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Old 05-22-2012 | 01:19 PM
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Default RE: Building a Dynaflite Super Decathlon


ORIGINAL: brenthampton79

okay <span style="color: #ff0000">still not sure why the nose gear will hit the ground first on a model</span>, shouldn't be any different between the full size or a model, I teach my students, either full scale or rc to properly use the rudder and aileron to counter x-wind landings. I think I'll let this sleeping dog lay, i just wanted to hear your reasoning on the taildragger versus nosegear argument better in a xwind.
It appears so simple to me.

From reading you I see that you are an instructor on full size airplane as well as on models.
To be an instructor on full size airplanes you had to have a training and an endorsement as an isnstructor or whatever is called a legal recognition as an instructor on full size airplane.

Consequently I have no doubt that your training has made you an "exceptional"instructor for models.. .

Most club instructors are mainly acting as safety pilots on a buddy box and have had no training as instructors to follow a mandatory gudideline in teaching.

There is also many model fliers that learned all alone by themselves like using "trainer foamies" or "manufactured balsa trainers; ARF and RTF".

You must have noticed the large number of fellows that keep complaining about "floaters" because they never learned how to control approach speed. I have read so many times guys that are talking about flaring out 3 feet or so from ground. No surprise they often hit the nose gear first and perhaps all the time.

With a tail dragger the CG will bring the tail down and if enough speed which is the usual because they come in too fast afraid of stalling near the ground. The increased angle of attack will lift the model so their model just bounces off the surface. They do not damage a nose gear and its mounting which is often "flimsy".

You cannot judge the abilities of other fliers which did not get the good training you are giving your own students.

I have no trouble seeing what is going on with the majority of model fliers.

What else can I tell you ? Are you just enjoying making me talk ? ____.

I have said all I can say ___it is so easy to understand.

Zor