glow size for parkflying?
 

What size glow engine/plane should I get if I want to use it for park flying? I have been doing electric and I hate the waiting in between flights. Plus when I occasionally go to fields it stinks to only get 1 to 2 flights it.

RE: glow size for parkflying?
 

You can't/shouldn't fly glow planes in the same airspace as a park flyer. You are going to need more room to fly a glow powered plane as they are usually bigger and faster than the park flyers you are now flying.

Ken

RE: glow size for parkflying?
 

Ken is right glow power and parks where dogs and people roam just won't make for a good mix in todays lawsuit happy world..You are a member of the AMA aren't you?

RE: glow size for parkflying?
 

I live near a park with 4 baseball diamonds facing eachother in a big rectangle with no fences plus no one is on the field.

RE: glow size for parkflying?
 

This area isn't large enough to fly even a small glow powered plane. I guess that this is also located in a residential area too. So then you have a risk of the plane going out of control and damaging property or injuring somebody. To try to fly a glow plane in such a small confined area is just asking for trouble and shouldn't even be considered.

Ken

RE: glow size for parkflying?
 

So you are talking about 600 to 700 foot square?
Maybe something in the 1/2A size, check out the 1/2A forum.
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_70/tt.htm
The other thing is will the park allow you to fly glow engines there?

RE: glow size for parkflying?
 

Buy more batteries and a better charger.

RE: glow size for parkflying?
 

I've got an Ace Whizard lined up as a winter project. I was planning on flying it at the club fields, but hoped that it might be slow enough with a Thunder Tiger GP-07 to fly in smaller, convenient spaces. What is the minimum recommended flying area for an experienced pilot to fly a 1/2A trainer?

http://www.acehobby.com/ace/images/a...ge/ACE4245.jpg

RE: glow size for parkflying?
 

my suggestion for size of a field is as follows: any club field will do..to risk injury while flying in a park is opening yourself up to big time trouble....even a small glow engine is spinning a prop with enough force to make serious cuts

RE: glow size for parkflying?
 

I agree, I tried flying at a local park, had plenty of room, but as soon as I pulled out a shiny plane, I was surrounded by kids. This is not a bad thing as it`s cool to see thier eyes light up and all the questions, lol But 1 adult , a handful of young kids and a Nitro plane in a park setting, is not a good thing.
So I fly my Typhoon there and fly my nitro in a more controlled environment .

RE: glow size for parkflying?
 

A 1/2 A plane with something like a Cox .049 is almost the equivilent of a small electric but the noise might irritate people. I have a Cox .020 powered Pocket Rocket that could easily be flown in the confines of a schoolyard but is sounds like the world's most pissed off bumblebee.

Before electrics and "park flyers" there was 1/2A and "schoolyard flyers".