Sailplanes are pretty cool. But in strong winds, they fly SO fast and kinda uncontrollable when you fly with the wind.
Partial electric is nice, but for what I am not sure as of yet. Unless I have a quick charger and a electric plane. Well. But right now everything gas, it takes a long time to charge up. If anything, it is nice to 'top off' the batteries in our planes and radios if we plan on making a half o day of flying. I've never done that yet, I really would like to have the time, the weather and the company to do so. I live about 30 mins from my current airfield. Not so bad, but 1 hour total drive and an hour at the airfield is not so bad really. Still gives you plenty of time to do what you need, even after work in the evening. That is why I have been getting so squirly lately not being able to fly. That is also why I hope this darn hurricane will pass over and get clear again real quick. Right now it is tracking to head RIGHT over my house. By then it will only probably be a tropical depression, but we expect to receive 7+ inches of rain.
The redneck solution won't work.
It's a high wing trainer. I was thinking more of a bombbay situation or tail end.
MUHAHAH Just wait till I get good at this. I love to mod stuff hehe.
I was going to post pics of our airfield on here, but one of the guys is afraid will we get 'shut down' because we are so close to a walking trail now. I hated to tell him that we are private and incorporated thus it didn't make a difference, because I have learned when it is possible to dispute things with people. To be honest, the AMA doesn't even list our airfield as a flying field in our area. It shows two around it, but not this one. I'll tell you one thing, it keeps the crowds down. We watched as two people came from 'the other airfield' with low winger .60 sport planes. The guys had to land in the grass..roll over the runway, and through the last part of grass almost running into the trail before they would be able to slow their planes down. I don't think they were doing so hot though. My trainer can stop pretty quick. ESPECIALLY on grass. If I am going to fast, I just roll into the grass and 20-30 feet she is stopped. The trail, at its closest is about 45 feet away.
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