Interesting post Bodywerks...

I'm hoping to fly some contest in IMAC this year in NC. A few years back at my local field I was asked about why this guys plane doesn't fly straight. A friend of mine and I started to look it over. He had left and up thrust to start off with. As soon as we started talking about it this guy got pretty pissed and said, I'm not QQ and trimming a plane isn't necessary if you know how to fly it. We kinda stopped there...

A couple of weeks later I was at the field with my 2M pattern plane. I offered to let him fly it. I took off and handed him the transmitter, he was in awe. I didn't pay attention to time and finally told him I should probably land it. Well as soon as he handed me the transmitter it ran out of fuel. No problem, needed the dead stick practice anyway.

His plane was fixed the next time we were at the field and we could see him spending time trimming his plane. Was a bit frusterating at first, but letting him have stick time on a well trimmed plane gave him a new appreciation for trimming and flying...

FWIW...I'm not a top flyer, my goal at a contest is to finish in the top 5 out of 5...LOL

LLD