Okay guys, I've tried to stay out of this one but after the past 10 or so posts, I think I need to weigh in:
- I have to agree, flying fields could very well be lost since none of the major radio manufacturers are doing anything to produce the modules required to fly on non-FRIA sites.
- If a flying site is privately owned, the owner can "pull the plug" at any time for any reason. Local governments can also shut a site down for any reason. Yes, been there seen that. We raced boats on a privately owned lake a few years back. After two years running at the site, the owner turned us down for a third year, never heard the reason. After several years racing at a county park, the county denied our application to race there again due to noise complaints. We are now down to 7 sites that will still allow us to run with nitro or gas boats that I know of. Two of them require us to actually take measures to prevent getting oils or any other fluids on the ground, failure to do so can and will cost us the sites.
- Since no radio manufacturer is presently working on producing the modules Andy has referred to in at least two posts, we can assume they have no plans to do so in the near future, so modules are, at this time anyway, a moot point