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Old 09-22-2003 | 01:53 PM
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Default RE: Being "Shot Down"

What a shame!!!

Some people out there are forgetting more and more often that this hobby (like many other activities) not jus FUN, but also a great responsibility… Frequency control board –not for them, flying the pattern… “what pattern ???”, AMA rules – “who cares, I am paying my dues, that’s enough”….

H. Wayne, I am sorry about your loss, but it seems like you are out of luck. Court system won’t help because there is “no proof” (even though Judge Judy trying to prove otherwise) and the guilty party just have no balls to acknowledge the problem, not to mention offer some help or reimbursement. And I am not even talking about money – these people don’t have balls to acknowledge the amount of your time, thoughts, pane and little victories that you went through wile building this model!

Real pilots, car drivers, etc. can loose their privileges for not following certain rules. Something like that should be done in the RC world, especially in regards of RC airplanes, because after all the kind of ignorance such people demonstrate is a clear case of “public endangerment”.

We all make mistakes, but there is a clear distinction between an “honest mistake” and ignorance.