Is the hobby of flying RC planes really this stuffy?

[serpentracer]

double post sorry,

[kallend]

Stuffy AND judgemental.

Irony score 100%

I don't value the opinions of those who equate stupid with funny or cool. Stupid is just stupid.

[AMcFarland]

Hahah

Stuffy AND judgemental.

In all fairness, the discussion included much conversation about safety. Everyone agreed it was hilarious, and that the designs were terrible.

They also agreed that folks on here were pretty stale. Definately wasn't a ringing endorsement of this forum.

[kallend]

They were not removed from youtube. I just showed them to a couple of flying buddies.

[AMcFarland]

They were not removed from youtube. I just showed them to a couple of flying buddies.

[Evan D]

He said removed from YouTube, that’s different. I still see a link to the float video.

[AMcFarland]

My posts linking the videos were removed from this forum.

[Evan D]

There have been three B-2 videos. One showed a person, not a Motion person, flying through a shelter. I don’t know which video you are referring to.

[serpentracer]

really? the video has been pulled from youtube? is it because it was motionrc flying a plane through a pit shelter?

[Elbee]

Grossman56 xviper don't unsubscribe, let's wait and watch...any bets? Respectfully, LB :pop

[Grossman56]

Sounds like a good idea.

[xviper]

Time to UNsubscribe to this thread and use that ignore list again. He doesn't get it. He will NEVER get it. He's too busy trying so hard to be a "cool dude". I'm no longer going to give him the attention he so desperately craves. Everyone else should do same.

[Grossman56]

All you have to do is look as the damage that some R/C airplanes have caused, especially people versus propellers. I've heard people in my own club comment that they could hold their props and stop the motor from turning. Fortunately, they've ben smart enough not to demonstrate it. Having fun is one thing, being stupid with something that can cause irreparable harm is another whether your in a car club or a gun club or anything else. A couple of years ago we had to rush a guy to Emergency because he lost an argument with a prop. Being dumb with an R/C model right now with the FAA breathing down our necks is not helping our hobby.
I'm glad we still have the right to fly our aircraft because it came damned close to being a lost cause because of people doing stupid things.

Grossman56

[AMcFarland]

"Stuffy" is not an antonym for "stupid".

I tried to understand this comment. While true, it doesn't seem to make any sense in this context.

I understand the need for proper practices while flying near controlled airspace and in areas where other manned aircraft might be operating. I also understand the danger of flying over populated and/or occupied areas.

I didn't see any of these issues in either video I linked. I did see a guy whip some floats on a foam plane and test it out. Didn't seem dangerous or unsafe to me at all. It was over an empty field, from a storm water collection pond.

The second was clearly at an RC field and nobody was there except his group. He absolutely overstressed the plane. The outcome of which was completely predictable, but not unsafe or dangerous. The flutter he encountered was interesting, especially since it was sustained and captured on video.

Certainly not anything like riding dirt bikes in traffic.

I'm just disappointed with the reaction to these unserious videos and a pretty wholesome group of guys who took some time away from drag racing to have some fun with RC airplanes and make some jokes.


You guys can laugh at the unsurdity of a thing while still pointing out concerns.

Yeah, dissapointed.

[kallend]

It appears it is indeed this stuffy.

"Stuffy" is not an antonym for "stupid".

[HangarQueen]

I think a lot of people in this hobby are getting tired and more irritated every day by the growing danger of more restrictions, often triggered by incidents (which are not always caused by "stupid behavior"). I remember the incidents with drones around Heathrow airport for instance, where someone thought it would be cool to film airliners in the air from up close. It got everyone in the hobby breathing into paper bags.
In my club, we've had people crashing 2 models into a neighbor's garden....during a garden party on a Sunday afternoon. We came really close to getting shutdown completely, police and lawyers getting involved, and can still fly but with a serious restriction in terms of no-fly zone right in our approach path. That sure has redefined our definition of "funny" very quickly.
Personally, I've had a near-miss with a model, coming head-on while I was in downwind in a real aircraft. It passed only a couple of meters above my head, at a relative speed that would have blasted my windshield and my life for sure.
Just to explain why people don't necessarily jump around in joy when they see videos that some find funny, but they find it dangerous (to bystanders, but to the hobby especially).
We do have fun, and lots of laughs at our club, but things get very serious very quickly when somebody endangers the survival of our activities and our club. Does that mean we take things too seriously? No, not at all. But when we explain the context and the history, people understand where the reactions are coming from.
And yes, "endangering the hobby" is a very subjective assessment, I agree. But that assessment comes with a background and a history.
I think I haven't seen the video that caused this discussion (I watched one about a B2 on floats), so I can't give you my assessment.

[AMcFarland]

Oh, I get it. You guys think I'm the youtuber. I assure you I'm not. That guy is named Garrett and Cleetus McFarland is a made up character. I honestly just thought RC Jet people might get a chuckle. Nope.

You were successful in getting me keep my opinions to myself. Sorry to disrupt your professional flying club. Haha

You guys shold keep it in perspective though. We build and fly toys...for fun.

[xviper]

Don't worry you'll still get your clicks...

But never again. Won't subscribe, either. Way too needy and pretentious.

[Evan D]

Don't worry you'll still get your clicks...

[Twowingtj]

Having fun is one thing. Putting others in harm's way may not be the best choice.

An overstressed and compromised airframe cannot be controlled safely.