Google Maps flying sites

[trey]

I thought this would be kind of fun. What do your flying sites look like on Google Maps? This is mine. It's pretty green this time of year. I live in a town of 6000, with the neighboring area being 12000. I don't think I've ever seen baseball or soccer played here, but they might do that in the evenings.

 

[Monte.C]

Wow so much attention to facilities for a town of 6000. Very cool.

 

[rcbigtirepilot]

Wow so much attention to facilities for a town of 6000. Very cool.

I thought this would be kind of fun. What do your flying sites look like on Google Maps? This is mine. It's pretty green this time of year. I live in a town of 6000, with the neighboring area being 12000. I don't think I've ever seen baseball or soccer played here, but they might do that in the evenings.

mine has about 18,000 and even we don't have a RC track (or a hobby shop )

 

[rcbigtirepilot]

I thought this would be kind of fun. What do your flying sites look like on Google Maps? This is mine. It's pretty green this time of year. I live in a town of 6000, with the neighboring area being 12000. I don't think I've ever seen baseball or soccer played here, but they might do that in the evenings.

I have multiple sites:
#1. my house

#2 (more often) my friend's house

#3 my school

 

[Monte.C]

mine has about 18,000 and even we don't have a RC track (or a hobby shop )

No hobby shop? What is this world coming to.
My town has a population of 8 million, and hardly any places to fly.

 

[trey]

I have multiple sites:
#1. my house

That's a lot of land to be able to fly at. That would be really cool!

 

[trey]

No hobby shop? What is this world coming to.
My town has a population of 8 million, and hardly any places to fly.

The closest hobby shop to me is Albuquerque , but I don't go down there very often at all.

 

[Monte.C]

This has been my best go-to spot so far.

Between those ball fields there's quite a lot of space to work with.

But I'm moving. I hope I can get away with this, but bummer it's right on the Hudson River so it's likely more breezy. It's only a couple blocks from my new home.

 

[Monte.C]

I have multiple sites:
#1. my house
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#2 (more often) my friend's house
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#3 my school
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What a luxury!

 

[trey]

This has been my best go-to spot so far.
Between those ball fields there's quite a lot of space to work with.

But I'm moving. I hope I can get away with this, but bummer it's right on the Hudson River so it's likely more breezy. It's only a couple blocks from my new home.

I'm sure there will be times when the wind dies down enough to get out there. I lived in Wyoming for a while, and had to learn to fly in the wind. But, that was with bigger/heavier RC planes.

That's an awful lot of houses.

 

[Monte.C]

I'm sure there will be times when the wind dies down enough to get out there. I lived in Wyoming for a while, and had to learn to fly in the wind. But, that was with bigger/heavier RC planes.

That's an awful lot of houses.

And this is a less-populated part of town!

 

[trey]

And this is a less-populated part of town!

I do enjoy larger cities for many reasons, but I'm happy with this for now. This is nearly the entire town.

 

[Merv]

Here are a few more flying sites
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/flite-test-member-map.5766/

Be sure to pin your flying site on this map.
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=206537710041372649195.0004e7d9393f716d5c0bf

 

[tomlogan1]

Our flying site is in a county park and we have a 10 year lease with the county. We support rockets, control line as well as RC. Other areas in the park are available for other activities but only permit holders are allowed in the various flying areas for safety purposes. We do have to chase off a few teams during the season but it's part of the charm.

 

[Hondo76251]

No hobby shop? What is this world coming to.
My town has a population of 8 million, and hardly any places to fly.

 

[trey]

Our flying site is in a county park and we have a 10 year lease with the county. We support rockets, control line as well as RC. Other areas in the park are available for other activities but only permit holders are allowed in the various flying areas for safety purposes. We do have to chase off a few teams during the season but it's part of the charm.

I've always been interested in control line, but never been near a place setup for it.

 

[Monte.C]

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Ok I hear you.

 

[rcbigtirepilot]

I've always been interested in control line, but never been near a place setup for it.

I'd get dizzy from spinning in circles

 

[trey]

I'd get dizzy from spinning in circles

I thought you just dislocate your shoulder and let it rip?

 

[Piotrsko]

I'd get dizzy from spinning in circles

Even on 1/2a combat with 26 ft lines you don't spin fast enough to get dizzy until you stop. The inner ear system only responds to changes not steady state