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- From: shane@peeker.uucp (Shane R. McCarthy)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- Subject: Re: Switching to Ailerons -- How easy?
- Message-ID: <shane.08ka@peeker.uucp>
- Date: 18 Aug 1992 10:05:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug17.205424.27800@beaver.cs.washington.edu> tod@cs.washington.edu (Tod Amon) writes:
- > Any words of wisdom on switching from a a polyhedral based glider
- > to my almost finished Chuperosa with 7032 and ailerons? How easy
- > is it to make a fatal mistake when just learning to fly with
- > ailerons? After putting so many hours into my new plane, you'd be
- > right if you thought I was a bit nervous to actually go fly it!
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- I just recently (last week) got my wings for powered flight (Telemaster
- 40). I had received my wings for my glider about three month ago and it had
- no ailerons. Ailerons allow you to execute faster and better controlled
- turns. The problem now is when I land I forget to use my left hand to
- steer the plane on the ground and I usually roll off the side of the
- runway. That is if I land on it:-). I don't think you will have any
- problems switching to ailerons, I enjoy using them.
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