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

[John Ford]

In general, the fields I fly at tend to have courteous members and I rarely have a problem putting up a flight even when the field is busy. They know I keep it to one pattern and am on the ground within 7-8 minutes. They often joke that it takes them longer to get ready to fly than it takes me to do a pattern. The sport flyers occasionally fly at the same time, so if they do, I just move my line out to 250m and that usually takes me out of the soup.
Likewise, I tend to take long breaks between flights and always limit myself to 3 flights per session, just because more than that isn't very productive practice for me. Even in my YS days, I had 24 ounces on board, but still couldn't do two complete Masters patterns, so never bothered trying.

John



On Apr 8, 2014, at 9:21 AM, Jas S <justanotherflyr at gmail.com> wrote:

> While we don't seem to have a problem at our contests, and not at the club I belong to, I would think that a courteous time limit of 10 minutes per flight/pilot during contest practice (Friday before) or at Nats practice would be something everyone could agree on? That gives the glow/gas guys a few extra maneuvers they can do and not upset some E pilots that have issue with not being able to get 2 patterns in of their own. 
> I've only seen one instance when a glow pilot flew 2.5 patterns and received complaints about flying too long (from other glow pilots that limited their flights to 1.5 patterns too). It was brought to the pilots attention and handled without incident. We all know that the glow/gas set-ups can fly 'forever', and I've only been told a few times that 'if you flew glow you could fly as long as 'we' do, not our fault'. I don't think that's the best approach to keep the fun at the field. Good thing I just charge my batteries at 1C, gives me plenty of time to reflect on what I want to improve in my next flight.
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> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 9:43 AM, <rcmaster199 at aol.com> wrote:
> Scott, the club members in general are terrific folks. Very friendly and inquisitive about the kinds of things I do. Plus the club site is one of the better sites in Jersey.
>  
> The threat came from one of our own who thinks he has pull with club management, I'm sorry to say. I think I got whatever I needed from this thread and is all I'm going to say.
>  
> Thanks and regards
> Matt
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott McHarg <scmcharg at gmail.com>
> To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 8, 2014 9:17 am
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] What do you folks do at your flying sites?
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> Matt,
> 
> Threatened?  Wow, I'd say the question is "Why am I still at this club providing help to others and supporting this club with my dues".
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Anthony Romano <anthonyr105 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Can be a touchy subject, especially at Nats practice sites!
> Kind of like the length of a minute depends on what side of the bathroom door your are on.
> Most clubs in my area a sequence maybe a couple of maneuvers and land.  Two pattern pilots in the air at the same time always increases midair risk. Start adding F and unknown sequences and things can really get messy. Lately, having issues with the proliferation of the cheap foam gliders. Guys spend 30+ minutes loitering around the top of the box or areas out of bounds.
> 
> Anthony
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> To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> From: rcmaster199 at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2014 09:28:51 -0400
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] What do you folks do at your flying sites?
> 
> Electrics fly 8 minutes per tankful and YS and gas fly 15 minutes per tankful.
>  
> 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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