Matt Jones

Just to add some balance here, despite me being one of the contributors on this morning's thread (and still of the opinion of excessive moderation here) I PM'd Pete this morning and to his credit he replied quickly and it was a very thought out, comprehensive and positive reply I have confidence that the topic will be discussed by the management team, here's hoping for a change. As an aside, I bet a friend this morning's thread would be killed by 9, I was only out by 14 minutes

I also agree with TWS too, to a degree, but the over moderation has been going on for years and goes much further than the recent Traplet threads.

Interestingly I've had a PM from someone who doesn't want to post on the thread but agrees with the posts above. It seems a few of us share the same view.

No, it isn't right. I've been censored before simply because I was outspoken enough and they didn't agree with me. I've had tens of thousands of posts on dozens of forums without issue. Far too over zealous here. edited to add: it would be great if this thread could be left open for SENSIBLE discussion with a view to improving moderating rather than it being silentlt removed. Edited By Matt Jones on 28/07/2017 08:13:58

Keiran, I'm still not clear why you're grinding this particular axe?

Good luck on the run Steve, is it for fun or charity? Happy to donate if the latter

It'll be a surprise to no one that I won't be there

They're not in it for commercial gain ergo not commercial therefore allowed. If an aerial view of an accident site could help to identify the sequence of events and what happened (and so helping to prevent future ones) why would you have an issue with it?

I did, smart switches. Probably the result of not reading the full thread.............

Posted by Andy Meade on 09/06/2017 09:46:18 I think we have a duty of care with big models to ensure that everyone and everything we fly near is safe. IMHO a 20kg Spit with just one battery should not be flown, and these days falls under the remit of the CAA / LMA. I agree with Andy and take a similar approach of multiple batteries and smart switches to minimise risk, I have a power distribution board in my biggest. For the scratchbuilders among us we invest too much work in big models to lose them due to an avoidable failure.

I know just the ones.........

Has that Phantom wing been stretched, just a tad?

Got any sharp ones?

Yes.

Slightly?!