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.
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