F*O*A*D wrote:
On 3/22/14, 12:57 PM, Mucho Loco 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.



Whatever floats your non-existent boat. You aren't flying, and neither
are the guys controlling the drones.

"I'm just trying to fit in as much as my digestive track allows with the
right-wing slime whose almost entire reason for existence here is to
ridicule, mock, and taunt. - Harry Krause"