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Old 01-05-2012 | 05:19 PM
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Default RE: Gas RC was a mistake !!!!

One thing I insist on is that when a new pilot goes from say a small electric to any new plane whether it is ele. or glow is have someone qualified go over the new plane and check it out. I have heard time and time again that the "NEW" plane went the wrong way or didn't fly right. A lot of ( hate to say this ) the people that go from small electric to larger planes think they know how to "set it up " and end up picking up pieces. We have an unwritten policy in the club that "ANYONE" with a new plane has someone else look it over before the first flight. You get excited about getting it out to the field to fly it and forget to tighten the engine to the mount, tighten the mount to the fire wall, have the controls backward, engine won't shut off, set collars on wheels are loose and the list goes on and on. O yes and the new guy with a trainer says he only needs two rubber bands to hold the wing on.