ORIGINAL: AugerDawger
The seniors of the club viewed it not as the inevitable crash.................but a *** are you doing flying moment. Many the type of Southern men I would work to someday gain the respect and wisdom of.
That plane was clipping along at a very quick pace in an out of control fashion and in a banked base leg turn the thought of the appropriate time and manner in which to hand off and say I am out of my lane with this ....was crossing my mind.
I really fly in a controlled, scale manner on the sim and bigscreen tv....nothing like the real thing in my 3 min of experience.
I have looked at every trainer option and really dont want an ARF.....the USA Balsa stik could work....but I like that 70 inch wing size.
Maybe another PT-60 and three more rolls of Solartek.......</p>
"quick pace"- this is the second post that you have said the plane was moving along fast. Use the thottle. So many pilots (including my instructor), never said to pull back the throttle and cruise. Just peg it and forget it. When I'm instructing, the throttle gets worked on the first and every flight after. Your instructor should have known better.