In relpy to your accusation of being one to cause clubs to lose fields, I think you could stand a breath of fresh air. As a club safety officer that uses a simply on/off electric switch for my gassers, plus a cut off idle carb setting, you seem to belive that my planes may not be safe enough to meet your standards. BUNK. Going a step further, my personal actions have gone a long, long way to saving at least one field, at great legal expense to me.

In 35 years of r/c, I've never had an engine runaway that was due to a failed method of shutting down an engine. I learned how to use a throttle lever a long, long time ago. I also know how to use a rudder and elevator stick when and if needed to kill a plane. Then again, I'm not so low on the income level that I fear the loss of a plane due to it's cost. I also won't be the one to hold my plane during a start or runup with a mechanical "stooge" unless chance of injury has been reduced to the absolute minimum.

You go your way, and I'll go mine. All my planes meet and exceed (in almost all areas) IMAA and AMA safety standards. My personal opinion is that if you're too afraid of what you do and can't bear the risk, be it mentally, physically, or financially, then you should not be doing it. There is absolutely nothing in this world that is perfectly safe, and some risk must be assumed by those that want to participate in any activity.

Weakness sucks!! I guess some people should only have desk jobs.

Pat