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Location: Skørping, Denmark
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If you are asking how to learn to fly these things, the general wisdom of the local model flying club is, that you must come to the club. An experienced pilot will handle take off, so that you can practice flying, stall and recovery, etc. in a safe altitude, and he will help you to bring the model down in a safe manner. A glider pilot myself, I can warrant, it is easy to fly, a bit harder to start. Landing is the hard part of every flight, model or not. To loose altitude, a flying aeroplane has to move forward, so in order to land it close to where you stand, you have to fly the right landing approach. It is a complicated procedure. Few planes are crashed in the air, it is when they touch ground it becomes critical.
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Joined: Fri Feb 03 2006, 10:52AM
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
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Yes, RC planes and helicopters are difficult to fly. Helis particularly, I remember watching a friend trying to get his new heli off the ground for the first time, next thing it was in pieces with rotor blades zinging past our ears.
But the cheap planes are made of very light, tough plastic foam and can take a lot of crashes without breaking. They also fly quite slow, so they're a good way to learn. They don't cope well with strong winds, though. You can only fly on relatively calm days.
One advantage of joining a model flying club is that they have insurance. If you're not in a club, it's best to fly somewhere quiet, to minimize the odds of hitting a bystander.
Finn, did you crash your paraglider? My boss is hang-gliding in Lanzarote right now.
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Steve McConner wrote ...
Finn, did you crash your paraglider? My boss is hang-gliding in Lanzarote right now.
Yes, sort of. Can`t really crash a rag. However "I" crashed into a ridge with 60km/h. sprained right ankle. Took more than 3 months to recover, and still some time to go before fully recovered. Lucky bastard on Lanzarote.
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