Harold Bascom
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'... I know we've come a long way,
'With complaints day to day,
'But tell me, where do fifth scalers play?'
(Just playing with some Cat Stevens lyrics.) But seriously, places where fifth scalers can play without being asked to leave, must be thought out.
For the last year or so I've been running my Redcat Rampage XR on a large abandoned parking lot until a few days ago when, in the height of ripping along, a gentleman pulled into the lot and informed me that I cannot run my rc vehicle there. "Private property," He said. So, I bade goodbye to that lot, like I had said goodbye to a previous abandoned parking lot. Oh, well.
On the drive back home, I thought: 'Time to embrace off-roading; time to build a fifth-scale off-road track aback of my house.' I would have loved to build an on-road track, but my finances aren't there for such an undertaking. It would have been best, however, since I'm an on-road racing fanatic.
When it comes to running rc cars, I guess a lot depends on where one lives. If one lives in a place like Loganville, GA like where I am (a place where few, it seems, ever heard of RC and suspects anything new), one may face challenges finding places to run a gas-powered fifth scale vehicle. But where there's a will, one WILL find a way.
I live in a suburb and am lucky that I've had no complaints thus far (knock on wood) about creating a noise nuisance. I'm praying the cops don't pull up to my door anytime soon. But if it happens, I'll just have two alternatives: #1: Find a dedicated fifth-scale rc track somewhere in GA, or #2: Switch to fifth scale electric rc (though I hate those).
But where do fifth-scalers play? For those close to construction sites with owners who aren't uptight about someone having fun fifth-scale-bashing; good for you. For the rest of us we just need to be inventive; for, as the saying goes: Where there's a will, there's a way.
'With complaints day to day,
'But tell me, where do fifth scalers play?'
(Just playing with some Cat Stevens lyrics.) But seriously, places where fifth scalers can play without being asked to leave, must be thought out.
For the last year or so I've been running my Redcat Rampage XR on a large abandoned parking lot until a few days ago when, in the height of ripping along, a gentleman pulled into the lot and informed me that I cannot run my rc vehicle there. "Private property," He said. So, I bade goodbye to that lot, like I had said goodbye to a previous abandoned parking lot. Oh, well.
On the drive back home, I thought: 'Time to embrace off-roading; time to build a fifth-scale off-road track aback of my house.' I would have loved to build an on-road track, but my finances aren't there for such an undertaking. It would have been best, however, since I'm an on-road racing fanatic.
When it comes to running rc cars, I guess a lot depends on where one lives. If one lives in a place like Loganville, GA like where I am (a place where few, it seems, ever heard of RC and suspects anything new), one may face challenges finding places to run a gas-powered fifth scale vehicle. But where there's a will, one WILL find a way.
I live in a suburb and am lucky that I've had no complaints thus far (knock on wood) about creating a noise nuisance. I'm praying the cops don't pull up to my door anytime soon. But if it happens, I'll just have two alternatives: #1: Find a dedicated fifth-scale rc track somewhere in GA, or #2: Switch to fifth scale electric rc (though I hate those).
But where do fifth-scalers play? For those close to construction sites with owners who aren't uptight about someone having fun fifth-scale-bashing; good for you. For the rest of us we just need to be inventive; for, as the saying goes: Where there's a will, there's a way.
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