[NSRCA-discussion] Question for a friend for the experts

[mike mueller]

 Thanks everyone. Great answers. My friend Russ and I thank you all. Mike Mueller

--- On Tue, 8/18/09, Dave Burton <burtona at atmc.net> wrote:

> From: Dave Burton <burtona at atmc.net>
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Question for a friend for the experts
> To: "'General pattern discussion'" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 9:44 PM
> An old rule of thumb I remember from
> years ago was that an RC flying field needed 100 acres to
> fly over. I'd think in today's environment it's probably
> hard to find many fields with that much area especially
> along the East coast.
> I have 28 acres at my flying field at my home but no
> neighbors within 400-500 feet from my boundary so I have
> enough room to fly without causing a problem. Now if I could
> only convince my sister (co-owner) of the need to cut a few
> more trees at the North end........
> Dave Burton 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]
> On Behalf Of mike mueller
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 6:17 PM
> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Question for a friend for the
> experts
> 
>  A friend of mine Russ Rhodes asked me this question.
>  Since I'm stuck in a metro area with 8 million people the
> last thing I know about is acreage. I can't think of a
> better place to get an answer than you guys so here it
> goes.
> 
>  Mike, I know that youve been in the pattern flying for
> some time.  I am trying to buy some property and found
> a 30 acre plot that was a square 40 acre with 10 acres
> removed.  I put a triangle to it and I would still
> overfly as the box doesnt fit in the acreage, 1350 x
> 1000.  Do you have a recommended acreage size for a
> field?  Just curious.
> 
> Russ
> 
>  Thanks in advance, Mike Mueller
> 
> 
> 
>       
> _______________________________________________
> NSRCA-discussion mailing list
> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
> 
> _______________________________________________
> NSRCA-discussion mailing list
> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
>