Astigmatism

[Eddie Batchelor]

You made the right spelling correction. I'm sure you meant the Top Dawg by
TopFlite. I learned to fly on one in 1979 powered by a Cox Conquest 15,which
I still have BTW, and an Ace radio that came as a kit -even had to assemble
the servos. I'd take off - crash on very short order - go home and rebuild
it and try again in about a week to a month(depending on how much damage was
done on the previous attempt) :-))  I was too hardheaded to ask for help -
may explain why I wasn't in the hobby but 3 years that 1st time. If I'd
stayed with it wonder what class I'd be flying in now?

Sorry for the stroll down memory lane - you stirred it up mentioning the
TopDawg
I'll go back to sleep now.

Eddie
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  I had a friend KK Mclure about 10 yrs ago w/ double vision. I didnt get
into what he did to solve the problem...but for a long time he flew  the
plane in front.  Both planes still hit the ground occasionally though.

  He would put on  a good show with a Top Dog (Dawg?), rudder and elevator
only plane.

  Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote:
    On a serious note, I don't know if cataracts or astigmatism cause
    multiple images, but, before surgery, if I put a small black ink dot on
    a piece of paper and looked at it with only my left eye, I saw four
    dots. One was distinct and dark black, the remainder were fuzzy and
    gray. When I did the same with my right eye, I saw two dots. One was
    distinct and dark black, the other was fuzzy and gray. When I opened
    both eyes, I saw three dots. One was distinct and dark black, the
    other two were fuzzy and gray. When I looked at a white center pole at
    the flying field, I saw a distinct, white pole and two fuzzy white
    poles on either side. My airplanes had fuzzy wings. Cataract surgery
    cured all that.

    Ron Van Putte

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