I took a group of college seniors to a local radio control airfield at a state park to test their instrumented 2 lb model radio control airplane for a college class. We came early at 8am to avoid other hobbyist and were alone. After completing the tests, a high ranking club member arrived, and basically "read us the riot act" for using their field that they rent/use from the state. It absolutely made all of the students want to avoid the hobby in the future. Yes, he was an old fart...yes, we could have coordinated better, and yes he wasn't interested in expanding the hobby to younger folks...and yes it worked!!!
I am confused. Was the field posted that it was for private (members only) use?
I belonged to a local model aviation club when my son was into model airplanes.
We rented a field on some vacant farmland.
There were lots of rules, most of which were related to safety.
In order to maintain insurance, any person who entered the pit area had to be a member of the AMA. It didn't matter whether that individual was going to fly a plane or not, because there were plenty of ways to be injured by just being there.
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