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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Tim Wescott on April 24, 2010, 04:26:05 PM
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And it was a real flight, ending with the motor stopping in the air and the wheels being the first thing to touch down! Quite unlike the first "oops I meant to go up" flight that ripped the engine out.
I would have tried some mild stunts, but the fellow I'm flying with has decided to get back into control line after 42 years of RC. So -- without warning me -- he decided he'd trot into the circle and follow me around. This wouldn't have been too bad except that he kept having to take enforced breaks*, which made me nervous about low pullouts tangling my lines.
This is my first big stunter, built only 25 years later than I had originally intended (the wood was well aged). Man does that thing float with the engine out! Next time I'll whip it, if I'm not afraid of tripping over someone.
* He kept falling down. 77 years old, and he's willing to spin in a circle until he falls down, just to get back into shape for control line. I must remember that spirit when I'm that old.
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Just like riding a bike or a horse fall down get back up.
AN'T IT FUN!!!! Welcome Back!!!
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That is great.
One thing for you to learn, walk a circle around your friend, if you spin an make him walk, even a fit guy will get tired.
When I train kids I male sure they don't just spin around, if they walk a small circle, it is easier for everyone.
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That is great.
One thing for you to learn, walk a circle around your friend, if you spin an make him walk, even a fit guy will get tired.
When I train kids I male sure they don't just spin around, if they walk a small circle, it is easier for everyone.
I've been working at doing the "walk backwards in a circle" thing. But with Jim behind me -- and falling down from time to time -- I mostly stayed in one spot today.
I'd be flying normally, with no clue where Jim was, then the next thing I knew there'd be this body in front of me, under the lines. Then he'd disappear again.
The man really needs to get a plane or two finished...