Hey Troy,

Thanks for your reply! I used to fly in upstate NY (District 1) and was an NSRCA member till I came over to Malaysia. There aren't many people here I can turn to help for as far as pattern is concerned.

Appreciate your supportive comments though! About the distance out, I'm not too sure but if I had to make a guess I'd say I'm about 75 to 100 meters out. 150 meters seems like an awfully far ways out - especially with a smallish plane like my Zen 90 - it get's hard for me to judge attitude/wings level that far out. Is this one reason why guys keep raving about the two meter planes?

Well, I'll keep burning the fuel and keep on plugging at it. I'll also experiment with bringing it further out and finding a good distance so that it isn't too hard to see but more than 75-100 meters... I've just recruited my girlfriend to be my caller/helper so she can help me, but she's never seen pattern before. My old caller was my sister and she's seen tons of pattern in District one so she was invaluable - too bad she's half the world away right now.

Cheers,
Ken