As I understand it, flying in a park is fine as long as the part of the park you're flying in doesn't have people wandering around in it. Flying over people is not ok under the AMA safety code. So that might rule out some parks, but allow others.

I've flown small electrics in backyards, parks, construction areas (when they weren't working), abandoned lots, and school yards. But only there weren't people in the section I was flying over. Heck, if nothing else having someone walk on to your "runway" when you're low on battery/fuel and on final is a good way to wreck the plane even if you don't hurt someone.

Flying from roads and parking lots is always interesting, but not necessarily unsafe, it depends entirely on the situation and who is around.

One of the things about parks is that model aircraft tend to be kid magnets, and kids will do things like run out in front of a landing plane, which can make populated parks tricky. It helps if you fly with a friend or three, and have at least one person spotting and doing crowd control so the guy flying can concentrate on the plane.

I don't mean to be rude but you have 300 feet by 180 feet to land the plane. That should be sufficient to land just about any 40 to 60 sized plane.

You really don't land it what you do is fly it to the ground. I learned to fly at a sight that had a run way, if you could cal it that it was just a mowed down spot, that was and half the size you mention. You learned to fly a plane to the ground. There was none of this bring it in and let if flare for 50 to 100 feet. Landing was bring it in hot at an idle and fly it to force the wheels to touch down.

Try landing on three tennis courtst that are side by side. There was one club that I flew at that their run way was noting but three old paved tennis courts with the fence taken down. I kid you not that was it. Landing was a hit the spot and then turn to scrub off speed or just let it roll into the tall grass to stop it. Taking off was not much better either. There was none of this stand by the side and taxi it out and then slowly feed in the throttle. Taking off required two people. One to hold the tail and one on the radio. When the engine was up to full speed the launcher let go and that plane better have enough umph bedhind it and roll freely to attain the ground speed to get it up in the air. Now I will give them credit once the plane was air borne you had plenty of room to fly but while doing so you remembered that you had a post stamp landing pad.