OK, so I take a different route home from work today and check out a new (to me) field where the bigger planes are known to fly. Bingo, there's a 33% Composite ARF Extra getting put together, with a DA100. The biggest plane I have seen in person so far. Sweet, I'm ready to see some acrobatics!

So the guy gets it put together and in the air. Now I'm assuming this must be pattern flying he's doing. Down the field, upline, stall turn, back inverted over the field, consecutive loops and so on.

It was like watching paint dry! I know it must be tough for the pilot to have 3 consecutive rolls at exactly the same blah blah with no wind deviation blah blah but who cares. I don't think he got lower than 150 feet, just back and forth, back and forth. And he must be a competitor, his T-shirt said so.

At least this confirmed for me that 3-D is what I want to do. I got bored and left after about 5 minutes.

To each his own of course.. (yawn)