This question was sent to me in an email, and honestly Im not sure what the correct answer would be.
From email: I replied with, I was worried about the same thing when I flew my first contest and a fellow flyer told me I wouldnt even notice the other plane in the air. Also you would have a caller with you whos main job is to make sure you are clear of other aircraft and vice versa, and to call the manuevers for you as you fly them.
As far as you has the"right of way" Im not even sure.
MC

Well

Right of way Hmmmmmmmmm


It is the callers job to look for and visualize any potential problems. Rick can tell you at this years regionals somehow we were flying side by side when I had to do a snap. Well guess what .....I did the snap (actually looked cool behind Ricks plane) and kept going. If the collision is iminent the pilot or the caller hollers avoidance, then you re-enter the box and fly the manuever you were in or going to fly. It has happened where both caller and pilot believe the planes are on separate lines and WHAM they hit. One purpose of the bootcamp is to give you an idea of how to fly the sequence.



Eddie
p.s. Possibly Tuesday I will get with Jarrod and have him video the basic sequence. Remember the video will not give you spacial orientation.

In 6 years of flying IMAC I have only seen one mid-air and I was calling for the Advanced pilot that got run in to. It was a basic pilot that came out of the eastern sun and none of us while the Advanced pilot was coming from the west could see the basic pilot's plane until it was too late.

You would be absolutely amazed how hard it is to actually try and hit another plane - the sky is huge and the odds are in your favor!! I do understand how you feel though because it took me a couple of seasons to get used to another plane in the air. Shoot, I still won't fly my IMAC plane at a normal fly-in because, even though I know where I'm going to be, the other pilots (up to 5 others sometimes) don't have a clue or plan where they are going or what they are going to do next and they are the ones that can run into you!!

More bothersome and worrisome to me was actually the fact that highly experienced judges are watching and judging my every move!! That is what really takes getting used too!!! Just ask Eddie!!


See you in Mt. Pleasant.


Bobby

Bobby
I resemble yoyr comments. When others are sport flying , they are typically flying smaller planes and are hard to predict. When flying Imac the other plane in the air is typically much larger, and it is flying a predictable pattern. Typically an upper and a lower class pilot is flying at the same time, with two flightlines. An unlimited pilot burns up a lot of airspace with multiple maneuvers on the up and downlines they spend a lot of thme in the verticle, while the lower class pilots spend more time in the horozontal. I flew in a few Combat competitions, where there are 10 planes in the air at once with 30 foot streamers. Even in this seneario it is hard to cut the streamet much less have a mid air......As luck would have it I did suffer one mid Air. I was flying a 1/4 scale world models extra straight and level, when all of a sudden the left wing seperated from the fuseladge. There was a guy flying a small fase electric composit plane that was flying along straight and level when his plane dissapeared. After discussion of a few Bermuda Triangle theories we found a portion of his plane in my severed wing panel.

Jarrod or Eddie, I have 1 maybe 2 buddies that may come to see what IMAC is all about. Should I sign them up as well? They probably wont fly.

Also do I have to have an in flight kill switch (i.e. optical kill switch). I have to methods for killing my model in flight , A. throttle cut , B. choke servo. I checked the rules and I didnt find anything on this subject, Thanks SD

Hey

No problem with your buds, but have them sign up so we can have a idea who all is coming. To kill the engine by another way other than closing the throttle is great for safety. I have a switch on the side of the fuse and it can be killed from the radio too,.




Eddie
P.S. Talk your friends into flying with us.

Is there an order that all the workbook downloads need to be in when I get them in a binder, or just put em' in there however I want?

Just place them any way you want, as we go through them you can rearrange if you want.

eddie

I use an ElectroDynamic optical kill switch that allows me to kill the engine with a flip of the landing gear switch on my TX. I lost a plane once because I couldn't kill the engine - never again. Every gas plane I have had since then has used an ElectroDynamic optical kill switch. The system is pretty tough too as one system I have survived a straight down crash into hard ground!!

Bobby

To everyone who was asking about video, we shot video tuesday. I ve gone and edited it, and I will be uploading it tonight or tomorrow. If your on dial up like I am it will take awhile to d/l its almost 9 megs in size. Also dont mind the cameramans shakey hands either LOL.
It should give you a rough idea of how the sequence should look. If not at least the music is good
Total video including credits is about 5 minutes long.
I hope this helps those who asked.
Jarrod

removed the link for now.
Jarrod

Thanks for the video Jarrod. I'm downloading it as I type. Don't ya'll think we need to make sure we thank the Volunteers somehow for coming out and helping us newbies out?

Hey Jarrod


We are going to have to redo the video, It is to hard to tell what is gong on.



Eddie

When do you want to try and redo it?
Jarrod

I talked to eddie about the video, I think we are going to try and reshoot it tomorrow weather permitting. This time with a tripod to help the shakey hands
So bear with us guys, Hopefully it will be a better cut.
Jarrod
PS I pulled it from the server , hopefully the new video will be up in a cpl of days.

Well heck..........Just when I thought I had a video to look at.

LOL............You obviously you haven't seen MY camera skills ........When I video tape something it shakes so much, it looks like a hooker on the front row in church for the first time!!!!

Jarrod,

Try a monopod. They are surprisingly steady and much more manueverable than a tripod. I use one to tape my grandson playing soccer. Trust me, that action moves a LOT faster than an IMAC sequence, and the vids come quite well; no vibes at all.

I will look into a mono pod guys and see how well it works for me. Even the anti shake thing couldnt keep up with my hands LOL
Jarrod

Ok just a few quick updates LOl
Ive updated the website there is now a working page listing all pilots and volunteers.
I got off the phone with RTL Fasteners and they are sending me some goodies for the bootcamp to give away. Im not sure all what they are sending but if there is enough stuff I hope to make up a pilots and volunteer goody bag for all those you come out. If not, then we we may have a raffle of some sort.
Video?? Due to weather and schedules eddie and I have not been able to reshoot the video as of yet.
I posted a link for RTL on the page for thier generous donation to the event so check out thier stuff.
I will post more as I get more info and or others who wish to help sponsor this boot camp.
Jarrod

We have snow in sherman, just fly a dark plane the snow will make it stand out in the video............LOL

Dan P

You think you have it bad Jarred? See who I have to fly( put up ) with LOL............................

Try and help expedite the video for the one who requested it(Shaun) and I geet sarcasm.


I will have to fly basic and make a video to demonstrate what NOT TO DO...LOL

OH Ive flown with Dan before LOL, I think us basic pilots were about the only ones close to willing to fly on the sunday all the wind came in LOL, and cold huddled in the impound shack heater going with a stick plane trying to get the basic unknown going. I could fly the video of what NOT to do LOL. Im great at the what not to do. Im surprised my plane still has wings sometimes lol
Jarrod

Yea, I wondered if anyone was going to brave the weather to fly that second day!!! About a hour after everyone left it started raining .

Here's a couple pictures.
Heck I didn't notice but Rudy must really like the cold he's the one in the white t-shirt[X(].
But I'm afraid if they would have flown there would have been a few with the tilt cowl option as pictured .

I'll keep watching for the video. Thanks for trying.
Shaun

OK

Hopefully we should have a nice weekend and will try to video if Jarrod is available.


Eddie