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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 11/28/2005 5:04:36 AM   
marshallcowboy


 

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Status: offline 		This question was sent to me in an email, and honestly Im not sure what the correct answer would be.
From email:
quote:

your post hit a key question right on the head......who is or has the right of way with 2 flight lines.....as a newbe, I can see myself intiminated by an advanced pilot when we both are flying with the need for the same distance for presentation.

I replied with, I was worried about the same thing when I flew my first contest and a fellow flyer told me I wouldnt even notice the other plane in the air. Also you would have a caller with you whos main job is to make sure you are clear of other aircraft and vice versa, and to call the manuevers for you as you fly them.
As far as you has the"right of way" Im not even sure.
MC

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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 11/28/2005 1:35:32 PM   
Yak_54_flyer


 

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Right of way Hmmmmmmmmm


It is the callers job to look for and visualize any potential problems. Rick can tell you at this years regionals somehow we were flying side by side when I had to do a snap. Well guess what .....I did the snap (actually looked cool behind Ricks plane) and kept going. If the collision is iminent the pilot or the caller hollers avoidance, then you re-enter the box and fly the manuever you were in or going to fly. It has happened where both caller and pilot believe the planes are on separate lines and WHAM they hit. One purpose of the bootcamp is to give you an idea of how to fly the sequence.



Eddie
p.s. Possibly Tuesday I will get with Jarrod and have him video the basic sequence. Remember the video will not give you spacial orientation.

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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 11/29/2005 2:36:13 AM   
Bobby Folsom


 

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Status: offline 		In 6 years of flying IMAC I have only seen one mid-air and I was calling for the Advanced pilot that got run in to. It was a basic pilot that came out of the eastern sun and none of us while the Advanced pilot was coming from the west could see the basic pilot's plane until it was too late.

You would be absolutely amazed how hard it is to actually try and hit another plane - the sky is huge and the odds are in your favor!! I do understand how you feel though because it took me a couple of seasons to get used to another plane in the air. Shoot, I still won't fly my IMAC plane at a normal fly-in because, even though I know where I'm going to be, the other pilots (up to 5 others sometimes) don't have a clue or plan where they are going or what they are going to do next and they are the ones that can run into you!!

More bothersome and worrisome to me was actually the fact that highly experienced judges are watching and judging my every move!! That is what really takes getting used too!!! Just ask Eddie!!


See you in Mt. Pleasant.


Bobby

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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 11/29/2005 3:28:13 AM   
Dangerous Dan



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I resemble yoyr comments. When others are sport flying , they are typically flying smaller planes and are hard to predict. When flying Imac the other plane in the air is typically much larger, and it is flying a predictable pattern. Typically an upper and a lower class pilot is flying at the same time, with two flightlines. An unlimited pilot burns up a lot of airspace with multiple maneuvers on the up and downlines they spend a lot of thme in the verticle, while the lower class pilots spend more time in the horozontal. I flew in a few Combat competitions, where there are 10 planes in the air at once with 30 foot streamers. Even in this seneario it is hard to cut the streamet much less have a mid air......As luck would have it I did suffer one mid Air. I was flying a 1/4 scale world models extra straight and level, when all of a sudden the left wing seperated from the fuseladge. There was a guy flying a small fase electric composit plane that was flying along straight and level when his plane dissapeared. After discussion of a few Bermuda Triangle theories we found a portion of his plane in my severed wing panel.



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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 11/30/2005 2:41:01 AM   
Super D


 

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Status: offline 		Jarrod or Eddie, I have 1 maybe 2 buddies that may come to see what IMAC is all about. Should I sign them up as well? They probably wont fly.

Also do I have to have an in flight kill switch (i.e. optical kill switch). I have to methods for killing my model in flight , A. throttle cut , B. choke servo. I checked the rules and I didnt find anything on this subject, Thanks SD

< Message edited by Super D -- 11/30/2005 2:57:15 AM >

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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 11/30/2005 3:10:03 AM   
Yak_54_flyer


 

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Status: offline 		Hey

No problem with your buds, but have them sign up so we can have a idea who all is coming. To kill the engine by another way other than closing the throttle is great for safety. I have a switch on the side of the fuse and it can be killed from the radio too,.




Eddie
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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 11/30/2005 1:53:44 PM   
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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 11/30/2005 2:49:49 PM   
Yak_54_flyer


 

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Status: offline 		Just place them any way you want, as we go through them you can rearrange if you want.

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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 11/30/2005 5:32:11 PM   
Bobby Folsom


 

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Status: offline 		I use an ElectroDynamic optical kill switch that allows me to kill the engine with a flip of the landing gear switch on my TX. I lost a plane once because I couldn't kill the engine - never again. Every gas plane I have had since then has used an ElectroDynamic optical kill switch. The system is pretty tough too as one system I have survived a straight down crash into hard ground!!

Bobby

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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 12/1/2005 4:20:22 AM   
marshallcowboy


 

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Status: offline 		To everyone who was asking about video, we shot video tuesday. I ve gone and edited it, and I will be uploading it tonight or tomorrow. If your on dial up like I am it will take awhile to d/l its almost 9 megs in size. Also dont mind the cameramans shakey hands either LOL.
It should give you a rough idea of how the sequence should look. If not at least the music is good
Total video including credits is about 5 minutes long.
I hope this helps those who asked.
Jarrod

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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 12/1/2005 5:54:46 AM   
marshallcowboy


 

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Jarrod

< Message edited by marshallcowboy -- 12/1/2005 2:04:51 PM >

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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 12/1/2005 11:21:23 AM   
Redneck Shaun



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Status: offline 		Thanks for the video Jarrod. I'm downloading it as I type. Don't ya'll think we need to make sure we thank the Volunteers somehow for coming out and helping us newbies out?

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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 12/1/2005 1:17:24 PM   
Yak_54_flyer


 

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Status: offline 		Hey Jarrod


We are going to have to redo the video, It is to hard to tell what is gong on.



Eddie

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RE: South Central Basic Bootcamp - 12/1/2005 1:43:24 PM   
marshallcowboy


 

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ORIGINAL: EXTRA_330LX_FLYER

Hey Jarrod


We are going to have to redo the video, It is to hard to tell what is gong on.



Eddie


When do you want to try and redo it?
Jarrod

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