From: Curtis O. <cur...@gm...> - 2011-09-21 16:18:48
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On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Gene Buckle wrote: > On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Curtis Olson wrote: > > > 11: RC Pilot. Stays under 400' AGL and outside a 3 mile radius from any > > airport. Probably flying at a club site and doesn't care about air > spaces. > > Has no way to estimate if he's over or under 400' AGL and probably is > > flying a plane that can climb 500' per second and hover at 2 clicks of > > throttle. Is annoyed when a VIP flies into the big airport 30 miles away > > and his club field is just barely inside the TFR radius and he can't even > go > > out there and fly a paper airplane for several hours. > > > 11a: RC Pilot. Flies out of backyard whenever the hell he wants, > regularly sees how high he can get using a 2lb electric Slow-Stik and a > fancy altimeter downlink. Doesn't worry about how tiny a 40" model is at > 2000ft, has FPV goggles for that. > 11b: Smart RC Pilot: Doesn't post publicly about his misadventures, and has never been above 400' or anywhere close to inside or above the clouds. Curt. -- Curtis Olson: http://www.atiak.com - http://aem.umn.edu/~uav/ http://www.flightgear.org - http://gallinazo.flightgear.org |