RE: Pilot box
I have mixed feelings about the fence. Back when I started flying RC we didn't have the fence. And I enjoyed being able to move around a bit. Like walk out to the side of the runway to take off or land. In all my days back then I never saw anyone get hit by a plane. In the pits, when someone was starting a glow engine, they had hold of the plane. We would start the engine with the plane facing toward the runway. Then we would taxi the plane to the runway, lineup into the wind and take off. Now days with electrics, it's really easy for someone to connect a battery with the motor and the motor come alive and eat someone up.
I don't dislike the fence, but just have mixed feelings for it. Maybe if we had a steel pipe frame chain link fence, I could at least lean on it while I was flying.
Back when I was young, we would take a chaise lounge chair out to the side of the run way. We would just lay back and let our glider or old timer just float around while we sipped Iced tea (beer).
Those were the days!!
Frank