pywackit,

You’re not supposed to be out on the field with planes taking off and landing. Some do it, but it is against the rules. That's why I we set the plane down and walked to the pilots stations, then I taxied out and took off. Did you also notice I kept a close eye on the plane the whole time we walked there, even though it was just sitting in one place? The club follows the AMA safety guideline which is why we have the individual pilots’ stations. Did you notice the longer grass in front of the pilots station - that's to give some distance between the stations and runway. They are also spaced apart to help against radios on adjacent frequencies interfering with each other.

bruce and FF,

The field we fly from is a turf field, so there is not centerline. It’s a reclaimed land fill the closed in the '70's. The actual runway part of the field is about 600' X 150' so it's a pretty good sized field, so there is some room to take off angling away from the pits, or if the Field N*z* isn't there, then straight across the field like I did which is about as close to directly behind the plane as you can get.

Since all the flying is basically parallel to the runway, along with landing, why not learn to take off the same way?

Hogflyer