Perhaps I wasn't entirely clear in my original post - the planes flew into
the helis.
BTW, Epsom is a public site, and they exercise no frequency control beyond
each person checking (if they remember) - It really is very dodgy, but there
are lots of old boys there that have been flying since the year dot and "we
never had a problem before..."
"Gromit" <Gromit@no spam more cheese.anyplace.co.uk> wrote in message
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> All clubs should run a decent frequency allocation system to avoid
> shootdowns though I am not implying that this was the course of the
accident
> you refer to.
> At our club, plane and heli fliers work together to avoid problems and all
> forms of RC flying take place in resonable harmony, no accidents have
> occured since the "dedicated field " was purchased by the club a couple of
> years ago. .
> I used to fly at a club which used the town horse race track (properly
> formed and with the permission of the local council who are the owners,
> registered with the BMFA etc)
> They obviously couldn't fly on race days which were few and far between
but
> lots of people used the race course for other things, like football
matches,
> fishing in the lake, dog walking, kite flying, golf practice etc etc.
> Makes you very nervous and the need for a "lookout" is paramount.
> The obvious thing is to use a dedicated field even if it means travelling
> that bit further.
> Testing heli's in the back garden is also a bad idea unless you live on a
> farm.
>
> Gromit
>
> "Andy Carpenter" <andy@REMOVEcarpsTHE.coUPPER.ukCASE> wrote in message
> news:b7qp28$s2i$1@titan.btinternet.com...
> >
> > "Smog" <leds@jbphonetech.info> wrote in message
> > news:b7pt0c$610$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > > To be a little blunt Carl, I, personally would not even consider
flying
> my
> > > copter anywhere near where there are kids unless I am sure they where
> > > completely aware of all the dangers involved with what was going on.
> Kids
> > > are very unpredictable as I am sure you know. Your eyes are on the
heli
> > and
> > > what its doing and not on the kid that's about to come well into range
> of
> > > your model, usually completely out of your lateral or even peripheral
> > > vision. It only takes a servo failure or complete TX to RX loss of
sig
> > and
> > > anything could happen.
> > > If there is even a slight hint of kids in the vicinity I always either
> > pack
> > > up and leave to fly another time or wait until I am sure the coast is
> > > completely clear .
> > > Is is just not worth the risk.
> > > That my view anyway.
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Jim Burrill
> >
> > I have to agree. As soon as people turn up to close (or dogs) I land
ASAP
> > and explain how dangerous the thing is. If they don't get out of the
way,
> > then that is my flying thorugh for the day.
> > However, since deciding not to fly at the public site any more (Epsom)
> this
> > hasn't been much of a problem as the club field rarely gets visitors.
> >
> > The reason for not flying at Epsom any more - two helis downed within a
> > month by plank flyers. The second one apparantly exclaiming with some
> glee
> > "That's number two !!!". It would seem a contingent there have taken a
> > dislike to heli fliers (jealousy ?) and are attempting to drive them
away
> > with forceful tactics. The result has been one Millie almost written
off,
> > and one Raptor which probably is a write off. The planes were the
cheapo
> > polystyrene crap that costs about £50.
> > I'm kind of hoping that this incident may have caused them to reconsider
> > their actions and realise how dangerous the game they are playing is.
> BTW,
> > does any one know if there is more to the rhyme of "plankers" and
> > "wankers" - the coincidence just seems too convenient :)
> >
> > Carps
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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