ORIGINAL: Rooi Valk 120
Thanks Gray Beard and Foodstick, you have given me quite an insight into what I will have to be aiming for and what I will have to do to get there. I think I will try to get in touch with somebody at the Club. I have enough time on my hands to rebuild a broken plane, so I think for now I will Build the Pitts M 12 kit, as a point to work towards, and I will figure out how I can get Started at the club.Oh and Gray Beard thanks for the encouragement, it does seem like a lot of people just want to mark you by what they think you can do! Thanks a lot!
Riaan
No problem, I went from a trainer to the Up-Roars and got right into fun fly events after solo. I was told by the peanut gallery how crazy I was and how many planes I was going to crash. There were a lot of repairs but nothing that went into the trash can. No, I wasn't ready for them but I managed. I'm glad I didn't go to a bipe right away though. They don't take near the pounding that a single wing fun fly plane will. I think my 3rd or 4th plane was a scratch built Fokker D-VII, I built it from plans I bought from Model Airplane News plans department. In the air they aren't too much different then any other type of plane but I didn't think I was ever going to get it off the ground. Short coupled planes are squirrels on the ground at take off. Landing wasn't too bad, I just flew it about 10 inches off the ground and cut power and it settled in. I built two of them at the same time and gave one to my nephew. I just gave that plane away a year ago, then it finally died!!!!
As long as you are having fun it's all good!!
