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Club talk / Phoenix Park club...
« on: June 23, 2013, 22:12:39 PM »
I am a member of the Leinster Club who are the only recognised club (by the park authorities) for fliers in the park. I find the behaviour mentioned abiove incredible. I am on the C/L patch a lot and I know all of the fliers who fly regularly on the R/C patch. Most are retired like myself and I quite simply can't imagine any of them engaging in the behaviour described
Diving on animals with a model would require considerable skill and I can't see how anyone who had developed that level of skill would do such a thing. I don't see how any modeller in his right mind would dive on a dog with the owner attahed to it on a leash. The danger of hitting the owner no matter what the skill level of the pilot is immense.
I just wonder were the dog walkers walking across the landing appoach when these incidents occured? One person's diving might well be another person's approach. The normal procedure when approach is called is for one of the other pilots to shout 'clear' or a warning if anone is on the approach path. When flying R/C on the park patch I have had to do go around when warned that there was someone on the approach path many a time.
All that said it would be helpful to know when these alleged incidents occured (time of day day of week especially) With that knowledge it might be easier to ascertain what pilots might have been involved as certain groups only go up at certain times.
While flying control line I have had loose dogs (no owners attached) chase my model around in a circle and attempt to follow it on landing and that is not a very peasant ecperience as a control line model can only fly on a fixed path. My answer to that is to fly as high as possible or do do manouevres and fly inveted but when the engine cuts I must land no choice. Again, that said nothing like that has happened recently.
Diving on animals with a model would require considerable skill and I can't see how anyone who had developed that level of skill would do such a thing. I don't see how any modeller in his right mind would dive on a dog with the owner attahed to it on a leash. The danger of hitting the owner no matter what the skill level of the pilot is immense.
I just wonder were the dog walkers walking across the landing appoach when these incidents occured? One person's diving might well be another person's approach. The normal procedure when approach is called is for one of the other pilots to shout 'clear' or a warning if anone is on the approach path. When flying R/C on the park patch I have had to do go around when warned that there was someone on the approach path many a time.
All that said it would be helpful to know when these alleged incidents occured (time of day day of week especially) With that knowledge it might be easier to ascertain what pilots might have been involved as certain groups only go up at certain times.
While flying control line I have had loose dogs (no owners attached) chase my model around in a circle and attempt to follow it on landing and that is not a very peasant ecperience as a control line model can only fly on a fixed path. My answer to that is to fly as high as possible or do do manouevres and fly inveted but when the engine cuts I must land no choice. Again, that said nothing like that has happened recently.