Sitting in the plane or not ?

Adam Glatt adam.g at sasktel.net
Sat Feb 7 18:31:20 AKST 2004


Xavier Mouraux wrote:

> Hello again,
>  
> I was reading Don Lowe's column in RCM and was surprised at his 
> recommandation to beginners RC pilots: "establish yourself as in the 
> cockpit ... and then the control motions required never change".
>  
> I havn't flown outside for a few month now so I can't try to verify 
> what I do. I am asking you guys who may have notice it before. Do you 
> fly like you are sitting in the airplane or you look at the plane and 
> move the sticks automatically ?
>  
> Another question related to flying: Were do you look when you pilot 
> an RC plane ?
> a) The plane in general
> b) The nose of the plane
> c) The tail of the plane
> d) Some distance in front of the plane (were you want it to go)
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Xavier
>  
> note: I have not been in this hobby for very long so I don't know 
> everybody's history. If someone could give me a small resume of Don 
> Lowe, I will appreciate.

I look at the canopy/wing area, I think.  I only have about 2 minutes of 
flight in the last 5 months, so its kind of fuzzy right now...
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