I prefer to catch my foamies, then immediately swat them to the ground.
Look at that technique!
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At 09:28 PM 3/7/01 -0000, courtice wrote:
>Ok, I have been practicing this stupid trick for a while, and since I have
>never seen or heard of anyone else doing it, I thought I would brag and show
>off and make a posting about it here.
>
>On a decent wind day here at the blowhole on Maui, I can now consistently
>land my DAW Me109 by hovering it backwards and inverted for a hand catch. It
>saves wear and tear on the airplane. :)
>
>I have 3 (sorta) sequential pictures posted here. The three shots were taken
>on three different catches, but they convey the idea. Sorry for the lousy
>quality, they were taken with a disposable camera on an overcast day.
>
>http://www.maui.net/~bugz/images/SFT/SFT1.jpg
>http://www.maui.net/~bugz/images/SFT/SFT2.jpg
>http://www.maui.net/~bugz/images/SFT/SFT3.jpg
>
>I also have the inverted catch on video on mini VHS and will hopefully
>figure out a way to extract the segment and convert it to .avi or .mpeg
>format soon. There is also a segment on the tape where my left foot gets
>caught under a large rock just as I am reaching for the catch, and I end up
>on my a$$ and the plane hits the ground and bounces straight into the camera
>lens... I might post that eventually too. Maybe.
>
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