I once saw my buddy flying his 10,000+ BVM King Cat, in the normal pattern get into a midair with another friend basically hovering a foamy over the runway....Because of my buddies skill, he landed with "minor" repairs which included needing a new fuselage, right boon and canopy, and it totally stripped one of his elevator servos. The foamy was confetty! It was totally the foamy's fault and it was a bad day! When i fly my jets at the local field, all of the other guys usually land their IMAC's and foamies, out of their own will as to not impeed on the jets. Depth perception plays a huge role, even if you have excellent depth perception, the size and speed difference is huge, it is just too hard to gauge distances. Now, keep in mind, this all happened even though the jet had a spotter.

There was no settlement between the two guys...which is horrible in my opinion. If you are hovering anything directly over the runway outer line, you should be at fault, because hovering isnt defined as forward flight, so you are not "flying the pattern". Just my .02