The reference to the 'park flier crowd' was my attempt a cynicism - guess it failed. Perhaps I did not properly illustrate my point that it's not a great idea for the 'AMA crowd' to want to segregate electric fliers, but rather that we need to have them fly at club fields and be exposed to the other facets of this hobby. Who knows maybe some of us gasser types would even get contaminated enough to try flying electric power.

As to insurance coverage, my small Cox foamy warbirds get all the coverage I need from my homeowner's policy at the football field and the big stuff flies at the local field with regular AMA coverage as a supplement to my policy. (AMA insurance is not the primary coverage for us in any case) Apparently the 'outlaw' park fliers don't want and/or need AMA and all the flapping we do here goes right by deaf ears. We will need THEM to have a voice with FAA, FCC and the politicos of this world. If we keep ignoring, insulting and isolating a possible base for future membership the rub won't be just worrying about giving them a 'discount membership' it will be hoping we don't become as powerless a voice as the hula hoop world series (with apologies to that fine organization which once had over 250,000 members).