If it's a private field and it's in the rules that a new plane must be inspected before flight they can do it. They do it at events, if you watch the "Warbirds Over the Rockies" DVD they go through and inspect planes...looking for loose engines, cracked props, etc. IMAA events require that a giant scale plane have 8 flights on it before flying in an event. It has nothing to do with someone being a newbie. It has everything to do with safety. I don't care how good of a pilot you are, if something is wrong with the plane it's potentially dangerous for the spectators and other pilots.

I have no issue with others looking at my work and checking it out. I want to make sure my plane is safe for everyone around me AND myself. People HAVE been killed by these models. People have lost hands, fingers and I read where one person got hit in the back and ended up with a lacerated kidney. I think if a club has the opportunity and the ability to inspect an aircraft and possibly prevent an accident, they actually have an obligation to do so. It has nothing to do with "we know better than you because you're a newbie", it has everything to do with keeping people out of the hospital, protecting from law suits and making sure all members of a club have a nice, safe, flying environment.

Sure, things still can happen but I'd rather know that I or my club did everything it could do to prevent it than be hanging out with a bunch of people who promote negligence for the sake of "fun".