RE: Flying on the wing… A dying skill?
My first plane was a foamy powered by the powerful Cox .049. The second was a Kadet Senior with a fox 40.
Today you need a trainer that hovers and is capable of 3D. Most people I see that fly must think that 3D is point the nose up and hit the throttle.
I just hate to see people go dead stick and crash their plane because they have little experience with slower planes. One thing we do for fun is to see how long we can fly on one tank of gas. Our record on the Avistar with a 46 LA is 1 hour and 39 minutes from takeoff to landing. I got 39 minutes on my RF 25 with a Saito 30. Good flying on the wing training.