ORIGINAL: jetmech05
I don't mean to sound harsh...please don't take it that way....but from post 21 I don't think you have mastered the trainer......Now of course I haven't seen you fly.....and I am not taking anything away from your skills........nor Am I saying you aren't ready for a second airplane.....What I am saying is that aircraft is capable of more than you have pushed it to......inverted flight as in the whole pattern.....and perhaps some elevator and rudder to help in a slow roll......with a more aerobatic airplane these manuvers are easier to perform....perhaps that is the only way to learn them...then go back and apply what you learned to the trainer.....
I wonder if we ever truely master an airplane......Good flying to you and good luck
I agree a 100%! I don't belive there is such a thing of mastering a trainer, or any plane. Thats why I asked the question to begin with. I read, master a trainer then go to a low winged trainer, master that and go to an easy flying aerobatic plane etc. I think the wrong message is being sent out. I would word it something like, learn to solo a trainer with confidence and if youfeel like it, move up to something faster andgive it a try. When that scares the poop outa you, go back to the trainer and work on getting better with it. When you gain even more confidence with the trainer, try the second plane again.
One thing I will dissagree with you on is, why try to learn inverted flight on a plane that isn't designed to fly that way? I don't see that helping any since something like a Kadet LT-40 with tons of dehidral flys pretty weird down-upside. Not that I know for sure, but I don't see that helping any. Something I allways argued against with rc car racing. Most guys will preach, practice, practice practice. I think thats bad advise in a way. Practice doesn't make perfect if your doing it wrong to begin with. Practice perfection with the correctequipment and with the mindset of what you want to accomplish.
Practice "mod", race "stock".