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Post by BJM on Jan 4, 2008 11:50:09 GMT 10
With my Bee on it's way and a build in front of me....The next thing is to actually learn to fly it  Can anyone recomend a Slope to spend some time on ? Rather than taking it out to one of the normal ones, throwing it off and never seeing it again... Ben |
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Post by rossco on Jan 4, 2008 14:16:06 GMT 10
Hi Ben, and welcome to the forum and addictive world of looking for every puff of wind (whether your at a slope or not).
Mate, as a newbie myself, i can feel your pain at thinking of that first throw out... hey, at least you have a plane that you know will fly, mine was a quick and nasty homebuilt one, that was nerve racking! Not only did i not know if the plane could fly, but i didnt know if I could fly!
Thanx to all the guys here, it was very easy to get into it.
The biggest thing that i would suggest is a simulator! If you get something like realflight... your airborn! Your first throw out will be very much the same as you will have done thousands of times in the sim.
I had never flown before, and i handled it fine for my first fly, and that was in about 30knt winds. Good fun.
I have to mention that i probably didnt "land" in the traditional sence, till about the 3rd flight! ha. Thats why these things are tough!
Still, no problem loosing it out to sea, as i didnt get into too much trouble till i started to get adventurous!
I just saw now that you have other posts, so i may have jumped the gun here, ill look at them now and proably find that you fly beter than me already.
Hope to see you on the slopes soon.
oh, and to answer your question, I flew SC for my first, and would suggest it to you. Plenty of room, although there is bugger all landing, and a road behind you! Others might have better suggestions! Watch how they bring it in a couple of times first!
Rossco
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Post by BJM on Jan 4, 2008 14:31:44 GMT 10
Asffor flying Exp....A few lessons in a high wing trainer, take off and landings and such...
Will be getting a cable to talk to my PC on the weekend, and have a bang at FMS until I get the real thing built and trimmed.
SC looks a little "hairy" for a new person, I was thinking of a very large and grassy area with great lift, no glitches, in a secluded and public area that only this forum knows about.
Now that the dreams are over, I'll take a few trips out to SC when it all gets together and see how it's done, ask some questions and get ot know everyone.
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Post by thevon on Jan 4, 2008 14:47:47 GMT 10
The best thing is to get to a place with huge amounts of lift and plenty of sky around, so you can make mistakes and have space/time to recover. A big soft landing area helps. If you're able to tee up a day when some other guys are flying they can give you some tuition and bale you out occasionally. Won't take too long till you can get around by yourself.
If you rock up to Bald Knob on a Sunday arvo and say Hi to the guys of the Maleny club, they're happy to have visitors and someone would probably be happy to help you out. Its a good spot for learners - huge area and massive landing area.
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Post by BJM on Jan 4, 2008 14:57:03 GMT 10
Blad Knob looks like a good landing area and grassy (from the pics) but when I have read the members only bit I was a bit put off.
If they're happy ot have people drop in and say hi then I'll make some plans for a sunday without rain...(Odd that I'm complaining about rain now after not having any for so long)
Is about 3PM onwards a good time to head on out there ?
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Post by rossco on Jan 4, 2008 15:16:10 GMT 10
Ben, I dropped you a PM. (up the top if you missed it, as i always do)
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Post by jase on Jan 4, 2008 21:36:04 GMT 10
I would leave shorncliffe until you know you can fly the plane and land comfortably. It isn't an easy place to fly at, but it's a world of fun when there are 5 Bee's in the air and they are all trying to knock your plane out of the air....
Mt Mee is an awesome place to learn to fly, but for the love of god ***get a lost model alarm*** if you plan to fly there.
Saying that. i think i flew Shorncliffe on my 3rd outing and i did it solo... No one around to help me land or tell me the conditions and i flew on the "wrong" area. (by wrong i mean not the usual spot, this section was mostly rock). Most of the guys (Gerard) usually land their plane in the big bush that sits on top of the tree, you won't hurt your plane. But if you head down there on a saturday or sunday afternoon from 3pm there should be plenty of people to help u out.
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Post by ding on Jan 4, 2008 21:42:53 GMT 10
If you come down to SC while I'm there introduce yourself and we'll get you going  |
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Post by BJM on Jan 4, 2008 22:19:36 GMT 10
With me buying Pauls Wing, I should be able to get down there next weekend....so weather permitting, I'll be....somewhere, guess I'll see where people are going and run from there
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