So I showed up at the "field" the other day to test fly my latest park wonder. The wind kicked up pretty good, so it wasn't park flyer weather when i arrived. However, i did see a couple of guys out there with helicopters. Having recently started learning with an electric micro heli (indoors of course)
i figured i'd hang around for a few minutes, and watch the big boys fly.

i was amazed at how well they handled the wind. I was also a bit amazed that they were flying at that particular field. on one hand, i was thinking selfish. people are going to say something about this, and ruin it for everybody that flys out here. on the other hand, i think there might actualy be a bit of a safety issue with flying .90 and .40 helis outside of a sanctiond club.

i left a few minutes after a heli came straight into the ground from about 100ft up (which seemed alot higher than it sounds) and plowed into a not-so-nearby baseball diamond (between 2nd and center). the parts were strewn all around and one blad was burried about 2ft in the ground. it was
pretty messed up.

also, while driving down the highway (a fair distance from the flying field) later that day, a larger gas airplane was flying about 30ft above the double yellow line. i'm starting to think that my safe little field for smaller airplanes is about to get turned out. :-(