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Old 02-03-2007, 02:10 PM
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Default RE: Separate Aileron Servos for Duraplane Trainer

Yeah, you're right.

Toti, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings but it's the truth. The Duraplanes really are that bad. They NEED to be crash proof because they cause their own crashes far too often. The fellow that I helped to fly with one was all over the place and was having an awful time learning to fly well. I was the second instructor that assisted him and when I saw how he was doing and how the model was to fly I urged him to trash the Duraplane and get a lighter model that was intended to fly and not to crash. In my opinion Duraplanes were one of the blacker moments in our hobby.

An exageration? Not to me or that student or the other one that I saw a fairly experienced pilot try to fly. Snap rolls on takeoff and sudden stalls on landings encouraged him to explore the crash worthiness far too often.

Really Toti, get a better model. I assure you that you'll enjoy the hobby far more. And I'm saying this not to discourage you but to ENcourage you.