Originally Posted by
Jason Arnold
Wow! Didn't hear about that RC Heli Pilots death. It's not often that people die in the RC community due to this type of accident. After reading the newspaper articles, it seems that this individual was quite at home taking risks. Sometimes it goes wrong. Such a shame for his family to witness such an incident too.
Down under, our governing body has instigated a rule that 3D and heli flying is to be 9m away from the pilot. People still ignore the rule though so it's only a matter of time before an accident occurs IMHO.
Regarding F3P, I used to run some indoor events here in Sydney. The main factor for the host was insurance. For this reason only insured pilots were allowed to fly and safety briefings were held before the start of flying. Our governing body (MAAA) also has a guideline for indoor events.
http://d1070190-1981.myweb.westnetho...OOR-FLYING.pdf
Once the facility host sees that you are a responsible group of people and have insurance, their reservations will diminish.
Cheers,
Jason.
3D and Heli flying only 9 meters away? That's 30 feet. Are you allowed more space than that or are you only supposed to fly at 9 meters and that's it? It seems awful close to me especially when the pilots are not known.
Just this past weekend at our club's end of summer party, we had an IMAC guy flying 3D at the far side of the runway. That's was 100 feet away and way too close. Luckily no accidents happened