Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
While I do agree with 99% of what is said here, I have in fact flown over 400'. I have no desire to be dis honest about that. There is no data that supports that flying below 400' is going to prevent any collision between a model airplane and a full scale airplane. The only such collision that I am aware of was between a 40% model and a Pitts special that happened at 30'.
I seem to remember a wanna-be CBO president arguing that because a bunch of people are not following the law - they should be prosecuted. And yet here we have Speedy saying that it's ok to not follow the law. I guess if it weren't for double standards the AMA wouldn't have any standards