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

[Jon Lowe]

Oops, meant to send this to the group and just not Dave!

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From: jonlowe at aol.comJon Lowe
Date: Apr 7, 2014 11:01 AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] What do you folks do at your flying sites?
To: DaveL322 <DaveL322 at comcast.net>
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> Our club had a 20 minute limit with a pin back in the 72 MHz days.  With 2.4, and aging/declining membership it isn't an issue anymore.  A lot of club members stay out of the air when I fly because they know I'm practicing. I try to return the favor whenever possible.  I also try to help new flyers and improve relations that way. When I was flying a slimer, I'd restrict my flight time if the field was crowded.
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> We had some bad eggs in our club who would gripe if you (literally) looked too close at their plane. I just tried to stay out of their way. Fortunately most of them are no longer members
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> On Apr 7, 2014 10:35 AM, DaveL322 <DaveL322 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> 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,
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>> Dave
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>> From: "Robert L. Beaubien"
>> Date:04/07/2014 11:26 AM (GMT-05:00)
>> To: General pattern discussion
>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] What do you folks do at your flying sites?
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>> 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
>> To: 'General pattern discussion'
>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] What do you folks do at your flying sites?
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>> Or….snag that little shorting plug thingy on the side of the fuse and casually lose it in the grass…..
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>> David Harmon
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>> 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
>> To: NSRCA Discussion
>> 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.   
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>> 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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>> 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?
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>> 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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