wheelspinner20 wrote:The AMA safety code reads “I will not fly my model aircraft higher than approximately 400 feet above ground level, when within three (3) miles of an airport without notifying the airport operator. "
The last thing I want to do is start an argument about safe flying. But not only do we have the international community here, but there are lots of situations where one could easily fly safely above 400 feet even in the U.S. Besides rules, regulations, laws and guidlines, RC flyers do this all the time.
Is there a way to make the value for the alarm user adjustable?
Pat
I live in LA, land of freeway chases with news and police copters giving chase. Presidents and dignitaries visiting, and movie shoots.
The sky is always full of some kind of aircraft flying low. That and weather that lets us fly year round has a lot of RC planes in the air at many fields, many near airports like Van Nuys, Burbank, and LAX.
We all like to fly high but it's the airport police parked on our runway or the hovering police helicopter overhead on their loudspeakers chewing us out that give 400 ft a whole new meaning. They insist that 400 ft is the law and may have the right to ticket and seize our planes. After 911 and some bad press regarding RC planes it seemed to ramp up. I think having the hight alarm option is going to get more use. Yes to having it user defind if doable but 400 is a good place to start.
This limit has killed pattern contesting at our field because of the altitude required for the maneuvers.
Lets see what new rules the AMA and FAA come up with later this year for all of us in the US when its decided. Maybe RC Boats will look good?
SM
, although I used to be when I ran my own multi-user adventure game 