ORIGINAL: RCKen
Pappas123,
Many people here are trying to help you, as well as help themselves. All over this country regulations and laws to prohibit RC flying are being passed that stems from accidents such as somebody flying in a park and they hit somebody or something. This usually comes from (but not always) from inexperienced people such as yourself that ''feel'' there is plenty of room to fly their plane, or they are flying in a location that they felt ''there is never anyone around''. As I pointed out above there are many clubs in your local area, I would imagine that there would be a lot of people upset at you if you were to have an accident that caused legislation to be passed that banned their ability to fly RC airplanes in your area.
So true.
In our neck of the woods, trying to fly in a public park will cause the Police to show up in very short order.
The first time you are issued a warning and the second time you WILL be arrested for endangering the public.
Pappas123 is in NJ where there are many such restrictions in place.
Club fees are just part of the nature of the sport, if you don't have a large amount of PRIVATE land to fly in or an area where RC flying is permitted by the local governments, etc.
If you can't afford the fees and insist on flying in Parks, stick to small electric foamies... though even there you have to be very careful as they can quickly cut a bystander to shreds...