Originally Posted by
rgburrill
I had a coworker who was also too cheap to join the AMA and a club and regularly flew his helis at a local park. Funny thing is he smashed several (intentionally) because little kids or dogs who were also in the park would run up to try to grab them.
That's a risk. But I also witnessed a club member at the club field become disoriented and send his plane rocketing toward the pilot stations....several people dove out of the way to protect themselves, including one guy who lost a beautiful .75 powered scratch built twin. Flying at a club field is no guarantee you won't lose a plane from the actions of another person.