[NSRCA-discussion] What do you folks do at your flying sites?

[Phil S.]

Well, we just posted "new" flying rules at our club (9 out of 10 were 
from the Bylaws!), one of which involved legislating "common courtesy"!  
I was tasked to rewrite that rule because telling pilots they should 
respect other pilots was embarrassing to the Club when posted in a sign 
at the field!!!  Unfortunately, "common" courtesy is as uncommon as 
"common sense" these days...

Phil Spelt, KCRC Emeritus, Secretary
AMA 1294 Scientific Leader Member
SPA L-18, Board Member
(865)435-1476v, (865)604-0541c


On 4/7/2014 11:35 AM, DaveL322 wrote:
> Back in the day before 2.4, many clubs had a 10 or 15 minute limit on keeping the frequency pin.....I always found it sad that rules were needed to enforce common courtesy.  Guys that wanted to fly longer would be prepared in some manner.....ability to move to an open frequency. ....or willing to fly every other "turn" to keep airtime even.
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> Regards,
>
> Dave
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> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: "Robert L. Beaubien"<rob at koolsoft.com>  </div><div>Date:04/07/2014  11:26 AM  (GMT-05:00)</div><div>To: General pattern discussion<nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>  </div><div>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] What do you folks do at your flying sites?</div><div>
> </div>Jeesh....  Sounds like a bad case of jealousy......  Get a bigger battery......  J
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> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of David Harmon
> Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 8:24 AM
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> Or....snag that little shorting plug thingy on the side of the fuse and casually lose it in the grass.....
>
> David Harmon
> Sperry, OK
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> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Keith Hoard
> Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 10:20 AM
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> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] What do you folks do at your flying sites?
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> Just give his that little thingy on top of his engine. . . . what is that . .  oh yeah, the "glow plug" . . . about 1/4 turn to the left . .
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> From: atwoodm at paragon-inc.com
> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 11:15:00 -0400
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] What do you folks do at your flying sites?
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> This seems to fall into the realm of common sense and common courtesy.
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> At our home field, I don't feel I have any right to fly alone when all of the other sport flyers share the air.  If the crowd is small, Most of my fellow club members are courteous enough to let me fly alone.  When the field is crowded, I purposely take off when there are others in the air to make sure they don't feel obligated to do so on a busy day.  If I'm not comfortable with the number of planes in the air... I don't fly.
>
> Regarding glow vs electric.  Same rule seems to apply.  If there are two pattern guys on an empty field, who cares.   But when it's a crowd of us, and we're all scrambling to get in as many flights as possible, it seems rude that one "slimer" is getting in twice as much practice time as the rest of the group.  That said, I figure if the said offender is oblivious of the problem, or worse, is unconcerned with it, then they likely have bigger issues to deal with.    In the end they're still toy airplanes.
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> Mark Atwood
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> On Apr 7, 2014, at 9:28 AM,<rcmaster199 at aol.com>  <rcmaster199 at aol.com>  wrote:
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> Electrics fly 8 minutes per tankful and YS and gas fly 15 minutes per tankful.
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> What do other clubs do to manage the time in the air discrepancy?
>
> I'd guess it's a non-issue or at most a minor one and would probably get a different answer if I asked the question of a group that isn't 80% electric. I was threatened yesterday about flying my gas plane longer that the other guy flies his electric.
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> MattK
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