Yep, I started flying an .049 powered Schoolmaster. After I learned how to get it up and down and learned a few stunts it was just boring holes in the sky, for me. The clean-up afterwards was really a chore.
I know that many people love it, but glow/gas is not for me. Another thing I seem to notice about some of the guys that fly power and sailplanes around here is that they tend to horse the airplane around. They appear to be used to the power as a cover-up for inefficient flying. There is just something about a glider quietly spiraling up to a dot in a thermal and then hissing through the air in a high speed pass!!! Mark W. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Swingle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Michael Zusi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] New Soarer > >>Go to their field, watch them fly, talk to them. > >>Looks like they do powered planes rather than gliders, > >>but they'll still be a good resource. > > Yes, some power pilots can be good resources. But take everything you hear > with a "grain of salt". The level of ignorance at the power field is often > pretty scary. Never talk airfoils with a power guy. As far they know, > there's only three in existance. > > > >>maybe you'll like the glow planes > > Ack! Once you get proficient with one, it'll get boring. Plus, there's > cleaning the slime of the plane. > > Team "Boring Slime". Pretty much says it all for me. I'll do it about once > every two years with a friend. But that's only because there are no glider > flyers in my area. > > Bill Swingle > Janesville, CA > > > > 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
