Hello RCers,

Beside the frequency conflict that I am worried about, there is another one that fuels the fire. That is the lack of understanding among kids or grown ups about the potential danger from the small RFT packages. Since it is so easy nowadays for anyone to pick one of these and fly at parks, they do not understand the potential danger until it is too late. I was flying at the field this Saturday and as I walked the field, I saw a sad face looking fellow with his crashed glider. On investigating, I have learned that this poor fellow thought that he just bought the kit the night before, and thought that he could open the box and fly this thing like a newly bought kite from Walmart! It is a good thing that he crashed immediatetly after take off. Imagine if it hits somebody in the eye! Then later that morning, a Easystar missed my face about 5 feet. There was this kid landed his plane into the pit area! Though not intended, these planes still require coordination and practices that many people don't know when they get into this hobby. As the colorful ads in the box don't do justice since they provide a false sense of security. I think that we need to educate our newly young comrades that even with small foamies, they remain to be a lethal weapon both in the air and ground. With the lack of mandatory AMA licensing, I think that a disaster will happen one of these days with the growing popularity of ARFs. We need to keep an eye out for new comers so accident hopefully will never happen. Dai Phan