ORIGINAL: Bonified Wingnut
Wellll......... I wanted to get some opinions. I am 41 and have been flying RC for less than a year, And I am blind in one eye.
It throws my depth perception off, especially above the horizon.
Maybe I shouldn't be flying,but I have been this way all of my life and it hasn't caused many problems...
When I fly sometimes it's difficult to tell how far away a plane is.. in the air its not much of a problem, but landing can be tough unless
I can come in almost straight towards myself.
Anybody else fly with one eye or know someone who does?
thanks.......
I had an accident at work 10 years ago that left me blind in my left eye, I had just learnd how to fly rc planes back then and I had the same problem with depth preception and landing.
Today (age 40) I fly and land with no problem, you will adapt if you keep at it, from experiance, I can say if your having trouble landing its not because of your eye mainly, I would say you dont have enough stick time.
Landing is all setup and approach, you can't make a good landing if your approach is bad.
If your not good at landing keep doing it untill you are, worked for me!
Also, get your self an rc flight sim if you dont have one already, and definitely get Scott Stoops book (Mastering Radio Controlled Flight)
from
www.rcpilotguide.com it has helped me tremendously with out a doubt!
Keep practicing and think about what your doing wile your flying, dont just fly around aimlessly, make that plane go and do what you want it to do.
Frank B.