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Old 04-08-2011, 08:41 AM
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Default RE: Going from heli to plane

My current and favorite is the Skylark 70. It is a fun to fly plane, yet is very forgiving, even to the point of "floating" but not like a trainer.

Mine has an OS .75 AX and can be as tame as a little puppy, however, it will do any of the aerobatic sequences of all but the most agressive Patten sequences. I use exponential and not dual rates. This way, I keep things very simple with soft responses for little inputs on the sticks, yet hard and agressive the more I push it.

This plane lands like a dream. In fact, one day, I was flying, not thinking, and took off and landed downwind. I kept wondering why my take-off's and landings were so darned long, but just thought it was me, so I kept flying. Once I landed, one of the guys said that I was doing some pretty nice downwind landings. Of course, I thanked him as though I was doing it on purpose.. refueled, and took off, this time into the wind... But, that plane made me look good.

Nice sport plane.

CGr.
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