R/C plane licenses
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R/C plane licenses
Do you need a special license or anything to fly R/C planes? I’m not talking the little dinky ones…I mean the big professional ones. What about R/C helicopters? Like this?
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Yeah sure it's all kinds of fun, until you realize at liftoff +30 seconds that you just crashed and destroyed a $15,000 toy airplane.
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Unless you're made of money, then whatever. Go to the car and have the slave get out the spare helicopter.
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Unless you're made of money, then whatever. Go to the car and have the slave get out the spare helicopter.
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Just sayin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTHWBSluUjU
I'm curious as to how somebody would be able to control such a craft. I can't even see the damned thing, not to mention the silly speeds it is pulling?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTHWBSluUjU
I'm curious as to how somebody would be able to control such a craft. I can't even see the damned thing, not to mention the silly speeds it is pulling?
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Some places, usually R/C Clubs, where you can find paved run ways, people to talk to in between flights and the nice tables... they will require you to have AMA insurance for just incase reason... never know when you crash, fly into sombody or something!
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Well, technically FAA owns all airspace lol. The classify different airspace like a busy places from surface to XXXX' and less busy areas as 700'-XXXX'. Technically you can't even jump if you live near some airports lol. You don't have to be manning it though, weather ballons, or tethers or UAV's need to have licences if they are certain airspaces, or they get a restricted airspace put around them to which they can operate at certain alitutudes and times.
Though if you don't live near (30miles) a busy airport (i.e ATL,DCA, DEN), or 5miles of a smaller airport, chances are you are in "G" airspace (since you are below 700' or below 1200' in some VERY remote places out west) which is uncontrolled, and the rule is basically no flying the clouds and keep an eye out and don't fly into anyone/anything. But some places where there ar a lot of enthusiast and it is coordinated, they can get put on the map to let other pilots to avoid or use extra caution in that area.
Pretty nice Hind, I imagine by the size it is a full collective pitch RC? I can't tell if it flybarless or not? Gas or electric? Turbine or piston?
Though if you don't live near (30miles) a busy airport (i.e ATL,DCA, DEN), or 5miles of a smaller airport, chances are you are in "G" airspace (since you are below 700' or below 1200' in some VERY remote places out west) which is uncontrolled, and the rule is basically no flying the clouds and keep an eye out and don't fly into anyone/anything. But some places where there ar a lot of enthusiast and it is coordinated, they can get put on the map to let other pilots to avoid or use extra caution in that area.
Pretty nice Hind, I imagine by the size it is a full collective pitch RC? I can't tell if it flybarless or not? Gas or electric? Turbine or piston?