On Saturday, March 22, 2014 12:57:00 PM UTC-4, John H. wrote:
On Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:45:12 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:



On 3/22/14, 12:29 PM, Mucho Loco wrote:

...did not happen, at least with my airplane. Too windy. But, one of the experienced guys let me

'buddy box' with him and his Super Cub airplane - which is also a trainer, but without the SAFE

technology.



Had fun, but can now understand why flying these things in the wind is risky. We didn't have any

real close calls, but there were several times he took control of the airplane as I had it in a

nosedive to the ground. I 'think' I could have pulled it out on my own, but it was, after all, his

airplane!



Lot's of fun, learned that I'd best get a simulator before I smash up my airplane. Looking at this

one, which already has my airplane and transmitter programmed therein:



http://www.phoenix-sim.com/default.asp



...even shows my airplane on the bottom of the page!







Johnny, you weren't flying, and you won't be. You're playing with model

airplanes. When a relative of mine plays with his radio-controlled model

trains, he doesn't think he is a railroad engineer.



Glad you enjoyed a sociable post, FOAD!!



Did I say I was a 'pilot'? The model airplane flies. I control it's flight.



From Wikipedia:



Pilot (Aircraft)



"A pilot or aviator is a person actively involved in flying an aircraft. Pilot is a somewhat more

precise term, as the pilot by definition directly controls the aircraft whereas the slightly broader

term aviator is a person who, though actively involved in flying the aircraft (whether plane,

rotary-wing, powered or unpowered), does not necessarily directly control its path."



Aircraft



"An aircraft is a machine that is able to fly by gaining support from the air, or, in general, the

atmosphere of a planet."



Gosh. Maybe for once your command of the English language leads you astray.

What a totally wrong asshole harry is.

In some ways, *flying* an RC airplane is more difficult that flying a full-scale one. There is no first person experience, no seat-of-the-pants feeling, no horizon to look at, no instruments to gauge your flight performance, and no stall buzzer. Many full scale pilots have bought RC planes, brought them to flying fields thinking they could fly them because, well, they are "real" pilots, them promptly crashed them. The few that eat humble pie come back with trainers and have a ball learning with an instructor.

Welcome to the world of flying RC airplanes. Once you climb the rather steep learning curve, I predict you'll love flying RC.