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Discussion The I’m going out flying thread 2018

Jetpainter

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It was a but colder than 75 here yesterday, but it did make it into the 50's. About half of the north-south runway was flooded from the couple inches of rain we had the days before, but when it's sunny, makes 50, and the winds fairly calm, it's time to fly!

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Xpress

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Throwing that plane into the air is it more technique or strength, it looks like a young mans sport. I belive my arm would be dead after a number of flights.

Technique, combined with some strength. The idea is to turn yourself into a rubber band and unwind at just the right moment to throw it forward- pitching up comes from a mix. The good news is one good throw yields a good flight time, and some of the local guys here get quite a long flight time :cool:
 

Snoopy1

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Technique, combined with some strength. The idea is to turn yourself into a rubber band and unwind at just the right moment to throw it forward- pitching up comes from a mix. The good news is one good throw yields a good flight time, and some of the local guys here get quite a long flight time :cool:
What is a long flight 15 minutes or 30 minutes
 

BalsaDust

Moderator
Yes more technique than strength. Most of the guys out there getting the higher launches are really skinny guys. Some of it is in the plane too. This new plane launches higher than the one in my profile pic and I’m not even throwing it as hard.

Long flight times can be had. Guy I fly with all the time I have seen have quite a few 10-15 minute flights but on a day when the air is good he said he will normally make about a 6 minute flight then come in and do it again. Really not as much fun when the air is so good as you don’t have to work or really build your skills to speck the plane out as the thermals are so strong they just do it for you.
 
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