At 02:07 PM 7/18/00 -0700, you wrote:
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>My experience suggests that we (rc pilots) tend to underestimate numeric
>distances, but overestimate actual positions (thinking we're further away in
>terms of being over a landmark, than we actually are). The few times I
>really methodically checked my ideas about 'how far out over the water' I
>was flying at my local lakefront hill, I was embarrassed to find out how
>much further out I thought I was than I actually was.
This may apply to smaller models such as sailplanes, however I think most
people tend to underestimate how far away the model is when flying larger
unlimited or cross country sailplanes. I have seen many people fly into
the back side of a tree when they were sure they were nowhere near that far
away. The best example of this was at Visalia a couple of years ago when
Daryl flew his giant scale model into the back side of the factory
southeast of the field. Most of us thought he was not even half way to the
building.
Chuck Anderson
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