"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:20:16 -0500, "Steve R." <srhodes13@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>
>>One of my favorites is the paniced questioning I've received after the
>>newbe
>>discovers the wonders of translational lift on a variable wind day. "I
>>was
>>sitting there in a stable hover and the thing shot straight up, and I
>>DIDN'T
>>MOVE ANYTHING!!!!!" Of course, that's followed by the sudden drop after
>>they lower the collective and then mother nature takes the wind away.
If
>>the model survives this encounter, the student will start concentrating
>>more
>>on the finer points ouf altitude control! :-D
>
> I got into a rather heated discussion on RunRyder about two years ago
> regarding TL and Ground Effect and even after a dozen or so folks
> chimed in to back my info up, the knucklehead on the other side of the
> conversation insisted I was wrong and even went so far as to whine to
> the admins...
>
> I especially love the "My heli spins uncontrollably when I pick it
> up!!" posts. I'm amazed, that with the sheer number of people doing
> this and the HUGE amounts on help available online, that people still
> don't check the proper operation of the TR/Gyro. Fuggit! I'll bolt
> it all together and it'll fly....
Kev, it's been like that since Deiter Schluter put the first ever model
heli
on the market. They're small, ergo, they're toys so they mustn't need any
knowledge to operate them.
--
Beav
VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19
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