<Jim McCarthy wrote:>
<PS-Nothing beats flying a 26lb 6 meter Ventus, actually nothing beats tip stalling it at 1400 ft. Great pucker factor and the respect to not do it down low.> What's even more fun is a mid-air at 1000' agl and going into that uncontrolled spin for about 700' before regaining control. I was flying a 5m Ventus 2c and the other guy had a 6m ASH 26. We barely touched, but it was in that perfect spot on the wing that sent me tumbling. Neither plane was damaged, but I was so shook up that it made the landing extremely challenging. The worst part was it happened at an air show, and the rest of the day I had to deal with the people that thought it was part of the show. The coolest looking thing that has happened to me while flying scale was at the TOC in 2002. Flying my 5m Swift (aerobatic scale sailplane) during the noon-time demos I pulled a 3/4 inside loop to vertical down line 2 of 4 point roll and pushed to do an outside loop. Well the canopy pops of and Axel (1/3 scale pilot) get ejected out at 1500'. The sound of a couple thousand people gasping was priceless. Watching the pilot free fall was cool to with people yelling for him to pull his chute. 8^) John 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.
