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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>It's time for my $0.02 Canadian worth.
(That's about $0.01 USD)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>I never felt I was a competent (or safe)
pilot until I could put my mind in the cockpit of the plane I was flying. My
friend who taught me to fly kept telling me just to create a mind link with the
plane. I have vivid memories of the flight when I realized I had done that. It
was the middle of my third season of flying......It was late in the
evening.....flying a trainer.....and doing repetitive "touch and
goes".</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Many years later, Harry Ells will still
tell me that I need to practice which direction to use the rudder so this is not
the way I will become the perfect pilot. Maybe I need a little more
practice.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>The other thing that contributed to my
flying ability was when Steve Miller told me the secret to his amazing slow
rolls. He told me he just uses a little aileron to roll and then just gives the
plane whatever input the plane needs to keep it on a straight line. This
eliminates thinking about wind corrections. I found this works for
most maneuvers.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>I still keep my mind in the
plane.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>How???? I don't know. I think Bob P is
right........lots of flights.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Have fun burning fuel.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Alan Hewson</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Buried in snow too.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </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 8:49
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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<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>