Had another training session tonite. Had 4 flights. All of my flights, I took off by myself. The first 2 I did my basic figure eights, clockwise/counter patterns. Then the thrill. I started doing approaches for landing. I did several approaches. At first they were high altitude and then we got lower and lower. Before I knew it, I did 2 landings all by myself. What a rush. We have a large grass runway, and the first one I was right on. At least that what I thought. The second was, well what can I say....she landed on her wheels, but was way off a straight landing. But it was a little hard but she didn't ground loop or hit hard enought to strike the prop. All in all, it was a good nite. It's hard to be patient now. But my solo will come in time.

Thanks
CC

Way to go!!!!!!!!!!!! [sm=thumbup.gif][sm=thumbup.gif]

Ken

Thanks Ken, and how bout them Sooners huh?

Good job!!

If you want to practice landings and get the plane more on the centerline, what I tell students is to do an approach and point the aircraft right at them after your turn on final. Let it come in that way, as it is coming towards you. You will naturally tend to move it over to the left or right and get a good lineup with the centerline.

Try it a few times and you will see that the landings will begin to straighten out and become more and more on the runway centerline.

CGRetired that is whay my instructor was telling me also. Can't wait to get back up again, and do more approaches and landings.

CC

Yup.. it works!! Trust me! (and your instructor)

Worked for me 37 years ago when I "down-graded" from an ardent CL & FF CONTEST flier to sport RC.

Now CC here is something to keep in mind. This applies to both models and 1 to 1 scale. (41 years there)

You will learn to fly around the sky fairly quickly.

You will learn to take-off fairly quickly.

You spend the rest of your life learning how to LAND!

If you are on the runway and nothing is broken, I'd call that a good landing.

It really is a rush isn't it. It still is for me after 10 years of flying.

After you get confortable with landings, you'll soon find that touch-n-go's can be some of the most relaxing type of flying you can do, expecially in the evening after the wind dies down (well, here in Wichita after it drops below 10 mph we consider there is no wind - ouflyer knows what I mean).

Hogflyer

Hossfly, I hear you on the landing for life. It's a challenge no matter who you are.

JRFisher, I like that. I'll use that as my motto also.

hogflyer, I guess I'll get better at the rudder huh?

Same way down here in Oklahoma. It's funny when we actually do have a windless day. None of can seem to land worth a hill of beans. Without the wind to slow us down we keep overshooting the runway!!!

Ken

Awesome, ouflyer!

Just remember...there are 3 secrets to a perfect landing.

Unfortunately, nobody knows what they are.

It's kind of like a tree falling in the forest..... If you have a perfect landing, and noboby is there to see it, was it really perfect???? []

Ken

Oh I'm in big trouble RCKen, when I made all those approaches and landings that nite, there wasn't even a breeze blowing. Rare I know.

gboulton,

When you find out what they are, send them to me ASAP

Then they wouldn't be a secret anymore.[>:]