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Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Speed Talk => Topic started by: bob whitney on December 13, 2017, 11:09:52 AM
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I still don't see where flying inverted at speed is going to help a beginner when he can just get someone else to fly for him
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Maybe he can set the inverted speed record...
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This is based on Bonneville Salt Flats and FAI (real plane) speed records. A two-way average. A little bit more challenging than just one-way level flight.
But still somewhat less challenging than the proto/carrier style of speed that demands a light model and non-sagging acceleration.
This is not exactly for "beginners", it's more for modelers who are not engine builders.
I don't think you can find anybody at The Brodak who can't fly both ways, and if there is he can find a pilot.
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Paul this just my two cents,but I don't think you should allow an entry into the Sportsmen Speed event to use a "stand in" pilot because they can't fly inverted. They've got between now and June to learn. Flying your entry both ways is part of the deal. Again,just my 2 cents.
Two weeks ago I taught a new bee to fly inverted who has only been flying C/L a very short time.
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I agree with Skip if some one is going to enter Sportsman Speed they should be the pilot. Learning to fly inverted is not that hard except in a balloon burst meets we had many years ago us experts had to attack the balloons inverted. After about a dozen laps I was dizzy, go figure. Had to go up right to get over the dizzies. AMS pattern calls for 6 inverted laps and I have been flying at least a dozen laps or more inverted to get used to it.