Originally Posted by
Corsairacobra
Very interesting discussion but please allow me to ask a stupid question.
How does any of us truly know if we are above 400 feet?
I fly 40 and 60 size planes at what I consider one mistake high. While I am confident that my current flying situation keeps me below 400 feet what if I start flying larger models? Short of telemetry I don't believe I would be able to tell if I'm exceeding or staying below 400 feet with any certainty.
Thanks to anyone willing to share their insight on the subject.
1st; not a stupid question at all...
2nd: when I was regularly flying I flew at an airfield that was near an airport (across the street actually) so the 400 foot limit was definitely in play... We flew behind the Evergreen Aviation Museum. In all our documentation for the club, including site posted info the height of the museums main building ( 125 feet) was posted for use as a reference. While I flew .40 to .60 sized aircraft i assure you no one who could fly off out 500 foot paved runway ever exceeded the estimate of 400 feet based off that reference while I was present.
BUT!!! In order to be sure of these things one MUST have a visual reference to objectify. i was lucky enough to have an air field that had that but how many others do??