ORIGINAL: ptulmer
Rat, like I said, if he's not watching out for me... If somebody wants to fly in a hay field out of town, he would need to make a decision. If some proud papa comes in wanting to buy his kid a $150 christmas present to get the kid out of his hair, that kid should NOT be on the same channels we use. It presents a danger to the clubs. Which last time I looked are places where people gather in large groups to play with model airplanes. Which is a bigger problem? Your RTF electric foamy going down in a parking lot or a giant scale P-51 going out of control during a club gathering?
There are alot of parkflyers out there that are not constructed of foam and are not rtf. Mountain models has some nice kits that fit the parkflyer status and they are nto constructed of foam. Eflite also has some parkflyer type models that are not constructed of foam and so does Hanger 9 for that matter. Why should these parkflyers be limited to the 27 mhz band because the owners of them do not belong to a club or the AMA?????
Oh and I also purchase most of my radio equipment online. If I purchase a transmitter then I am stuck with the channel that it is on. Once and awhile I need to purchase stuff at the nearest Hobby Town such as receivers etc. Do you really think that they should not sell me a compatiable receiver to my Hitec Flash 5 X radio because I do nto belong to a club or the AMA??? For one thing that is illegal and never going to happen no matter what the AMA says. It is just another form of discrimination.
But then what should a person expect from SOME of the AMA and club members??? Anything to keep the electric PF people down or force them to join something they do nto have any interest in doing.
Better hurry up and call the cops because someone is flying their parkflyer out over a field with full permission fromt he owner and that person is not joining the club. Oh better run over and tell the owner he is in grave danger because that little airplane is going to hurt a clump of dirt and he might get sued.