the common theme has again surfaced:
We ask STL a very direct question, and we get chat about everything under the sun except the question we keep asking him.

One More Time:
A long time back, flying combat with RC planes was reckless. A RX cound get killed & you have a Out of Control RC flapping around. Then some folks came up with a set of precautions & safety measures to reduce the risks of damage or injury from out of control planes. They dont wear helmets because that prevents planes from getting Outof Control, they wear helmets because it prevents planes that are out of control from hurting them. They took a reckless activity and added a safety rule set to minimize frequency & severity of planes damaging things&folks.

They came up with rules to make Combat not reckless, they can come up with risk management & risk abatement to make RC Gunnery as non-reckless as RC Combat.

STL- Can there be any amount of rules governing Safe RC Gunnery Events from the AMA that would make the event not-reckless?


As for Permitted Professionals, seems if some podunk group of individuals across america(ama) can say which 55lb planes are safe, we can just look to a new organization, the Society of RC Gunnery to publish Safety Standards & Issue Permits for RC Gunnery: Stadards that meet & far exceed the AMA standards for being around planes that can & will loose RX (combat). There... just abide by the standard safety rules, take the online test to show a working knowlege of them for your permit/waiver from the SoRCG, and you are not reckless in the eyes of the AMA... since the AMA is not the authourity on RC Gunnery Events but the SoRCG would be. Wanna have a RC Gunnery Event at your next club Combat Weekend? The ama club CD better make sure he is up to snuff on SoRCG standards, get a SoRCG Event Permit (free), and enforce/observe the safety requirements set forth by the SoRCG.
----- That sound Reckless? It sounds Regulated, Trained, & Permitted to me.