stunthanger.com
Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Carrier => Topic started by: Ty Marcucci on April 01, 2012, 09:24:18 PM
-
H^^
-
When I first got into carrier I thought the plane was 60%, the engine 30%, and the slider 10%. Heck I already knew how to fly, right. Six months later I thought the plane was 40%, the engine 30%, the slider 15%, and some practice 15%. A year later I thought the plane was 20%, the engine 40%, the slider 15%, and some practice 25%. Now the way I look at it the plane can be almost anything that flys, the engine and how I can get it to work for me is 40%, and flying it so that you know just how it will handle different conditions (practice) is at least the other 60%.
After the second year I knew I had to have Nelson engines because after I had them I could cross off what I should use for power and put my efforts into how well I could get everything to work while out in the middle of the circle. I have always been dismayed that the people I was flying with would say "Oh those Nelsons cost to much" and when I was out flying my carrier planes they were home working on one of their many engines that they had bought on e-bay or where ever and not getting anywhere but older in age. When you reach a certain age time is the most precious thing you have and for most of us that can very some but in the end (well you get the drift).
Now I fly my best carrier planes when ever I can, smooth take offs up to 10' altitude, 7 fast laps, slow down as fast as I can and get into the hang, 7 laps of slow speed, and one lap later I try to catch the one arresting line I lay out between 2 2.5 pd weights. I only catch the arresting line maybe 30% of the time but usually don't miss it by much and never under shoot by far. Life is good. Eric
-
LL~
And for me at middle age.... all I want to do is get a plane finished enough to be in the air and try to fly again.
I never knew what the stunt pattern was 30 years ago and didn't try carrier, although I did know what it was and built a Sterling Skyshark but never flew it due to going into the Navy. Maybe this year... I got a Ringmaster built and also have one of Joe's Wildcats almost complete. No Nelson's LL~ LL~ LL~ but an ebay OS 40FP for it. If it get's in the air I'll have done more than I would have otherwise.... LL~ LL~ LL~
Again, Thanks to Clancy, Jack and the rest of the bunch that puts up with me when I do make it down for a meeting, Those are really great, nice guys!
At this point, I just want to run out a full tank in the air LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~
-
The two areas that most fliers seem to have problems with are getting a consistent engine run and the landing. I had plenty of CL experience when I started carrier, (started flying in 1950 or so) but literally none with throttled engines. It takes a while to get competent. You can go a long way if you learn how to run your engine. I have always focused on reliability and it has served me well. Then learn the landing. I do pretty well here but I don’t get 100%. A good solid flight with a good landing can win. I probably have put more time into low speed than any other area. I actually find flying stalled???? Fun. To get really good you have to practice and tune your plane. That is an area the I don't do enough, hence my scores aren't as high as they might be.
-
John, you hit the nail on the head. Engine reliability is what wins most of the time. My old McCoy Redhead .60 in the Sterling Gaurdian is what I won most of my trophies with. Then I went with a Rossi .60. It was not as reliable as the old McCoy. But, I never got to practice much and got out of touch in carrier when I started playing with F2C. When I got fed up with training new pilots I tried to get back into carrier, but had no time for practice as such. Flying off a stooge the engine would get hot most of the time. So that is when I just started flying for the fun of it. If I can hang a Slob, I should be able to hang a carrier plane. Just need to get another good engine. H^^