I think we really have two issues going on here......


Issue one is rude flyers. We have all seen rude 3D pilots, but I challenge anyone on this forum to tell me they have never seen a rude pilot flying another discipline. Regardless of the style they fly (3d, electrics, gliders, pylon) there are still rude people. In all my years of flying, I have seen people flying every type of discipline act in a rude fashion to the others sharing the field. If I walk out in the middle of the runway with my handlaunch glider and stay out there 5 minutes, I am blocking the runway just like the 3D'ers are and the turbine pilot that sits forever at the end of the runway running up his engine and burning the grass. -----Deal with rude people at the local level, because that is where they are.

BTW, I have also seen very polite, cogniscent 3D pilots and have the pleasure to fly with several each weekend at my club.

Issue two is Safety. Safety rules have to prevent injury due to two factors, pilot capability and equipment failure (maybe others). As mentioned earlier in the post, even the best pilot cannot completely avoid equipment failure, and there is a learning curve for those learning these new maneuvers. The rules mentioned above do not seem to make 3d Hovering illegal, they just put a safety barrier between you and I and the "new hoverer" or the guy with the battery that is coming 'down' its last cycle while performing these maneuvers.

Matchlessaero
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