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Reply #30 - 08/24/10 at 11:32:46

My stepdad figured a way to get his license & then he started a "flying club" & several guys went in to buy a plane. We started out with an Aercoupe. They got rid of that & got a Piper Tri-Pacer & another time we had a Luscombe 8-A. The right brake rotor came off( someone wasnt doing a good walk around) & jammed up the wheel on a landing. Over on its back, bent the frame, sudden stop on the engine( requires complete tear down & Magnaflux) End of flying club...BUT, not before I got about 40 hours stick time ( Naaaah, I didnt get to hold it that much, hekk, I dont know now,, But, I had a lot mo hands on time than any other 12 yo kid I knew.
Did that translate when I started theRC airplane thing? IDK, but I was landing & taking off by myself quick enough to make some guys angry. One fired up his transmitter, which was on my frequency, & crashed my Ugly Stick that I had modified with larger control surfaces. It was a Handlin Dude. Took 2 trash sacks to pick it all up. I decided "No More", if something not even my fault can take so many dollars & so many hours of work & put them in the trash, I just wasnt gonna do that. Now, if I could know that no one elses radio could cross me up, I might just do it again. I still see places Id like to fly a plane. With todays electronics, I bet a guy could put a camera in the nose & a receiver on the ground, build a "cockp[it" & fly the thing as if sitting in it. That would solve the Orientation problems when the planes coming toward the pilot. I guess, anyway..

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Reply #31 - 08/24/10 at 11:53:29

Jerry Eichenberger wrote on 08/24/10 at 06:01:09:

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I think I've said it before on here, but it amazes me how many pilots I know are also into motorcycles.

Something must make the two go together.

Jerry you basically turn a motorcycle like you do an airplane. You bank the motorcycle. There are small differences but basically its the same. I flew Hang Gliders for 13 years. I shifted my weight and banked the Hang Glider exactly like my motorcycle. You are almost flying when you ride a motorcycle, you just dont have the altitude to deal with. You experience a lot of the same sensations. Thats why the two go together.

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Reply #32 - 08/24/10 at 12:03:15

Jerry,

The reason I didn't learn to fly before (high school) was a head/eye surgery that left me with double vision. Long story, but I no longer need prisms in my prescription.

I still like the idea of flying, and may do it someday, but right now standing on the ground and flying a model is enough for me. It's also a bit of a nostalgic "fix."

I live in central Illinois.

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Reply #33 - 08/24/10 at 12:06:15

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 08/24/10 at 11:32:46:

Did that translate when I started theRC airplane thing? IDK, but I was landing & taking off by myself quick enough to make some guys angry. One fired up his transmitter, which was on my frequency, & crashed my Ugly Stick that I had modified with larger control surfaces. It was a Handlin Dude. Took 2 trash sacks to pick it all up. I decided "No More", if something not even my fault can take so many dollars & so many hours of work & put them in the trash, I just wasnt gonna do that. Now, if I could know that no one elses radio could cross me up, I might just do it again. I still see places Id like to fly a plane. With todays electronics, I bet a guy could put a camera in the nose & a receiver on the ground, build a "cockp[it" & fly the thing as if sitting in it. That would solve the Orientation problems when the planes coming toward the pilot. I guess, anyway..

JOG they are doing it now with RC Planes. Its called FPV flying. A video camera on the RC Plane transmits its signal to the pilot who is wearing a special pair of goggles with a reciever and screen. It appears wearing the goggles that you are actually in the cockpit of the RC Plane. There are videos of it on You Tube. Thats how the military flies the drones to see what is behind the next sand dune. The way I remember my orientation when the RC Plane is coming towards me is I always move the stick towards the low wing. Works every time and has saved me a lot of airplanes.

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