ORIGINAL: MMcConville
Guys, lets not turn this into something personal against Mark Leseberg. For those of you who dont know him, he is a very good young man, very talented as a pilot and a good rep for the RC Hobby as a whole.
He's a professional personaliy not a loose cannon.
I dont know the specifics of the deal at the Challenge but it seems to me it serves to highten all of us to an issue, not against a person.
I dont see the point in bringing up the issue of a crash 2 years ago. It has no relivance to this. BTW, Mark has been flying JR for about 6 months
BTW, how many of us can say we've never done something stupid at the field. I wish I could.
So you don't know the details but it's just an "issue"? It would be an "issue" if hovering large (or any size) aircraft in the pits at major events was an ongoing problem. I wasn't there first hand (likeyou) but I have seen the video and talked to people that were there and it was not a group of people flying in the pits (which would possibly make it an issue) it was an individual.
The crash two years ago shows a pattern of behavour and is very relevant. It shows that bad judgement still exists with this individual. After all it was done by an individual.
I can say that I've never even considered flying in the pits. Have you?
Is this really the image that Horizon Hobbies wants to present? You may want to look into the specifics.
I'm still not sure why I'm replying to this thread. It certainly doesn't need more fuel. I was reading it because of the concern of some of my fellow modelers who did attend the event had. I was content to just read until I saw a major vendor being an apologist for a very dangerous act. The AMA will do what the AMA will do. That's up to them. However a major vendor condoning this type of activity by degrading it to an "issue" is pathetic.