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Old 12-16-2016 | 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by 2walla
How skilled are you at flying your current plane?? Many people never truly master fying their trainer--they are just disturbing its flight path enough to make it back to the start point... keep flying it and push the envelope with it.. can you put it where you want it 100% of the time? do you know how to use the rudder?? can you fly in a 10mph cross wind? can you fly when its 15mph down the runway?? challenge yourself to push the trainer to its limits.. not yours.. Your trainer will probably do a rolling circle-- can you make it do one?? any of the planes suggested are fine for a second plane... i would get the super sport or maybe a kaos arf.. cheap and good flyers... of course the cub would give you something scale to fly and could stick around a long time in your hangar..
Well I think I am pretty skilled but that is just my opinion. I can normally land where I want to, and I know how to use my rudder. But I have never flown in over 10mph wind. I have also never really tried any aerobatics but I have done 2 deadsticks and landed on the runway both times. That being said you raise a very interesting point maybe I should master some aerobatics with my trainer first.