RE: Pilot Boxes
Most of the fields here have a pilot box defined. People use them.
What infuriates me the most is: People who start their plane in the pits, and then TAXI it from the pits to the runway!
That's where the danger lies! Being hit from behind by an airplane on the ground while you are "safe" in a pilot box!
The airplane is supposed to be carried to the taxi areas, which are 10 or 15 feet from the runway. One is not supposed to taxi back to the pits, either, but shut down at the line, retrieve their plane, and carry it back to the pit area.
I am teaching young teenagers how to fly, but also, all the safety things that go along with flying. Ground school, if you will. You will not see one of my students taxiing out of the pits or back to them. Along with this goes the "proper" way to hold and start their planes in the pit area. Don't allow the prop blast to blow dirt and grass on another model, things like that, that goes beyond just learning how to FLY. I wish everyone taught things like this to the new people. Gus.