And not without merit (the thought).
I'll have you know I do appreciate most of the stuff you send my way.
Clayton, my Cool brotha of toy airplane "Rocks with strings"
Over the years...I have alway enjoyed both Walker and Rush's innovative engineer-induced brains.
Both these gifted stunt grunters...have over the years, come up with so really outstanding modeling related features that make our CLPA a better R&R world to live in.
That new LIGHT WEIGHT HANDLE OF WALKER'S from the first moment I picked it up and "shadow flew" that beautiful Impact from the center of the circle while Paul was filling the tank. INSTANTLY!
This handle not only felt soooo comfortable from the get-go, but better yet, I noticed just how precisely the flap and elevator response was telegraphed to my hand. (Almost like the handle had disappeared completely...like it became part of my body.
Bottom line:
From that VERY MOMENT,WITHOUT EVEN FLYING ...from just that simple act of SHADOW FLYING with that feather weight handle,
I COULD VISUALIZE JUST HOW EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that 99.99% of all our control handles are WAAAAY TO HEAVY!
However a few minutes later, on my way back to the staging areas...I saw Pete Peterson's new LIGHT WEIGHT custom handle, sitting there with lines connected to his beautiful Venus model about 65 feet or so away.
AGAIN! I picked up that handle...and WOW!
Pete's handle was ALSO..EXTREMELY LIGHT IN WEIGHT...AND AGAIN, I couldn't hardly believe just how important KEEPING THE FLYING HANDLE AS LIGHT IN WEIGHT as possible.
This handle of PETE'S ALSO was quite a REVELATION to this old vintage, living in the dark stone ages of stuntdumb-dome.
Sorry Clayton for the flipp-razz name tweak...(gotta stay off this morning Starbucks java-java thang'thing.
