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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Right on
George.<BR><BR>Take offs are optional<BR>Landings are
MANDATORY<BR><BR>WG<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "GeorgeF."
<</FONT><A href="mailto:av8tor@flash.net"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>><BR>Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 8:16
AM<BR>Subject: Re: fixed gear vs. retracts<BR><BR><BR>> At 08:39 PM 7/16/2003
-0400, you wrote:<BR>> >The composite fixed gear designs of today are
quite the overkill in terms<BR>> >of strength, rigidity and weight. They
could be made far lighter, less<BR>> >rigid and cheaply enough where, as
they break on a hard landing, simply<BR>> >pull the pieces out and toss
them<BR>><BR>><BR>> If people would learn how to land then strength
wouldn't be a problem. It<BR>> surprises me to hear people say they
liked fixed gear better because they<BR>> were bending/breaking
retracts.<BR>><BR>> Can anyone truthfully say that fixed gear look
better? Thought pattern<BR>was<BR>> about smooth, graceful, and looking
goood?<BR>><BR>> Been into R/C since 1983. I have YET to break a
gear and only ever bent<BR>> one gear ever so slightly. 99% of my
flights were off grass fields and<BR>> some of them were pretty rough.
No I didn't use oversized balloon tires,<BR>I<BR>> used small chrome weeks
with foam tires.<BR>><BR>> I guess maybe the maneuver of the month should
be LANDINGS?<BR>><BR>> George<BR>> </FONT><A
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