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Old 07-22-2013, 03:59 AM
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Default RE: Main Difference In Flying Giant Scale

I'd say you need to be more careful on your landings. 15-20+ lbs of momentum can wreak havoc on your gear and gear mounts when/if bounced hard? You may also have more of a tendency to land on the far side of the strip (in the weeds?) because you're used to looking at a smaller plane? Judging airspeed might be a little tricky at first as well. Your timing might be totally screwed up when it comes to acrobatics as well. You want to keep them 3-4 mistakes high until you get retrained there too. Depending on the plane, I'd be very cautious until I had a chance to check out control travels and CG on those first few flights. The need for flying wires? I'm sure there's more, but that's all that come to mind for me. -Al