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Old 10-12-2004 | 07:55 PM
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Default Learning to hover?

Ill be getting the rest of the stuff for my ultimate tommorow and will be wanting to try hovering with it. I can do it good on the realflight sim but im nervous to actually try it for the first time with a real plane.

So, should I try it close to the ground (like 10 feet up?) so if I screw up and wreck the impact wont be as hard or should I do it up higher (say 25-50 feet?) so if I screw up I can maybe pull out and keep flying?

Ill be doing it about some pretty thick grass (at leat 6"s tall, taller in some places) so hopefully that will soften the impact if I mess up and crash.

One more thing, how far away from me should I try it? I suppose its probobly easier to see whats going on with it closer but then you risk getting hurt if you mess up.