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General control line discussion => For Safety sake => Topic started by: Motorman on March 25, 2025, 03:56:57 PM

Title: Mark Your Center
Post by: Motorman on March 25, 2025, 03:56:57 PM
If you're flying with a close margine to trees ect. throw down a rag and check it now and then during flight so you don't wander off.

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Title: Re: Mark Your Center
Post by: Crist Rigotti on March 25, 2025, 07:38:43 PM
I would think that a rag would be a tripping hazard! 
Title: Re: Mark Your Center
Post by: john e. holliday on March 25, 2025, 10:33:43 PM
I try to pivot on one foot if in tight circle area.   Many times I wou;d accidently kick the rag.  Better yet is your line spool for a marker. D>K
Title: Re: Mark Your Center
Post by: Gary Dowler on March 30, 2025, 06:40:44 PM
I take a can of spray paint for inverted use in ground marking, and I just spray an X at the center. Harms nothing, cannot trip on it and after years now, no one has ever complained, even on a school yard.

Gary
Title: Re: Mark Your Center
Post by: Crist Rigotti on March 30, 2025, 06:41:52 PM
I take a can of spray paint for inverted use in ground marking, and I just spray an X at the center. Harms nothing, cannot trip on it and after years now, no one has ever complained, even on a school yard.

Gary

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Title: Re: Mark Your Center
Post by: Alan Buck on March 30, 2025, 07:12:11 PM
i do a fun fly i mark a x for center with  5ft circle around it for center
Title: Re: Mark Your Center
Post by: Crist Rigotti on March 30, 2025, 07:37:28 PM
i do a fun fly i mark a x for center with  5ft circle around it for center

Better yet!
Title: Re: Mark Your Center
Post by: Motorman on March 30, 2025, 08:41:40 PM
Your not gonna trip over a little rag. You don't pivot on the rag, just put it down as a reference point like 10' away.
Title: Re: Mark Your Center
Post by: Crist Rigotti on March 31, 2025, 05:41:05 AM
Your not gonna trip over a little rag. You don't pivot on the rag, just put it down as a reference point like 10' away.

10 feet!  So much for marking the center of the circle!  A rag in the middle of the circle is still a tripping hazard and people should not do it!