ORIGINAL: KidEpoxy
Original Stickbuilder:
I thought it was a fitting punishment for a club member to bring such a piece of S**t to the field.
Is that the sales pitch you use to get folks to join AMA?
"Come get your planes looked down on, your crashes cheered, and insurance too, for just $58"
Do 1/2A planes get the same warm reception at that field? Do ya'll spit on the guys with .020/.010 Lil' Flyers?
Read it again Kid, I said that it was one of the club members that bought it, and brought it. Not a PF'er. Naw, I wouldn't cheer if a 1/2 A model went in. The reason for the crash of this e-fliter is unknown. It just quit flying, and went in hard from about 150'. A real Splatter. We think that the receiver or the Transmitter quit. For whatever reason, it was going full bore when it hit the ground. We had several real, e-powered birds flying yesterday as well. No problems with them. Just the cheap POS, PF'er that went in.
What if it had been in a public park, and there were bystanders watching, and this thing had hit one of them? That's why we have rules regarding where spectators are allowed, and where flight is allowed.
Bill, AMA 4720