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Old 08-01-2013 | 11:39 AM
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Default RE: Distance judging


ORIGINAL: zacharyR

Looks like your runing a APC prop . what pitch is it ? might want to try a Xoar or whatever name brand prop but larger with a flater pitch .. it will help you in your approch you might lose a littel top end .. seeing this a four star i asume your not pilon racing


another though is my personal style on giant scale planes is I use a flat approch and what i mean by this my base leg is rather lower and my final is not vary steep its a flat shallow final where i bleed alot of engry off before touch down
I have a couple XOAR props, but want to get the feel of this plane first before I put the more expensive, easily broken wood props on. Lets just say I would have gone through them all already with the hard landings I have accomplished, each one save for the first, yeah the first landing was perfect, then again the corn was only 4' tall then, have resulted in a prop strike.

When I have the room to bring it in flat, I can grease it in for a perfect 3 pointer, but trying to land it over the corn that is 7' high has become a challange for me this year.
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