RadioFlyerMk
Senior Heliman
Location: Trenton, Ohio,
| speeddemon...I can shed a little light on why we like to fly at club fields, at least for me. Safety for one, anything can happen. If I am alone and get hurt for some reason, nice to have someone there. But more than that, I like being able to bounce ideas off a fellow heli pilot, maybe setup questions or maybe just talk about the latest gadgets. At my field we all seem to get along very well though. In fact, I have had more trouble flying planes. I had my space and I was doing some 3D and some little cheap electrics decided to invade that space. They soon got the idea that we can share and they moved on. I have yet to have any heli trouble. The only thing that worries me is we have a section of the field that runs north and south, while the "flight pattern" runs east and west. So at the east end, we have to be cautious and try to time it so we fly over there after they pass by. There was a couple of close calls but nothing too bad and no one got upset. Heli's can fly from the runway if they enter a flight pattern, but we don't usually do that unless we are among a small group in which case, we all just take turns and spend most of the time talking.  So the friendships make the club flying great. Heck, when we have a heli fly in, we have plane pilots come out just to watch.
The only thing about a club, is like anything else, there is going to be a couple of jerks...but they seem to be disliked equally by heli and plane guys. 
Visit a club, you will probably like it. Another great thing is we tend to urge each other to try new things, so the flying improves. Plus, you get to see new moves you may wanna try.
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"I'd rather hover a Heli......than fly a plane" |
It makes people think that they can go any where they want to. Private property is PRIVATE PROPTERTY!!!
