jperch Senior Heliman Location: Round Rock, Tx USA
| Henrik, Welcome to Austin.
Do you have any idea about where in the Austin area you will end up? Round Rock is a good place (that is where I live) but there are a number of good areas.
As for which club to join, if you are mostly interested in heli's, then join ARCA. They seem to be the most heli friendly at the moment. I understand that the HCAM club is going through some changes that should make them more friendly to heli's. So that may be the case by the time you get here. They will be more convenient for you if you end up on the very south part of town.
There is also the Georgetown club. They are pretty friendly, but many of the heli guys do not like flying there for various reasons. If you fly there, you will one of only a couple of heli guys that fly there.
Finally, there is the Round Rock club. They are very nice guys, but it is a very small club and they like it that way. The field is also very small and somewhat closed in by trees. It is also located within a very large city park. There is the occasional renegade flyer that will fly in the park but not at the field. I would stick to SS if you fly there.
I hope that helps, Joe |