Hey Daryl, I agree with you on the enjoyment level of CC as the pilot. Nobody can keep track of a XC plane at altitude, while bouncing down a dirt road at 80+mph, like Joe. It's amazing. My fun from XC came from spec-ing the plane out before handing the tranny over to Joe to start the course and in playing navigator/tactician/spotter while on course. Plus he's a fun guy to fly with. But if you guys really want to know the secret to Joe's success as a XC pilot, it's his wife Jan "leadfoot" Wurts. We had to fly fast just to keep up with the truck! Norm (humble member of Joe's "Acme Sailplane Racing Team")
-----Original Message----- From: Daryl Perkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 10:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [RCSE] how high really You guys don't have to believe me... I had a tough time believing it myself. But one of the arts of cross country flying is keeping the model in the correct location in relation to the vehicle - virtually directly overhead. The reason for this is to maintain visual. I've seen the guys in Muncie flying CC at close to 4,000 ft off the tug tows(according to the pics), and they weren't even close to what Joe used to do. I was serious about not enjoying CC due to the constant extreme eyesight checks. Let's assume as much as a 10% error in the telemetry watch - That's still over 7500 ft. Our little td models are fairly easily visible from a front perspective up to a mile... why do you have such a tough time buying 8500 ft straight overhead? And that's with about a 13 inch chord and flat black bottoms... Give me a pic sometime and an Insanity (nowhere near the size of a CC model - about 20% smaller), and I'll prove it. hugs, D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
