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Old 01-03-2007 | 06:45 AM
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Default RE: Tail flies low

Good point, Hoss. I recall when flying my WildStick 40 that I was coming in for an approach, and on turning from base to final, well, the tail was pretty high as compared to normal flight and the plane was wallowing along at the brink of control. My instructor was in the background (I had already solo'ed) and yelled to me to add some throttle. I added just a couple of clicks of throttle and it immediately responded by going back to a more normal AOA and the approach was much more crisp and the landing was perfect. But, at that turn, I was very close to dumping it in. It took me a little while to learn how to land properly and to be aware of what was going on during slow turns on approach, but I've never crashed one because someone took the time to remind me of what I was doing and helped me correct that bad habit.

DS.