ORIGINAL: Planehutch888
So heres the deal- Im 65, restarting control line after 55 years, when young could only afford 049 stuff, was advised by an another old control liner not to start with an 049 plane so I got a ARF Flitestreak put an old Fox 35 on it, used an old EZ Just control line handle and crashed and crashed and crashed until I decided to go another way. So I relearned on a 15 powered plane cobbled together and now have a Supertigre 40 powered plane given to me by another old guy; It is a flapless homemade stunt plane. My questions are: This plane weighs 46 ounces and takes about 25 feet to do a loop. If I speed up the controls to tighten it up I get into the PIO mode. Would a lighter plane loop better without being oversensitive? How about a plane with flaps? I can go round and round ok and do inside and outside loops but it gets close to the ground sometimes. I know Im older and slower but eventually I hope to get some modest proficiency. Advice please
Hey MAN, You can DID it!
I will next month complete my 73rd trip around the sun and I am trying to get back into CL. I hope to attend the Tucson Vintage Stunt Champs in March. Hoping to have a Classic T-Bird, and a OTS Vampire with a Super Cyke, maybe an Anderson Spitfire .65, and of course the Ringmaster. I can't fly CL Stunt for crap, but I will have some fun going back into my younger pursuits, plus seeing some other old timers like me. Actually right now building and stuff, I feel like a kid in a candy store.
I just joined into the Stunt Hanger forum and all kinds of help and advice are coming my way. While I can still fly the Stunt Pattern, many just may not recognize it.
So come on Planehutch 888, you can do it, and if I can do it YOU can do it better.
There is the VSC, Brodak's big CL Event and the NATs. You and I can show these young whipper-snappers how it is done! Right! [sm=49_49.gif]