ORIGINAL: piper_chuck
ORIGINAL: hungryandbroke
At our club if anyone is flying a 1/4 scale or larger plane all smaller planes must be grounded.
That's pretty arrogant. Is there a corresponding rule that says if smaller planes are already flying that said 1/4 scale or larger planes aren't allowed to take off?
IMO, that is not just arrogant, its also plain ignorant and elitist! [:-]
Why should somebody have the right to ground somebody else just because of the size of their plane? What about the guy who likes to fly 1/2A like I do? Would I have to come down if somebody with a .19 or .40 size plane wants to fly? If I was in that club, I’d be making a motion to rescind that rule ASAP, or look for a friendlier club. In my club I’ll fly my 1/2A while another guy flies his $15,000 IMAC plane, and we have no problems at all. It’s not uncommon that I’ll have a student up on their trainer while others practice IMAC, F3A pattern, pylon racing or what ever. Nobody should have the right to force another person down and stop flying just because they fly a larger, more expensive airplane.
If they go by wingspan, put a 3-meter power glider up and tell the ¼ scale guys to come down –you have a larger, slower plane and theirs may be a hazard to your plane.
Hogflyer