Tennessee Eagles RC Club – AMA Chapter 4276

Keep the High-Speed Low Passes Over the Grass

We all enjoy a good low pass. That turbine-like EDF scream at eye level? Beautiful.

But there’s a right place for it.

High-speed, low-altitude passes belong over the grass on the far side of the runway — not directly down the runway and never on the near side toward the pilots.

Why?

Because when something goes wrong at 100+ mph, you want the airplane headed away from people, not toward them.

Low passes over the runway or near side compress reaction time. A slight correction, a gust of wind, or an overcorrection can move that airplane in the wrong direction very quickly.

Far side = safer buffer.
Near side = unnecessary risk.

Keep it fast. Keep it clean. Keep it out front.