ORIGINAL: chris77
I read this thread and this sucks, around where i live there is six flying fields all setup on county preserve property within fifteen miles of my house. doesn't other counties in other states setup flying fields for rc. the flying field i fly at is about 1/4 mile of a high end housing area, they can see the planes but a i'm sure they don't hear them because one of them came by and said they lived there for a year before they knew there was a flying field there also he flys rc planes. i would check with county forest preserves and see about setting one up, mine charges 35$ a year permit which isn't bad they even mow and roll the field and collect the garbage.
Chris77
In some areas it is a matter of having available land to setup a flying field. Land in the Washington, DC area is becoming more and more scarce. With urban sprawl, there is less land for flying fields. With neighbors nearby the noise issue is a big one. A prominate field in my area is about to loose their field due to a new housing development being built. Another club that also is on county land was pushed to another location. Even though the county has given them land they were still moved for a soccer field complex. Land is at a premium. People joked about glowing in the dark but it looks like finding a cleaned up SuperFund site will be the way to go. Cheap land and homes cannot be put on them. Besides, with the toxic waste there I will only stay for 5 hours instead of the usual 8
