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Old 02-14-2008 | 01:25 PM
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bjamesjr
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Default RE: 2008 Basic Narrative


ORIGINAL: wgeffon

Damn,,
I didnt know I was being graded over here. [:@]


In all seriousness, the videos are not anywhere near perfect. I put them online so people could see the flow of each maneuver in the sequences.
I hope the videos are answering some questions you guys have.

Hi Wayne,

I'm back as a new user (old one was bubbagates) anyway, I was not trying to pick apart the videos. In fact I wanted everyone to look at them and try to find flaws based on the tips I had already provided. This helps them in learning how to actually fly the maneuver as you well know and it's really hard to unlearn something that you are doing wrong.

When I first started out I was practicing on my own and thought I was doing well. I finally got an experienced IMAC pilot to have a look at me and I ended up unlearning a lot of things

A good example would be the 1.5 turn spin. It would be nice to always come out with the nose pointing straight down but that cannot always happen so it is acceptable to do a push to get the downline established just don't push too much. I like using a downline mix to make my downlines straight, This certainly helps when coming out of the spin, all I do is relieve pressure on the sticks and the end of the spin and the mix lowers the nose for me so it looks like a very fluid thing. I can actually see it happen if I turn the mix off and do the same maneuver. The plane takes a bit longer to lower it's nose unless I help it and it's not as fluid looking.

So please accept my apologies, I was not tearing the videos apart. Heck I downloaded everyone of them and have watched them all more than once. They are truly excellent and I can certainly appreciate the hard work it took to create them.