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Old 11-27-2002 | 12:44 AM
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Rixter
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Default Learning low wing

The advise that swooper and FHHuber have given you is sound and you should take heed. Another big problem I have had with new pilots transitioning from high to low wing is orentation. The model will look very different in the sky and you will easily become disoriented. I had one student (recently soloed) who crashed his four star 40 on it's maiden flight. He built another one and asked me to buddy with him. He would roll inverted coming out of the turn onto the downwind leg of the pattern (parallel to and out from the runway) two out of three times. After he got used to the models outline the problem went away. This pilot was no dummy. He was a full scale pilot and had grasped the fundamentals quickly and soloed faster than most.
Rixter