That was a first for me 😳

[Paul Taylor]

Got to pratice a little this afternoon for the Family Reunion contest in June. It was my last flight and the sun was setting. The air was dead so I was walking back on the insides. Got to the outside squares and when I turn the corner to start the second square the plane hit the wake and rolled so I saw the entire bottom and the lines went slack! No control. I thought well this it end of this plane. Then about 6 ft off the ground I caught it and hit full down and turned it upward. I thought well never did that move before. 😳
I was done flying!!!!

[RknRusty]

Ha! Yeah, it's good to be able to recognize those subtle signs that it's time to roll 'em up for the day.

[Dennis Moritz]

Dead air turbulance created by a model is often very treacherous. I've seen a number of models go in because of that. Including models flown by accomplished pilots. Great you managed to save it.

[Bill Little]

Hi Paul,

You were backing up on those outsides, too, right?  Either way, I am happy you saved the model!

How about this:  The wind was coming from 16 different directions all at once! (well at least it feels that way at Huntersville sometimes! LOL!!) And it was my last official flight.  About 1/2 way through the model did a perfect knife edge right in front of the judges for about 1/4 lap.  Never lost line tension!  When the model got about 1/4 lap it just slammed back down to wings level.  Only the second time I have ever been able to read the model's name and my AMA number in flight! LOL!!
(I thought I should have gotten extra points for that!)

Bill

[Paul Taylor]

Yea Rusty.  It was time to pack up.

Hey Bill I would have given you 40 points for that! 😉 but to answer the question I was not backing up on the squares. Another lesson learned.


Maybe we should start bringing a big ass fan to the field. 😄


Stunt flying is hard!