ORIGINAL: vtl1180ny
Between my home and said flying field there are no less than 5 parks, many who buy a PF probably have no idea that there is a flying field there nor do they understand frequency sharing....
It would be better to let the PF's (and Heli's) into your club and have control than to have them fly in a nearby park and possibly shoot down a zenoah powered monster....
You are so right
but if you try to make the typical club understand that you will be the odd man out…real fast!. Been there done that! Most clubs would rather keep their collective heads in the sand and maintain denial of the real dangers while harping about 3D or some other innocuous subject.[:'(]
Things are changing at a before unseen rate and unless SS rides in on white horse real soon a real large percent of flying fields will become unusable with the present exclusive mindset of the typical AMA membership in place now. Sales of 72 MHz RTF models are now mind boggling. More people than ever before is trying Radio Control and have not been enamored with the typical RC club mindset and as result are reluctant to join AMA.