Originally Posted by
kenh3497
VERY good advice except it's hard for new guys like me to separate the meat and the bones
I guess the best way to do that is to fly and trim, keep notes and find a mentor. I can do everything except the mentor thing. It's kind of a pattern wasteland here in north central Iowa
My other problem is my OCD
I'm still trying to figure out which branch of rc I want to specialize in.
Ken
I'm the only one seriously flying pattern in my home state of Tasmania. We only have a few comps a year. I travel to mainland Australia 3 to 5 times a year for the major comps and at around 2k each comp it gets expensive. I practise by myself so I learn as much as I can while I'm there. I'm pretty happy that I've made it to F3A level this way. It's hard, but it can be done.