ORIGINAL: 804
ORIGINAL: littlecrankshaf
ORIGINAL: 804
Gun owners shoot and hunt. That's not an activity? Hmm.
I am a gun owner and rarely shoot and haven't hunted in over 30 years...so no point trying to turn gun ownership into an activity per say.
ORIGINAL: 804
Your point was specifically that model airplane flyers are,as a group, inherently more careful than other people due to the investment in equipment. I say BS.
If you want to modify your point to model airplane flying as an activity is statistically safer than, say, full scale flying, well, duh.
And if model flying were completely unregulated, at the club level, as well as geographically (as in you can fly your 25 lb. 3-d model in your backyard in any city, any timeand don't tell me some wouldn't try it), then, well, draw your own conclusions.
I am not sure what your point is but model aviation is
virtually unregulated now...and guys
aren't flying 35% in there back yard often enough to cause concerns but be that as it may, flying large scale airplanes in our backyards here isn’t that uncommon and certainly hasn't caused any problems that I know of. But believe whatever makes you feel good.
What has your experience with guns got to do with millions of others'? It's a regulated activity.
Model Airplanes virtually unregulated? I'm trying to think of places around here I could fly my 30% bird, or even a .46, for that matter. My backyard? Too small. My neighbors? With permission.
Local school yard? Nope.
Churchyard? Nope. County park? Nope. Public road? Nope. Anywhere in city limits? Nope. AMA club? Bingo!
One would have to have a
myopic view to believe one could fly such a thing in a backyard just anywhere. Texas is your world, but not THE world.
804...Run about 2 and half hours north and fly with me!!
I've got a 500' x 75' E-W and a 200' x 75 N-S that you can use at my house anytime you are in the area.
The guys from the club I used to belong to flew at two different school parking lots in the winter. When the club lost their primary field three years ago, they ended up at another members house, flying off the neighbors grass full scale strip. There's room anywhere you look, to put up anything you own,
if you are responsible. If you're not personally responsible enough to manage this endeavor, I doubt you're responsible enough to think about joining any organization such as AMA in the first place.
And 804, (and anyone else) the above statement was a generality, not a personal comment on you. I hope you understand that.
I've been watching this thread since the beginning and have agreed with both camps at various times throughout. A bunch of great ideas have been thrown on the bench and beaten to death. It is a great method to get things changed...if it's done by people who can, and are willing to be a part of the change.
FWIW, I was president of my Local Club last year. I've been a club "instructor" (club paid the $5 to have "Intro Pilot" on my card...where'd that money go?) for the last few years, etc, etc. If I need a label here I guess it can be "uninterested" at this point. I may rejoin in the future, but for now I'm a member of the dissenters.