Northeast Florida
01-14-2022, 05:26 AM
#3
Thread Starter
01-14-2022, 06:20 AM
#4
Size and nerve lol
Jax RC has some trees and trash mounds so the approaches freak out some folks. I fly my Rebel Hot there comfortably, others fly up to 120 size jets, just depends on the jet and the pilot. 350 foot or so paved
Gateway is a little further drive, 400 foot paved and its wider, there's also less obstacles that allow much flatter approaches. Unlike Jax there's some time restrictions due to neighbors and occasional shut downs for the VA Cemetery next door though that rarely affects weekends. For example power and turbine at 9am on Saturday, 10am on Sunday. There's no neighbors so no time restrictions at Jax.
Let me know if you'd like to visit either, I'd be happy to meet up unless I'm away at an event.
Jax RC has some trees and trash mounds so the approaches freak out some folks. I fly my Rebel Hot there comfortably, others fly up to 120 size jets, just depends on the jet and the pilot. 350 foot or so paved
Gateway is a little further drive, 400 foot paved and its wider, there's also less obstacles that allow much flatter approaches. Unlike Jax there's some time restrictions due to neighbors and occasional shut downs for the VA Cemetery next door though that rarely affects weekends. For example power and turbine at 9am on Saturday, 10am on Sunday. There's no neighbors so no time restrictions at Jax.
Let me know if you'd like to visit either, I'd be happy to meet up unless I'm away at an event.
01-14-2022, 07:17 AM
#5
Thread Starter
Haha. Understood. I would only be flying a x45 size plane right now.
Definitely would like to come check Jax RC out. I'm down in St Augustine. We have a nice grass field here, but currently no turbines. Also located at the city dump.
Definitely would like to come check Jax RC out. I'm down in St Augustine. We have a nice grass field here, but currently no turbines. Also located at the city dump.
01-14-2022, 08:18 AM
#7
Size and nerve lol
Jax RC has some trees and trash mounds so the approaches freak out some folks. I fly my Rebel Hot there comfortably, others fly up to 120 size jets, just depends on the jet and the pilot. 350 foot or so paved
Gateway is a little further drive, 400 foot paved and its wider, there's also less obstacles that allow much flatter approaches. Unlike Jax there's some time restrictions due to neighbors and occasional shut downs for the VA Cemetery next door though that rarely affects weekends. For example power and turbine at 9am on Saturday, 10am on Sunday. There's no neighbors so no time restrictions at Jax.
Let me know if you'd like to visit either, I'd be happy to meet up unless I'm away at an event.
Jax RC has some trees and trash mounds so the approaches freak out some folks. I fly my Rebel Hot there comfortably, others fly up to 120 size jets, just depends on the jet and the pilot. 350 foot or so paved
Gateway is a little further drive, 400 foot paved and its wider, there's also less obstacles that allow much flatter approaches. Unlike Jax there's some time restrictions due to neighbors and occasional shut downs for the VA Cemetery next door though that rarely affects weekends. For example power and turbine at 9am on Saturday, 10am on Sunday. There's no neighbors so no time restrictions at Jax.
Let me know if you'd like to visit either, I'd be happy to meet up unless I'm away at an event.
01-14-2022, 09:03 AM
#8
The head on runway in that shot is actually 400, the left to right is 300 but that's the heli/drone flight line.
The issue jet guys have is that hill to the south of the main runway, smaller jets are fine but bigger ones you have to come down that hill without building too much speed then flare, land, and stop.
45 size jets are no problem
The issue jet guys have is that hill to the south of the main runway, smaller jets are fine but bigger ones you have to come down that hill without building too much speed then flare, land, and stop.
45 size jets are no problem
01-14-2022, 10:09 AM
#9
The head on runway in that shot is actually 400, the left to right is 300 but that's the heli/drone flight line.
The issue jet guys have is that hill to the south of the main runway, smaller jets are fine but bigger ones you have to come down that hill without building too much speed then flare, land, and stop.
45 size jets are no problem
The issue jet guys have is that hill to the south of the main runway, smaller jets are fine but bigger ones you have to come down that hill without building too much speed then flare, land, and stop.
45 size jets are no problem
Our runway is 600' long. I'm at the approach end. The house is about 1200' from the other end. The boundary is being moved to our entrance road. This makes the boundary only about 600' from the other end of the runway. Difficult to fly a right pattern. The left to right pattern isn't much better.
I'm on his lanai looking at our runway.
I'm in his living room. What idiot builds a $550k+ house near a runway and not expect issues? Well, this idiot. And, he has complained.
