Author Topic: Your favorite maneuver (Read 3326 times)

Matt Colan · « **on:** April 22, 2009, 08:32:43 AM »

My favorite maneuver would probably be the hourglass. Ever since I did my first hourglass it was good. I have never gotten blown out of that maneuver and my grandfather keeps telling me I have good crisp corners at the top.

What is your favorite maneuver?

Randy Powell · « **Reply #1 on:** April 22, 2009, 09:19:07 AM »

Landing

Randy Ryan · « **Reply #2 on:** April 22, 2009, 09:26:49 AM »

Quote from: Randy Powell on April 22, 2009, 09:19:07 AM

Landing

Hee Hee,

Actually square 8's are my favorite, I don't do them very well, but I like them.

Matt Colan · « **Reply #3 on:** April 22, 2009, 10:00:37 AM »

Quote from: Randy Powell on April 22, 2009, 09:19:07 AM

Landing

Back when I was 2 or 3, I used to play with my grandfather's Peashooter. I have a picture of me holding it and it looks like I'm holding an SV-11, even though that plane is a little bigger than a ringmaster. I would practice my takeoff's and landings with that plane on the floor of their house. I blame that practice for me being so good at my takeoffs and landings. I do land better than my grandfather, he says that.

Brian Hampton · « **Reply #4 on:** April 22, 2009, 10:37:26 AM »

Inverted triangles with the pointy bit at the bottom. I usually do 3 of them at the end of a (practise) flight to untwist the lines. I don't know why but I find them way easier to do than the proper triangle. Apart from that, maybe outside squares and the reverse wingover.

Neville Legg · « **Reply #5 on:** April 22, 2009, 10:59:52 AM »

A perfect slow roll!!!!!! but thats another story!!

But as we are on wires it has to be the clover leaf, I can do it reasonably!

Cheers Neville

Glenn (Gravitywell) Reach · « **Reply #6 on:** April 22, 2009, 11:55:49 AM »

As stupid as it sounds, for me its the take-off and landing. I don't know why, but I just love a good take-off and landing. I got a weird funny bone, and that tickles it!

Randy Powell · « **Reply #7 on:** April 22, 2009, 12:03:21 PM »

My least favorite is the figure 9

Jim Pollock · « **Reply #8 on:** April 22, 2009, 12:35:20 PM »

My favorite maneuver?

Well, that would have to be the Snap-Roll my Magnum did while flying near a forest of trees and in
about a 25 MPH wind. I thought the prop was going to snag the lines but they didn't and I flew right
out of it with no damage! In fact, I was flying with Tom Morris and he said that if he were judging
I would get 40 for the snap-roll!

Jim Pollock

james dean · « **Reply #9 on:** April 22, 2009, 01:13:06 PM »

My favorite manuver would be the triangle, because I like the thrill it gives me on the pull-out recovery

The least favorite would be the square 8's especially on the first flight of the morning

That inverted recovery of the outside portion of the square 8 is just likley to be rounded out for the first pattern of the day!

Burning fuel and having maximum fun!!
James Dean

Mark Scarborough · « **Reply #10 on:** April 22, 2009, 01:28:55 PM »

Quote from: Randy Powell on April 22, 2009, 09:19:07 AM

Landing

Uh modified to be Landing ON MY WHEELS

phil c · « **Reply #11 on:** April 22, 2009, 01:30:31 PM »

I like the triangle cloverleaf.

Dwayne · « **Reply #12 on:** April 22, 2009, 01:31:03 PM »

Quote from: Randy Powell on April 22, 2009, 09:19:07 AM

Landing

Not hitting the ground

RandySmith · « **Reply #13 on:** April 22, 2009, 01:33:23 PM »

Reverse Wing Unders....most defiantly

Randy

Dick Fowler · « **Reply #14 on:** April 22, 2009, 03:51:04 PM »

Hard right into the BBQ place!

jim gilmore · « **Reply #15 on:** April 22, 2009, 06:47:12 PM »

Greasing a nice clean landing on a plane with wing mounted gear. Thats the finish to any flight that Ilove. Though I remember having a fair share of the stumbles in the grass bouncing landings myself.

Kim Mortimore · « **Reply #16 on:** April 22, 2009, 07:03:06 PM »

One flip start.

Jack R. Dock · « **Reply #17 on:** April 22, 2009, 07:34:22 PM »

A good straight over the top wing over with no bobble at the end. Just a hard maneuver to do correctly and I love it when it comes together.

Jack --- AMA7210

john e. holliday · « **Reply #18 on:** April 22, 2009, 08:07:18 PM »

I agree with Randy P., the landing if I can get it on the mains without porpoising. DOC Holliday

Steve Helmick · « **Reply #19 on:** April 22, 2009, 08:20:52 PM »

Put me down for the triangles. I learned how to do outside triangles first, by doing "outside wingovers", then cutting the hemisphere in 1/4's by putting a 90 at the top, then 1/8's. A great set of 60 degree triangles are a joy to see for those of us who judge, because way too many have 90 deg. tops...some even 100+ deg. I hate that, and don't give many points for them. I gave Howard 40 points for his triangles at the contest in Tri-Cities a couple of years ago. That boy can fly his "dog" pretty good, when he's feeling his oats.

Steve

elizio · « **Reply #20 on:** April 23, 2009, 02:29:08 PM »

If correct: triangle
If incorrect: try-angle

elizio - Brazil

Garf · « **Reply #21 on:** April 23, 2009, 09:55:06 PM »

The maneuver I do to burn off fuel after a practice pattern, the giant lazy 8.

Tom Niebuhr · « **Reply #22 on:** April 25, 2009, 03:15:54 PM »

Outside triangles and quarter wingovers.

Steve Helmick · « **Reply #23 on:** April 25, 2009, 03:48:37 PM »

Since Randy Smith mentioned wingunders, one NW Skyraider's member, Jeff Rein, has done real wingunders. He and a cohort (unknown to me) trespassed on the wooden railroad trestle in Bellevue, WA (actually a pretty cool unit and well respected among trestle freaks everywhere). While it was still in use by train traffic...and did a flight with a combat model , including wingunders. The trestle is still there, but the train traffic has been stopped, I believe. Might make a good flying site, ya know...

Steve

RandySmith · « **Reply #24 on:** April 25, 2009, 06:12:19 PM »

Quote from: Steve Helmick on April 25, 2009, 03:48:37 PM

Since Randy Smith mentioned wingunders, one NW Skyraider's member, Jeff Rein, has done real wingunders. He and a cohort (unknown to me) trespassed on the wooden railroad trestle in Bellevue, WA (actually a pretty cool unit and well respected among trestle freaks everywhere). While it was still in use by train traffic...and did a flight with a combat model , including wingunders. The trestle is still there, but the train traffic has been stopped, I believe. Might make a good flying site, ya know... Steve

I have done wingunders several places

At a demo for the RC guys, they landing strip-flying site has a very hard angle grade cut deep at the edge of the runway, YOu can do wingovers and pull out inverted about 20 feet below ground level...as seen from the opposite side of the field, fly up the steep grade till you return to level field and do the back half the same way, makes for a long manouver

randy

Clancy Arnold · « **Reply #25 on:** April 25, 2009, 06:20:40 PM »

My favorite is the Figure "9".
I have never failed to get a perfict score doing it.
Clancy

Mike Anderson · « **Reply #26 on:** April 25, 2009, 06:55:40 PM »

Quote from: Clancy Arnold on April 25, 2009, 06:20:40 PM

My favorite is the Figure "9".
I have never failed to get a perfict score doing it.
Clancy

The only maneuver where the perfect score is : "9.0", "9.0" from the two judges?

<I have a friend who can do pretty good figure "7's" - he's trying to work up to a figure "9". >

Steve Helmick · « **Reply #27 on:** April 25, 2009, 07:32:08 PM »

Quote from: RandySmith on April 25, 2009, 06:12:19 PM

I have done wingunders several places At a demo for the RC guys, they landing strip-flying site has a very hard angle grade cut deep at the edge of the runway, YOu can do wingovers and pull out inverted about 20 feet below ground level...as seen from the opposite side of the field, fly up the steep grade till you return to level field and do the back half the same way, makes for a long manouver

randy

The wooden trestle is close to 100' high...Jeff did full 60' wingunders. I don't know if there's a handrail or he tethered himself, but a fall would have been very fatal. I lived a few miles from this trestle for some years, but it never occured to me to fly a combat model from on top of it. I did once fly a .15 powered CL model from a pruning tower the grounds crew had left in right field at the WSU ball field. Outside loops from level flight were fun, but not a good place for bad line tension!

Steve

John Stiles · « **Reply #28 on:** April 26, 2009, 08:19:01 AM »

Quote from: Randy Powell on April 22, 2009, 09:19:07 AM

Landing

X-2

Joe Yau · « **Reply #29 on:** April 26, 2009, 09:40:39 AM »

The Square-8 has always been one of my favorites..

James C. Johnson · « **Reply #30 on:** April 26, 2009, 11:07:58 AM »

Does a good engine run count

I love the Clove Leaf... still not perfected but a fun maneuver.. noe for the least favorite.. square 8s...

Landing is right up there too..

Jim

Leo Mehl · « **Reply #31 on:** April 26, 2009, 11:13:46 AM »

I like rolling my lines up after a good days flying session and the plane is still in one piece!

Ironbomb · « **Reply #32 on:** April 26, 2009, 12:09:41 PM »

No one said anything about the overhead 8 ? Thats my favorite. Overhead 8's are defiantly my favorite. The straight up over your head part and a couple nice graceful inverted loops way up high....I cant wait for the rain to stop so can unwind my lines

Greg

Howard Rush · « **Reply #33 on:** May 03, 2009, 09:16:43 PM »

Right now may favorite maneuver is the inside square loop. Today I did a pair of 40-point inside squares. Unfortunately, nobody else was there to see them. This is a corollary of one of the great philosophical mysteries of the human experience, one that young Matt and Grace will soon grapple with as they examine their belief systems as young adults: if Helen Keller fell over in the forest, would it make any noise?

Dennis Moritz · « **Reply #34 on:** May 03, 2009, 09:22:22 PM »

The glitch. Very good at that.

Steven Kientz · « **Reply #35 on:** May 04, 2009, 02:27:13 PM »

My favorite is loading a still in one piece model into my truck for the ride home. I'm sure that is my wifes favorite also.Tthat way she doesn't have to listen to excuses or explanations, or to me mulling over what to CRASH next.

Steve

Author Topic: Your favorite maneuver (Read 3326 times)

Dwayne