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Some questions about hovering and R/C club fields:

1. Does your R/C club allow fixed wing aircraft hovering over or near the runway, the runway approach or departure paths when other aircraft are flying?

Yes it does, however this is not an issue as most of the time only one person is in the air at one time. In addition, only a few of us in my club want to hover and we try to do this at times when the field is empty or very low in turn out. If by chance there are other planes in the air while I am hovering, I will go to the far end of the runway to hover and also watch out for the other plane flying and keep out of their way.

2. Are there any club rules or guide lines that apply to hovering?

No, not needed in our case.

3. Do you have a blacktop runway or a less defined grass runway area?

Defined grass runway.

4. Does your R/C field have a designated helicopter hovering area?

No, the heli guys do pretty much the same as what I wrote above.

Don Miller