| >I dont believe anyone would ask you to stop flying if a field was | >to pop up across from you,
I'm sure some would certainly ask. Judging from what I've seen here, some would even *demand* it ...
| however I and others would think you would at least have the | courtesy to let the club know what channel(s) you flew on.
Sounds reasonable ...
| A lot of it is common sense and courtesy.
I'd say most of it.
| A group of R/Cers would be stupid to start a "formal" club close to KNOWN | flying site, whether it be another AMA club, or a group of park flyers.
Well, to be fair, many formal club sites are very close to public parks, and unless local law prohibits R/C flying entirely, you'll often find park fliers flying at local parks. So in many cases, there's really little other choice.
| Conversly, the park flyers should be couteous themselves, and NOT | fly close to a KNOWN R/C field. If there's frequency sharing, | that's cool.
Absolutely. But people tend to get hostile when somebody tells them what they can and cannot do, and this is best avoided.
Ultimately, merely being in an AMA club at an AMA field does not give you any special priviledges with regards to the R/C frequencies. If a park flier wants to fly at the park next door, you really can't legally stop him, unless local law prohibits it.
What you can do is go talk to him, point out the danger, not only to your planes but to his plane and to people in the area, and hopefully he'll realize that he really should either fly somewhere else, or at least work out some sort of frequency sharing arrangement. | My planes are NOT disposable,
I generally consider my planes disposable. Not that I want to dispose of them, but I'm fully aware that any flight may be their last. The plane may crash, or fly away, or I may even have to crash it intentionally to keep it away from people if something goes wrong. Or it may end up in a tree so tall that I can't safely retrieve it. If I can't handle such a loss, then I fly a cheaper plane. Certainly, I won't be making any $20k B-52 models ...
I think it's just a matter of perception though. I imagine you feel generally the same way :)
| but many consider their park flyers to | be just that. And many think it's their right to fly anywhere, | regardless of whom it may hurt.
Well, it generally would be their right (legally), though it might not be right (morally). If somebody was hurt, then the courts might try to find out who was to blame, but even then, it's hard to tell how it would turn out. If the park flier tried to work out a frequency sharing arrangement, and the AMA club members refused, the courts could very well find in favor of the park flier if it did get that far (like it might after a serious accident.)
What we really need is spread spectrum R/C equipment to make this all a moot point, but of course that thread is over there ---->.
| Common sense. Remember, it may be YOU who gets hurt.
Well, common sense and `catch more flies with honey than vinegar.'. If a park flier does appear nearby, you may run him off by being a jerk, but you may also run him off just long enough to buy a synthesized transmitter and use it to crash several planes intentionally in the name of revenge.