Maybe the forum can produce 'autograph cards' for future FFs.
Just in case.
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And somebody get TimmyP a taco!
Just in case.
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And somebody get TimmyP a taco!
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I arrived on Wednesday hoping to get a spot fairly close to the build tent. Registration was a mess no one knew what was going on. I tried to get to a camping spot that was when I got my truck stuck. The truck was pulled out with the tractor and the driver told me to set up at the top end of the field in between RV's. After all that I setup my Pavilion I went to the volunteer's meeting which I missed because it was moved (this was the reason I was there on Wednesday). Thursday I came in early and watched the inlet road for the RV section become more muddy for about 3 hours. So around 8:30 to 9am (with the first break in the rain) I decided with the state of the field, the fact I was staying in a hotel, and the distance from where I was setup I was not going to walk about 300yrds thru a muddy field to the concessions and to the build tent. So I left before 10am and barely got out thru the exit at the RV road it was a total mud for about 35 to 40yrds. That's my 2017 Flite Fest.
Now leaving was my choice but there is another perspective that needs to be considered and that is Flite Test's decisions.
1) Flite Test chooses the location and considering 2015 a change should have been made.
2) There is now a Flite Fest West & soon South what do those locations look like? Are they in a bean field? Can they handle rain prior to the event?
Everyone who attends the event in Malvern is in Flite Test's backyard (their home). I would like to be treated as well as the events in the West and the South. This is with the assumption that any rented fields with the West & South events would be chosen on the basis that they can handle rain. I spent about 3 weeks of free time getting ready Had a couple of really good builds drafted and printed up to build at the event and once again I was not going thru a mud field for how many days? So this is the reason I will not be back to Flite Fest until the location is changed.
Please Flite Test find a location that can handle the rain.
I arrived on Wednesday hoping to get a spot fairly close to the build tent. Registration was a mess no one knew what was going on. I tried to get to a camping spot that was when I got my truck stuck. The truck was pulled out with the tractor and the driver told me to set up at the top end of the field in between RV's. After all that I setup my Pavilion I went to the volunteer's meeting which I missed because it was moved (this was the reason I was there on Wednesday). Thursday I came in early and watched the inlet road for the RV section become more muddy for about 3 hours. So around 8:30 to 9am (with the first break in the rain) I decided with the state of the field, the fact I was staying in a hotel, and the distance from where I was setup I was not going to walk about 300yrds thru a muddy field to the concessions and to the build tent. So I left before 10am and barely got out thru the exit at the RV road it was a total mud for about 35 to 40yrds. That's my 2017 Flite Fest.
Now leaving was my choice but there is another perspective that needs to be considered and that is Flite Test's decisions.
1) Flite Test chooses the location and considering 2015 a change should have been made.
2) There is now a Flite Fest West & soon South what do those locations look like? Are they in a bean field? Can they handle rain prior to the event?
Everyone who attends the event in Malvern is in Flite Test's backyard (their home). I would like to be treated as well as the events in the West and the South. This is with the assumption that any rented fields with the West & South events would be chosen on the basis that they can handle rain. I spent about 3 weeks of free time getting ready Had a couple of really good builds drafted and printed up to build at the event and once again I was not going thru a mud field for how many days? So this is the reason I will not be back to Flite Fest until the location is changed.
Please Flite Test find a location that can handle the rain.
...to some extend the event is what you make of it...
One more thing to add to flight line safety, the quad areas did not have a runway or flags signifying how far out to stay. There were quite a few FPV flybys right at the edge of the flight line barrier. Made it very difficult to comfortably fly LOS, 3D, etc from the areas that were set aside as such. There needs to be a set of flags or runway the whole length of the field for pilots to fly beyond except for taking off and landing.
Cheers!
LitterBug
+1
Exactly what I was trying to say (but not communicating well) with the ground marking paint idea!