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Old 05-29-2006, 11:23 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
State: Or
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fed up with crowds!

Will yet again I was shut down by a gathering of stupid spectators that just cant stay back a safe distance. It seems the only way I can get flights in is be street light. Every time I fly in the datlight shortly after I get setup and preflighted a crowd comes and after many warnings of the dangers of rc aircraft they will not stay back.
Today was finaly nice after a week and a half of rain and wind, so I found a nice quiet place to fly. I wasent to happy with the level of the ground but it was quiet and out of the way. After geting up in the air just a short hop, several kids and adults came by. I did my normal land and warn for all to hear, this should be good right. Wrong! the kids come right up on me and I warn them and thier parents of the chance of injury or death agian. withing 3 min of geting out I gota shut down and call it a day. I had to do a quick landing with a fast throtle drop to prevent hiting a kid the came flying up on a bycicle. This coused a minor boom strike puting a small dint in my shiny new heli's boom.
What about watching rc helis makes people so dumb? Normaly you tell some one that "hay this thing can kill you" and they stay back, but not with a heli. I'm ready to move far away just to be able to fly in the day light.
Navada is starting to sound like a good place to live and fly.
OK so this is 60% ranting and 40% safty. I think im gona buy a big heavy water gun to blast any stupid lookielues that come around.
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