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Old 03-04-2012 | 10:46 PM
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Default RE: Telemaster planes

ORIGINAL: gphil
What I have found with my plane, trainer, is hard to see sometimes. The longer I fly the better I will be able to keep it closer. Lot of the guys say get a bigger plane.


OK the idea of a new flyer having an easier time seeing a larger airplane and therefore less trouble maintaining orientation is actually quite true in theory however it seldom works out that way in the real world.

You see what happens is the fellows will simply fly the bigger airplane further out and still loose control anyway.

This is very common in training and one of the biggest mistakes new flyers do is the tendency to fly too far out regardless of the airplanes size and failure to learn what your box is as well as learning to fly within that box.

So just understand just using a larger airplane to help you from losing control from orientation problems will not help, it will only increase the distance away that you lose control. What will help is talking with your mentor about flying in the box and how to start thinking in terms of your personal box.

John