On Wed, 21 Sep 2011, Curtis Olson wrote: > 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. > *my* misadventures? Oh no sir, not mine. There's this awesome FPV forum that discusses such things....(there's a video of a guy doing some _insane_ things with a flying wing in and around Rio)
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