 Rancho
San Antonio Park is located in the foothills below Skyline Ridge
in close proximity to Interstate 280 and the cities of Los Altos,
Los Altos Hills, and Cupertino. RSA was first used as a non-powered
sailplane flying field and now hosts all types of flying models.
The terrain is a hard compact dirt that can cause quick wear and
tear on aircraft not equipped with landing gear. A frequency board
and set of channel pins is located on site. It is common practice
to post a pin with your channel number to the top of this board.
If you fly in the late afternoon at Rancho, be sure to bring your
sunglasses as the sun sets directly in front of the field.
BayRC.com forum member Frank Ronquillo, a.k.a. phrank,
has created an excellent RealFlight Photofield of Rancho San Antonio
Park that can be downloaded here: Rancho
San Antonio_PI.g3x
More information regarding this park can be found on the Mid-Peninsula
Open Space Preserve website. Openspace.org
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Baylands
Park is located in Sunnyvale off of Highway 237 and Lawrence Expressway.
Flyers generally gather at the Pickleweed picnic area located toward
the far east side of the park. Make a right after entering through
the main gate and follow the road until you reach the park offices
on the right. The Pickleweed picnic area is directly across from the
offices on the left. During the summer it is not uncommon for this
area to be reserved. If the area is rented out we relinquish the area
and move to another unrented spot. There are a wide range of aircraft
flying at Baylands, ranging from park flyers, all the way up to hotliners
and sailplanes. If you are using a 72 MHz or 27 MHz radio you should
post your channel on the center metal support beam in the picnic area.
Please make sure that you post your name and channel number. This
park is shared with people playing sports, hiking and picnicking.
Please be aware of your surroundings and fly with care. RC pilots
at this site loudly call out launches, landings and whenever they
walk out onto the field where others might be landing.