Scary thought, maybe there should be assigned channels for backyard flyers. I believe RC Cars have assigned channels
----- Original Message ----- From: "Loren Blinde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 10:51 PM Subject: [RCSE] Shot down personally > This thread rings close to home tonite. Earlier this evening our club was > giving a demo for some school kids at a small field in suburban big-money > acreage land. I flew a tried and trusted Quaker old-timer with at least a > couple hundred flights logged (yes, it had an engine, no, it was off, but > that's irrelevant) and after three successful flights the controls locked > up about a thousand feet up and away and the result wasn't pretty. > > Extensive post-mortem shows the batteries were okay, the servos all > function, a range check of the remains was okay and the switch was on and > functional. And there were no other participating transmitters on my > frequency. Which leads to the interference theory. I've been flying 26 > years and have never experienced such an event and have a personal aversion > to attributing pilot error to interference; I don't do that lightly. > > But the nagging thought that keeps coming back (considering the local > landscape) is that there could have been someone in the vicinity innocently > flying a "slow-flyer" in the back yard. > > I can't prove I got shot down, but can't help thinking it. The > mass-appeal, "anyone can do it" mentality that goes with those damnable > back yard abominations is going to signal the end of organized RC flying > anywhere in radio range of modern suburbia... > > My personal stance it that I won't buy one, fly one or even suggest that > anyone use them to get into the hobby. And if you have one, next time you > flip the Tx switch to entertain the neighbors, stop and think about anyone > else who could be flying in the vicinity. > > Loren Blinde > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. > > ------------------------------------------- Introducing NetZero Long Distance Unlimited Long Distance only $29.95/ month! Sign Up Today! www.netzerolongdistance.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
