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Old 03-18-2009 | 10:03 AM
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Default RE: Edge - Too early?

ORIGINAL: TFF

Can you fly it? Yes. Should you fly it? No. You really need 180 flights on that stick. The problem with a plane like the Edge is it is an on the edge kind of plane. Lowering the rates will help keeping it from snapping, but that is what the plane was designed to do so it can still do it. If you can do outside loops an a bunch of inverted flight, spins, and some crazy cross control stuff and recover you are ok. You will be able to fly the plane around without these skills, but when the plane bites because it thinks you want to do these things and flutters to the ground you will wish you has more practice.
Noted thank you.I love outside loops and inverted flight and the Stick did it all so lovely. Crazy spins I have only done to an extent I will be quite honest and the reason for not always going TOO wild with my Stick was because I did it twice - the one time the the engine died in the air due too overheating because I was doing stuff at very high speed and constantly throwing the stick around and vertical (was the reason for the giving a lot of throttle) and the other time it lost power so I landed it before it cut out.

I'm not a experienced pilot - that all can tell from the amount I've flown and I know this too. When it comes too recovery - I've had a couple of situations and all of them I have recovered from quite well adn easily. But then again it differs from plane too plane.

Thanks for all the input btw.