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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'll throw in my .01 here....I've worked with some
folks through the years who have become pretty notable fliers...and with them,
as other students, as soon as they can fly I start whispering about "get in the
cockpit"...and STAY THERE !!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> My experience, and those I've
worked with would reinforce the value of that "situational awareness" that the
mental picture of being "in" the cockpit provides.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> For those ready to claim it
doesn't work - you have to do it enough, until it is a ritual...when running up
the motor, until shutting it down...you work at keeping your mental perspective
as if you're in the plane. It can't be learned well in a dozen
flights; probably not 50...but once learned, many, many corrections that
were troublesome before (like "wrong rudder") gets a LOT easier.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Don Lowe has a long experience and history of many
credentials and wins in aerobatics! He wouldn't make that recommendation
lightly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Bob Pastorello, Oklahoma<BR>NSRCA 199, AMA 46373<BR><A
href="mailto:rcaerobob@cox.net">rcaerobob@cox.net</A><BR><A
href="http://www.rcaerobats.net">www.rcaerobats.net</A></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=xavier.mouraux@sympatico.ca
href="mailto:xavier.mouraux@sympatico.ca">Xavier Mouraux</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 07, 2004 7:49
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Sitting in the plane or not
?</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello again,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I was reading Don Lowe's column in RCM and was
surprised at his recommandation to beginners RC pilots: "establish yourself as
in the cockpit ... and then the control motions required never
change".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I havn't flown outside for a few month now so I
can't try to verify what I do. I am asking you guys who may have notice
it before. Do you fly like you are sitting in the airplane or you look
at the plane and move the sticks automatically ?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Another question related to flying: Were do you
look when you pilot an RC plane ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a) The plane in general</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>b) The nose of the plane</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>c) The tail of the plane</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>d) Some distance in front of the plane (were
you want it to go) </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Xavier</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>note: I have not been in this hobby for very long
so I don't know everybody's history. If someone could give me a small resume
of Don Lowe, I will appreciate.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>