[NSRCA-discussion] Shot down at sanctioned event.

[Roy M Medina]

Yes there is a good answer, if this was a properly organized event an impound should have been effect. The impound table should have right at the main access to the event preventing anyone from getting to any pins and immediately surrender their transmitters.  
Who ever organized this event surely has some blame here, and in proper gentlemen like fashion should provide some compensation.
An electric event with someone trying to fly a gas trainer?  Well I will leave that to the more to highly philosophical minds on this list.
Fred I will make sure I call you when my pcm receiver goes to safety to quickly land my plane while some one is on my frequency.

My club held highly attended helicopter and club funfly last year, and as safety officer I did my best to prevent any from entering the premises with transmitters.  I cannot guarantee something will not go wrong, but to me this incident clearly should not happened.

I sorry Scott about your airplane, that Patriot was quite a piece craftsmanship, I recall seeing it Hadley in the spring.

Roy M. 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fred Huber 
  To: NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 5:11 PM
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Shot down at sanctioned event.


  There's no good answer...

  The CD is partly at fault for not ensuring that the other person followed the event's frequency control.

  Thee should also have been some method used to mark the normal frequency board as not in use...  Again, CD and event staff are at fault for this contributing factor.

  The beginner at least attempted to follow the frequency control system he was informed about through the field rules.

  As soon as the model started exhibiting interference... it was time to get it on the ground...
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Scott Smith 
    To: 'NSRCA Mailing List' 
    Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 2:25 PM
    Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Shot down at sanctioned event.


    Normally I would accept the fact that this hobby has risks and that bad things sometimes happen.  However, under the circumstances, I was wondering what you guys think.

     

    I entered an AMA sanctioned electric fun fly today.  On my second flight, I took off, turned downwind and realized I was in serious trouble.  The plane remained airborne for about a minute before going straight in.  The entire time I yelled "SHUT OFF 56!"  After the impact, I looked down the field to where two people were trying to get a glow trainer running.  I asked 56? And they replied "yes, we have the pin."

     

    Here's the problem.there were two sets of pins.  One set for the event, and the club's every-day pins.  I had the event pin, he had the other one.  Apparently he showed up not knowing an event was in progress.  He asked the CD if he could go to the end of the field and run up his engine.  As I understand it, the CD allowed this without explaining the frequency control in effect.

     

    What's the club's liability, if any?  What's the non-participant's liability, if any?  Will either one be covered by AMA's property damage coverage?  

    Or am I at the mercy of their good moral character?

     



     

    I should have gone to Muncie.

     

    Scott

     



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