Laws for R/C flying
Good discussion. We lost our flying field to construction of a large ampitheater and are awaiting a new field when that is finished. In interim I and a friend have permission from a large landowner to fly on his property, several hundred acres in all. It has been fun. We recently had a launch with receiver switch off and the plane circled high and then moved over the heart of a small city, all at full throttle. It finally dove at full throttle and landed at the end of a driveway of a home in a new developement, smashing itself into small pieces, a very close call. We are now scrambling to understand the liability issues too. We have also created a nuisance for the local area as more and more uninvited flyers are seeing us in action and showing up to fly. We will probably lose the spot due to damage from cars, vandalism and crashes, we already have had a plane from a trespasser group land on the roof of a local business and break out a window on a parked car. The pasture can give you some nice freedom in flying, but there are still dangers and problems which can arise. And I wonder if those granting approval for tresspass understand the liability that they may have in allowing access for flying.