Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
I made no claim as to what you fly on a daily basis, only that the bulk of every club I was a member of flew .40 and .60 size stuff. Now that 90% of what I see at club fields are ARF electrics the need is further reduced. The fact that clubs aren’t applying for higher altitudes illustrates they don’t feel the need to fly higher then 400’.
Hydro, an email really isn’t jumping through hoops. As of now I plan to attend the AMA Jamboree in Washington State. It’s going to be just west of Tacoma. I will be shooting an email to the event director to inquire about altitude and other field requirements. This will help me determine which aircraft I bring.
Having to send an email to inquire about what's allowed just to determine what aircraft to bring is most definitely having to jump through hoops. Had that information been on the AMA website, on the event website(if applicable) or on printed documentation(fliers, registration forms, etc), you wouldn't need to send an email and would already know what plane(s) to take. You just demonstrated why your "need to know" doesn't work and is a waste of time for all involved.
BTW, which site are they flying at? There's only 3 that could work, west of Tacoma:
Bremerton National Airport
Bremerton Raceway, which is a former airport runway
Tacoma Narrows Airport
Interestingly enough, to use any of the three would require shutting down one of the two airports since the raceway is at a 20* angle to the Bremerton airport runway with a junction of the two runways at the north end of runway 2/20 and 18/36