These pictures of the First Exclusive airfield for RC Jets & airplanes at Chennai.
The runway admeasures 1000 feet in length and width 60 feet  including runoffs, with 10 pilot posts.
120 feet Pit area, with complete work tables/ power points for chargers etc.
Has an emergency grass area for Jets & other aircrafts that have landing gear failure.
The airfield is located about 100 kms from Chennai on NH45.  (2 hr drive from city)
The runway is managed by RCPA. (Radio Control Pilot Association) founded by K.Aravind (Rotor Sport), And by Film Actor Ajith Kumar. The runway is designed by Actor Ajith Kumar as per AMA norms. An RC car track ( on road & off road) are under way. Amenities and other details will be posted soon at www.rotor.co.in.
Membership by invitation, details of which will be made available soon.

Cool    Finally something like what we see all the time in other countries.

But the distance would be a small issue, considering that is about 4 hours of commute in total.  For someone who wants to stay on the field for half day or even full day, this is a dream location ! 

More pictures are posted on the Rotor website (http://www.rotor.co.in) with a link to : http://rotorsport.in/runway/

And a plan of the runway.

This airfield was just a flat piece of land barely a few weeks back having seen it myself. Amazing work and dedication by Aravind and team.  First of its kind in India.

Hope we can have the off road track set up as early as possible for a joint start.

  Great Effort and foresight of Aravind .

sai

the effort goes a long way for making rc flying legit. what about the membership ? cost of flying ? etc.

 A great milestone for aeromodelling in chennai 

Hope this would go a long way to bring some legitimacy, control and support for this sport....... slowly but steadily we seem to be getting there 

 

Looks fantastic...

May be its for the elite class.  .. I could be wrong though.

Are we jumping the gun   It could just mean people who are good enough flyers so as to not mess it up for everyone

Who is "elite" ?  The guys who can fly really well ? 

 The invitations will answer this questions I guess

Could be.  ... But the name "Mr. Ajith Kumar" should give a clue.

Anyway.. lets wait for the gun fire.

-Ismail

 
 
 
 
Fantastic Design

wow! that really has a nice "ring" to it

Ismail ,
In any case the planes we make and fly will look totally out of place in such surroundings  with shiny Jets and Gasser's flying around .

I am sure SPAD will not make the cut , its like the diff. between Armani and Kumaran Men's tailor  


Sai

Anwar ,
Please notify in case PM's are received  against this post as well .

OR

on second thought  would it be OK if I sent you the post to edit and sensitize prior to posting  

I hope it is just me who feels we are barking against an unknown, that can turn out to be good or bad    Then again, who here is sensitive anyways

I would consider the fact someone took the time to announce it here (and that too the person's first ever post on this forum!).  They could very well have chosen not to, and let the news seep in via third parties later on. 

I guess I am one of those "middle-ground" guys  (we have nice word for this in Malayalam called "Samavayam"!), who get alarmed when either baseless or unknown issues are raised !

They have not said elite class any where. Only mentioned by invitation which i think they are entitled to, as they have spent the money & time on developing the airfield. Also by having a proper r/c airfield even to go and watch fun flight or meets would be a great eye opener for many.
Its very simple if you are not a member of a club you cannot use its facilities.

Also Anwar from what i have been seeing that on a regular basis that people are comparing the jets, gassers, medium scale nitro modellers to an elite group, i don't think this is right at all as any modeller whether a builder, flyer or even a guy building a small free flight model is a modeller, we should appreciate it in that manner.

I know form what i have seen guys having gassers & also have spads, etc.

So lets not at least bifurcate this hobby on those grounds, like how the politicians do to the country.

Also would like to congrats to all those who made the airfield possible, right from the contributors, to designers, etc and also all the workers who worked at airfield.

Hello all!!
Thank you All very much for your appreciation!
This RC airfield was initially only a dream for me....
There was no place in Chennai where one could go & fly in peace...we were always at someones mercy to permit us to fly for a few hours.....
Then my dream miraculously turned into reality when....
Actor Ajith Kumar who is also an Avid aeromodeller, took this project upon himself to design and complete this huge mammoth task in just 28 days!
Now finally we have an exclusive RC airfield dedicated purely to serious & passionate aeromodellers.(but please note there are Rules & regulations wherein safety is of paramount importance.)

This is not a flying field only for the 'Elite' !!!! All are WELCOME.
more on this in a week as soon as I return from Jet Masters, Germany!!

Thanks for the update Rotor/Arvind !  I hope that the field is accessible to as many as possible, of course with some common-sense restrictions for the sake of smooth conduct and safety.

A team from Qatar regularly participates in the Jet Masters, not sure if they are there this time.  I came to know many of them over the past year.  And some of them really build their large jet aircrafts from scratch, with the support and encouragement of the Qatar Scientific Club.

There you go SAI not the ELITES only everyone is welcome.

ok anwar, will be in & around the Vario stall at Jet Masters... lots of fliers from India will also be there at Jet Masters!

I got the same feeling a few times   It is just like the cross sections of society, there are various levels of resources, and that is just natural.  Some people tend to look down on it. 

Having an "elite" class in society is an unwelcome reality, dragging it into the hobby is something for us to guard against.

But the truth remains that affordable stuff is key to wider adoption of this hobby.

Agree that affordable stuff is Key. But putting people in an Elite Class or the other class because of the type of model that he flies is what i am against, but actually how passionate he is towards the hobby is more important.