Most Skill Required To Fly Well?
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ORIGINAL: TideFlyer
Curious to see what the board`s opinion might be regarding what plane/type of plane requires the most skill to consistently fly (takeoff/fly/land) well. My personal vote goes to warbirds with wing mounted landing gear. To consistently land them in a scale like manner requires hitting a ''sweet spot'' on approach with throttle and elevator. Not always easy to do, at least for me!
Curious to see what the board`s opinion might be regarding what plane/type of plane requires the most skill to consistently fly (takeoff/fly/land) well. My personal vote goes to warbirds with wing mounted landing gear. To consistently land them in a scale like manner requires hitting a ''sweet spot'' on approach with throttle and elevator. Not always easy to do, at least for me!
I'd vote for a scale proportioned Sopwith Camel or GeeBee R-1 for the hardest to land in varying conditions.
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From: Port MacquarieNew South Wales, AUSTRALIA
ORIGINAL: Charlie P.
If you think warbirds with wing mounted under-carriages are bad you should try one with fuselage mounted landing gear, like a Wildcat. Even narrower wheelbase.
I'd vote for a scale proportioned Sopwith Camel or GeeBee R-1 for the hardest to land in varying conditions.
ORIGINAL: TideFlyer
Curious to see what the board`s opinion might be regarding what plane/type of plane requires the most skill to consistently fly (takeoff/fly/land) well. My personal vote goes to warbirds with wing mounted landing gear. To consistently land them in a scale like manner requires hitting a ''sweet spot'' on approach with throttle and elevator. Not always easy to do, at least for me!
Curious to see what the board`s opinion might be regarding what plane/type of plane requires the most skill to consistently fly (takeoff/fly/land) well. My personal vote goes to warbirds with wing mounted landing gear. To consistently land them in a scale like manner requires hitting a ''sweet spot'' on approach with throttle and elevator. Not always easy to do, at least for me!
I'd vote for a scale proportioned Sopwith Camel or GeeBee R-1 for the hardest to land in varying conditions.
I would also add most WW1 war birds not just the Camel.
Cheers,
Colin
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The small planes. I have a Gravity hobbies Spitfire(used to be Cox) that weighs 4.2 oz even though it probably lands at 5 mph that is really fast for such a tiny plane. A wind gust will toss the plane around like newspaper. Inverted flight on a flat bottom wing with a lot of dihedral can be a challenge. But if you can do some things on a trainer you can do them on anything.-BW
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I think flying is a learned skill for the majority of us and built-in for a "chosen" few.
Remember in lower grades in school, we used to always find the home-work difficult. As we advanced to higher grades, the home-work for that grade was still tough. But when we return to that now, we find it quite easy. It is similar with flying. Whatever you are flying now is always difficult. But if you move to a more difficult aircraft or move to higher throws, you will find the earlier settings or plane easy to fly. I am seeing the problem with me on the Reactor. Due to a break of a couple of months off, I am having again to go the low throws to be able to handle it
Ameyam
Remember in lower grades in school, we used to always find the home-work difficult. As we advanced to higher grades, the home-work for that grade was still tough. But when we return to that now, we find it quite easy. It is similar with flying. Whatever you are flying now is always difficult. But if you move to a more difficult aircraft or move to higher throws, you will find the earlier settings or plane easy to fly. I am seeing the problem with me on the Reactor. Due to a break of a couple of months off, I am having again to go the low throws to be able to handle it
Ameyam





