I lied...one more comment. I watched Joe, Tom Kielsing, and Darryl in the past landing their planes. Why? Because I wanted to watch the best. They have 100% control in almost every landing. Sure, they make mistakes. But in every case their plane is 100% at minimum speed, on time, and on location. They need skegs to prevent moving a couple of inches, not feet or yards. I watch them having 100% control on a hand catch with the plane dropping into their hand as it stalls. No darting, no extra last second jab. Tom K is perhaps the best, I have watched him slowly fly up the tape at 4-5 inches attempting to "straddle" the tape with his V style skeg. He does quite often.
So what is the point? The point is that SKILL is used by all the top fliers to fly their plane to the landing spot. All of these fliers fly FAI tasks as well, and all land as well there as they do on the TD strip. Most are getting 97-100 pt landings...even though they are flying on a 1 meter circle landing task! And with no skegs. Having a skeg for them is a tool to help remove luck. A bad bounce on a rock, a slide on the tape, a hit on the nail holding the tape down. All can ruin a perfect landing. They don't use it to keep from hitting themselves in the shin! They have the skill to prevent that from happening, and while yes they to can make mistakes and do that, the skeg was not the reason why...it was the pilot. Perhaps people need to learn more skill and less reliance on pieces to arrest their landing...or should I call it an "arrival". Jason RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
