I have seen a TOC pilot put 2 40% planes while torkrolling 15 min apart. Now it had nothing to do with his skills, motor stop both times. There are two many factors that you cannot control to make touching plane OK No matter what you think your skill level is. Its like taking your pistol and shooting a cup off your mates head, sooner or later your going to miss.
ORIGINAL: phillybaby
the ones that moan as with any aspect of 3D right down to prophang its self are the ones that can't do it. if there was a guy in the AMA board that did this him self it would be fine.
i was out with a guy a while ago, i knew he was good but he'd only seen me fly that day, i was hanging as to put a heli to shame, so he said should i grab it, i said make sure i've got it. so he did, and grabbed it by the tail ( at this point i don't react or hes got a plane trying to do something else ) later in the day i did the same with his plane.
i wouldn't recommend it every day, but it's a attention grabber infront of people.
i don't do this stuff on the edge of my limits when anyone else is flying or near me, i prefer that the field is quiet and i even walk half way out onto the patch. hanging i'm happy with now, but TR's for now i'm far enough out so i can't cause a problem to myself or anyone in the pits behind.
bear in mind this is 36-40 sized stuff, i'm not talking 40% here, but if you wanna do that with one of those, you better have the skills to match.
personally i think the AMA treats you all like dumbwitts, which unfortunately is the image thanks to your sue sue culture that the US portrays right now, shame it's starting to filter over here now.
but seriously, if you went to catch your mates plane, slipped and took a finger off or worse, how can you sue him? your damn fault sue yourself for negligence.
warning hot coffee indeed.. morons