Hello fmf rc



Hello gedipeter,
Could please clarify?
I believe that AMA insurance only applies if you are flying in an AMA approved field.

Yes this is true also if you travel like I do to Long Island you can fly legally in any school yard or parks and even in beach parking lots and be covered by the AMA because they allow it. Parks, beaches, and school yard posted by signs that state: NO ELECTRIC OR GAS PLANES ALLOWED. DO NOT ENTER.
I do fly in beach parking lots during the winter and after 5 PM at night when no ones around.

So far all of the guys I've met on different parks only fly when no one is on sight.
Usually when I fly my plane the park ranger and personel is close by... since I fly on very early morning time they leave me alone.
None of the park fliers I've met will fly when park is crowded.

This is also true that Parks and Police will not bother you as long as your NOT endangering the park, or wild life. They will chase you during wild life mating season and when it becomes a dangerous situation.

I don't like nitro panes, for my taste they are a little "scary".
The heaviest plane I have is less than 2 pounds and doesn’t fly more than 15 miles, this is less damage than a baseball hit by a bat.

I have left the hobby for a while because I could only use the State parks on the Island and found them to be over run by retired and they monopolized the field by tinkering around with their planes, not giving up the frequency they used. I got tired of driving for one hour and not being able to fly. At that time it around 1988 I was working full time and in school so I could not go to the meetings and was band from the field. They wanted me to leave work early and not to attend class. I notified the AMA of the event and was told by them that a clubs are a good idea. I agree but I would not expect any one to give study or work just for a half hour or so of meetings. And like you I hated nitro, too noisy, messed up the car even with protective covering and the smell. Had to clean the plane, oil the engine. NOT FOR ME.
I got into electrics back in 1989 when Tower Hobbies introduced them but back then we had another very good company, Cox, they made an electric with weight less then one pound. Great Flyer. I try to stay clear of the two pound airplane because when they are flown dead stick they still weigh two pounds and put the force of speed to impact to ones body, one could need any where from two to eighteen stitches
in the head to close the wound. I was in Florida when a flyer was hit by a one in a half pound airplane, he was killed on the field. These planes of any size can and will cause pain, death, disfigurement to anyone, they do not discriminate. I love the pusher type airplane my self, the motor and prop are behind the wing pushing the air toward the rudder or rear of the plane and under two pounds. I enjoy the hobby, building and flying. I tried to get fields to fly in but one rule of thumb by the AMA. We need a hobby shop owner to be our back bone for the approval and the City Of New York to over turn the law. I am a legal flyer and I hate to pop anyone dream but I have been through all the red tape over the years and found that to enjoy the hobby I have to fly illegally.
I fly in local parks in Astoria, Parks and Police left me alone because no one was around, they sat watched and when one person was running in the park, I stopped flying and left. I only had one problem with Parks department was in Cunningham park, I was in the parking lot and was told to leave, I told the Ranger I was sorry and I did not know I was not allowed to fly and I left. I never tempted the hand of faith, If I see Parks or Police, I ask can I fly or not. Most of the time they let you, but they also let you know if any ones walking in the park you must leave.
Please be polite to all Law Enforcement agency.

ELECTRICS ARE THE ONLY WAY TO FLY.

I AM EXPERIMENTING WITH 2.4 GHZ RADIO.
BAD NEWS BE CAREFUL, THEY HAVE INTERFERENCE FROM THE FOLLOWING:
2.4 GHZ INTERNET ROUTERS
2.4 AND 2.5 GHZ PORTABLE HOME PHONES
AND SOME CELL PHONES
MORE ABOUT THIS LATER, I NEED TO ASK A FRIEND WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE.
FLY ELECTRIC, FLY SAFE, FLY QUITE.
I AM ON YOUR SIDE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT. BUT THE LAW IS THE LAW AND I FOLLOW THE GUIDE LINES.



DO NOT VALANTEAR INFORMATION TO ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY ABOUT RADIO CONTROL FLYING IS ILLEGAL IN CITY PARKS, THEY MAY NOT KNOW THE LAW.