20ft from the pilot??? What a load of crap!! The AMA has a rule that you cant touch your airplane while in flight (catch it during a hover) but a lot of good 3D pilots along with myself break this one all the time, you just cant do it at an AMA event. I understand why they have the rules but they should also state somewhere that you can do it all you want to but MAAC and AMA wont be liable for any damage.