themselves to smaller fields.
I fly alone in one of many open areas here in rural AZ. Nobody but me to hurt, no structures even close.
Never was much of a social type and I don't like many field restrictions.
Belonged to clubs in the past and they were OK but I don't have to wait to fly anymore flying alone.


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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 3/18/2012 1:06 AM   
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Status: offline 		I joined a club back in February when I started flying for the training and to be around others with the bug, so there you have it, two whole months. Club field is located in Hobart, WA.

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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 3/18/2012 2:09 AM   
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ORIGINAL: holensum

I joined a club back in February when I started flying for the training and to be around others with the bug, so there you have it, two whole months. Club field is located in Hobart, WA.


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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 3/18/2012 7:33 AM   
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RE: Are you a member of a club? - 3/18/2012 1:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		In addition to what I posted above, I find many people are just plain careless with what they are doing  today.
I have seen larger gas and electric models coming off the bench while tuning or testing them and as a result seen some injuries too.
I have seen aircraft flown overhead and over spectators in the area as well and seen them come entirely too close to the flight line for comfort.
Then again I shoot alone too for safety reasons today too.

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