landing your own plane

[Sired by Fire]

	Quote: Originally Posted by crhammond
	Mark! In fact I will have a 50cc Yak at every Alberta contest this year, set up trimmed properly and open for ANYONE to fly. I hope EVERYONE in Basic flys it and anyone else who feel inclined. It is being setup just for this purpose... its a big Yak 89" wingspan, DA50 on tuned pipe, good servos etc. A full-on intro level IMAC machine. The plane is a protoype from a new manufacturer and should be very nice, pocket hinges, light weight, stretched length... made for IMAC Chris.

you are a true ambassador to the sport Chris, were all very grateful
Cheers

[HK the III Esq.]

Dude... I took a car ride with Chris and it cost me $2500 - And I thought Limo's were expensive.

Looks like Alberta IMAC could have a pretty reasonable field this year! Thanks for all the promo Chris! We've got 6-7 new "basic entries" in Calgary alone now.

Sired - You've gotta get your wife into it - then other than the work schedule - you have no excuses to miss a contest. Try to get that scheddy figured out so you can hit up the May 2/3 Camp in Cowtown.

[crhammond]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Sired by Fire
	im too scared email you ... itll cost me 3500$

You need not fear, you are going to email Chris and buy his Comp-Arf 260
[Jedi mind trick]
Feel the power of the dark side ...

Ryan - and worth every penny my friend!

[MikeC3D]

Have you been able to fly the pitts yet?

[crhammond]

	Quote: Originally Posted by MikeC3D
	Have you been able to fly the pitts yet?

LOL Oh Mike! It snowed another 2ft here this week and it's -20c outside right now. I'm beginning to think I may never get to fly it

J/K but it will be April at the earliest this year... the fields will be swamps until late April.

[HK the III Esq.]

You know Chris... We have TARMAC at CRAMS... You should just suck it up and roll down here. It's supposed to be 8 degrees on Sunday and the all the Camera gear is waiting!

I'll fly mine if you fly yours!

[crhammond]

My trailer is on the farm burried in 3ft of snow Next year I'm parking it out front of my house...

[isabel]

I have to chime in... My first year of IMAC I had been flying only since that winter... still shaky on the landings, doubly so because my boyfriend & I share our contest plane. It's a 35% and it was my 'trainer', so I learned to land very slowly (didn't want to risk it too fast!). It was funny, I could fly the Basic to win before I even started learning how to land. By the time summer came I was landing it most of the time but not all. At contests he did land it occasionally for me at unfamiliar fields or in more difficult conditions. I won the Basic I hope this helps your wife make up her mind to try IMAC, I'm sure happy I did! It would be great to have more women in IMAC too!

Isabel

[sweetpea]

Come on down to Bellair in WA on the weekend of the 15th. Its not a contest but just a bunch of IMAC guys getting together to Huck it out. The weather should be upper 40's to upper 50's

[McFueler]

Isabel, I talked a lady that learned to fly here at our culd into flying IMAC and she did for a couple years. I told her it would make her a better pilot and she did become a much better pilot. She still flies at our club field but did not fly IMAC at all last year, I'm still trying to get her back to a contest she started out with a 35% Hurley extra that she scratch built and now flies a 35% Carden extra, she is a very good builder and flies about every weekend at the club field.She used to get me to land it for her at contest but after awhile of flying contest she started landing it her self.
Mark

[Tired Old Man]

Just a little story.

Back when I still thought one could make money flying full scale I taught people how to fly for a living. There was a neighbor that had flown quite a bit with a guy that owned his own Piper Pacer. He never landed or took off but he got to fly the plane around with the owner quite a bit.

One day he stopped by the house and mentioned that he was a pilot too since he had flown that Pacer quite a bit. After a bit of discussion about take offs and landings we went to the airport to take my plane (a C-152 on leaseback to a flight school) up for a few trips around the patch. He did ok flying basic straight and level stuff and a few turns in the pattern so I thought, why not coach this "pilot" through his first landing?

So I had him fly the pattern and talked him through the power reductions, rpm, speeds, and flap use from downwind, through the base turn, and onto final. Now the guy is getting nervous. I reminded him that he said he was a pilot as we flew down to short final and crossed over the fence. By this time he had forgotten what the rudder was for and was drifting towards the taxiway. The plane was jumping all over the place from his coarse control inputs and sweat was dripping off his face on a 65 degree day. Of course he had already asked if I would take the plane but I kept coaching him through the approach to see how well he could do.

About 5' off the ground and over the grass between the runway and taxiway he said something like "We're gonna die!" and got off the controls. I took the yoke and a quick kick of the rudder and a little aileron into the wind put us back over the center line and in for a nice touchdown. My neighbor had a good case of the shakes by this time.

After the taxi back he admitted that he no longer thought he was a pilot.

Moral? If you can't take off and land you're not a "pilot" and not qualified to compete in flight events. That's my perspective anyway.

[The Dirt Doctor]

I agree!! I always teach a beginning RC pilot to land before he takes off!! It is easy to take off but that landing is a whole different story!!

Bobby aka TDD

[kwilson]

I dont think the issue is wether she CAN land, just if she feels comfortable landing in an unfamiliar surrounding after the pressure of contest flying. Why risk a plane if the rules dont state that you have to land your own plane? I saw top quality pilots in Tuscon this year having other people land their planes because of the unfamiliar conditions. Personally, I see nothing wrong with this practice, especially if it gets more folks flying competition.

Kevin

[Trumpetman]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Tired Old Man
	Moral? If you can't take off and land you're not a "pilot" and not qualified to compete in flight events. That's my perspective anyway.

Sorry Tired Old Man, I disagree ... Here's my little story: At the very first IMAC contest I attended there was a middle aged gent who also was flying in his first contest. He had just learned the Basic routine and had only been flying his 25% gasser for a few weeks. I called for him and despite having to call a few breaks he got through the routine. He was very nervous and the freaky wind was constantly changing direction, this had him completely rattled (even Unlimited pilots were making 4 or 5 approaches!). He tried a couple of approaches and finally had a friend land the plane for for him. The plane was safe, he was happy and IMAC has another committed member! Moral? If having someone else land your plane means you have a good time and get hooked on IMAC then more power to you!