ORIGINAL: TexasSkyPilot
I like the crapola I'm saying. Sorry you don't. I probably wrote it because I didn't like the crapola YOU were writing. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
So, let's be civil. Why don't you EXPLAIN to us maroons out here why a 3D plane belongs at a sport/scale field, why it can't take off on a short field when it commonly does so in the same distance at a regular field? Why it can't be flown away from the runway or off to the side in an area set up for that sort of flight?
~ Jim ~
I agree with how ridiculous 3D is, everywhere, at any time. I don't fly at an AMA field, it's a free for all in the minds of 3D pilots that show up from time to time, always from an AMA field, saying they're too crowded that day so they come and ruin our time.
The 3D guys have to be put in their place. I usually tell them I'm about to fly through their plane if they don't move. After their buzzed I come around again and say "Landing" and tell him again I think the wind is shifting me right in his path. Usually they get the point and FINALLY walk to the side where they were supposed to be in the first place. Why are 3D pilots that dense? Really, why?
AMA needs to make some new rules before FAA does it for them. Regulate the 3D hovering events before their incidents start to really have a negative impact on the responsible sport RC pilot who tries not to interfere with other people flying.
Is that civil? I'd put a Radio Shack 27Mhz boy ahead of an expert 3D pilot when it comes to field etiquette. Try to improve, please.