paul devereux Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 6 hours ago, Rich Griff said: Ignorance is no defence believe me, which is maybe why you ask your questions. If you don't know, you don't know, but you can fnd out....learn......read......even by asking on a forum, maybe ? Horses can be "freaked out" even by a polystyrene cup rolling around on the road by the breeze........ My goodness. I'm sometimes lost for words. Just who do some of you people think you are? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul devereux Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 On 29/06/2023 at 16:59, J D 8 said: If you live in Wales you can' let a bit of mist/drizzle put you off or flying time is halved.😁 I was born and bred in Wales, you don't have to tell me about the weather! Except the summer of 1976 was good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul devereux Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 56 minutes ago, Ron Gray said: Please don't, this thread has strayed too far from the topic already! Maybe start another thread 'Urban myths and model flying folklore'? Yes, and who took it off topic? I'm looking at you, Ron!😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 Paul if you find it's true, why would you want the world to know when you were so concerned about the accident in Spain bringing model flying into disrepute. Many years ago an R/Cmodel club put on an annual show for a local school,, just after a hand launch a 40 ic powered scale model went off course and hit a young child in the face with the prop resulting in serious injury. Fortunately for the club the school insurance covered the claim. The incident did not make the newspapers. The pilot was a very experienced flyer, the club never flew in public again. Many incidences like this must have gone unreported as H and S was not given much priority then and pre Internet local news stayed local. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul devereux Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 20 minutes ago, Eric Robson said: Paul if you find it's true, why would you want the world to know when you were so concerned about the accident in Spain bringing model flying into disrepute. Many years ago an R/Cmodel club put on an annual show for a local school,, just after a hand launch a 40 ic powered scale model went off course and hit a young child in the face with the prop resulting in serious injury. Fortunately for the club the school insurance covered the claim. The incident did not make the newspapers. The pilot was a very experienced flyer, the club never flew in public again. Many incidences like this must have gone unreported as H and S was not given much priority then and pre Internet local news stayed local. First, it is not me who keep derailing this thread, it is people like you. If you look back, heck if you just look at the thread title, you'll see I was just asking for opinions in flying in showers- and I've had some interesting and thoughtful responses on topic. Second, surely you must agree the irony of the BMFA insurers making their biggest-ever payout over a chuck glider (we don't know the circumstances, may have been flown by a child in a park, may have been flown at a club,though it is difficult to see precisely how that can have led to calamity) when their purpose is to insure RC planes, is worthy of discovery? Thirdly, I am astonished by the high-handed attitude of some posters- someone called Rich warning me of the dangers of spooking horses (I have been around horses all my life, I ride and keep horses) and also advising me to ask questions on a forum! Presumably he does not mean this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 32 minutes ago, paul devereux said: First, it is not me who keep derailing this thread, it is people like you. If you look back, heck if you just look at the thread title, you'll see I was just asking for opinions in flying in showers- and I've had some interesting and thoughtful responses on topic. Second, surely you must agree the irony of the BMFA insurers making their biggest-ever payout over a chuck glider (we don't know the circumstances, may have been flown by a child in a park, may have been flown at a club,though it is difficult to see precisely how that can have led to calamity) when their purpose is to insure RC planes, is worthy of discovery? Thirdly, I am astonished by the high-handed attitude of some posters- someone called Rich warning me of the dangers of spooking horses (I have been around horses all my life, I ride and keep horses) and also advising me to ask questions on a forum! Presumably he does not mean this forum. The BMFA insurance isn't to insure RC aeroplanes. It is to insure its members in their modelling activities. That includes free flight, control line, radio control activities. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 I think you're question was answered in the first 4 replies. By admitting to not reading the BMFA guide/ rules you started the drift, the purpose of the BMFA is not just to cover R/C aircraft but to cover members flying free flight, control line etc, as well as being a voice for their members. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul devereux Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) 45 minutes ago, leccyflyer said: The BMFA insurance isn't to insure RC aeroplanes. It is to insure its members in their modelling activities. That includes free flight, control line, radio control activities. A good point which we all agree on, but irrelevant. So why make it? I was talking about the irony of the BMFA insuring against the damage planes can cause, and it turned out their biggest problem was a chuck glider. Not a RC plane, not a CL plane, not a free flight plane, but a toy. Edited June 30, 2023 by Martin Harris - Moderator Deprecating comment removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul devereux Posted June 30, 2023 Author Share Posted June 30, 2023 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Eric Robson said: I think you're question was answered in the first 4 replies. By admitting to not reading the BMFA guide/ rules you started the drift, the purpose of the BMFA is not just to cover R/C aircraft but to cover members flying free flight, control line etc, as well as being a voice for their members. Well then, some posters have replied with differing views- and I presume they have all read the BMFA guidelines. How do you explain that? And to save you trouble, it is a rhetorical question. Edited June 30, 2023 by Martin Harris - Moderator Deprecating comment removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 This thread has run its course and is now closed. I believe that the question about flying in the rain has been answered adequately and it has now degenerated into arguments about semantics and implied insults which cannot continue to escalate. https://www.modelflying.co.uk/code-conduct/ 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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