I don't remember where I saw this (Windfree instructions?), but as I
recall, this was Mark Smith's recommendation on how to get time and spot
with the spoilerless Windfree.
Tom Gist
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The timer has to be on it, it helps if the pilot warns him
first. 8-) (cough-cough Marcus)
I saw McCarthy do it in F3J at the Nats, this is typically done because the
pilot is going to be late to the tape for the horn, so make some ground
contact at speed, like a "brush and go" or a :touch a
This is old news Tony, guys have done this for a long time, praticularly back
in the days of bigger fuses and poly wings. I did it once at the Nats with a
Grand Esprit having Jim Bacus time for me. on the time and about a 90+
landing about 10 seconds later. Grass was really short and it
Hi
At the US F3J team selections held last weekend in Denver, I heard for the
first time, of a "special" landing technique that involves touching the ship's
tail to the ground first to stop the clock, then flying on for a precision
landing; presumably after the working time has ended!
I was
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