ORIGINAL: jester_s1
ORIGINAL: Link119
I feel like my case for being self-taught is different than most others because im sure that they can pay for the clubs and that it must be easier to access the fields for them.
That is exactly the problem with the most destructive guys. Somehow, there's a good reason why they shouldn't do the hobby the right way even though everybody else should. 99% of the time, as is the case you've laid out, it's because they don't want to invest the money in a club or AMA dues. That said, if your ditch is far enough away from other people's property that even a flyaway radio failure couldn't possibly cause property damage, then have at it. After all, you're flying a plane that doesn't go 20 mph. But when you decide to step up into bigger planes with more performance, you'll need a proper flying site and some instruction, and that will require AMA membership.
Actually i plan to step down to smaller and more agile planes, im not into big planes because they mean more spending...