Well I am not great. I really have only mastered a couple or three tricks. But I keep trying. I just watch people like "Gabby", "Kyle", Joe Smith, and so many others and it is like...why? Why would I even want to try? They are sooooo good. Then of course ya got people like Supa Tim Hanstine. (Northwest RC) I promise I am not lying. The dude is beyond amazing. Personally, The dude could "huck" a brick! LOLI suck at 3D anyway.
Some guys just have such amazing skills. Ryan Mowry from my club has always amazed me with his talent. He did a noon time demo at our Warbird event this year with a Top Flite P47 with a DA60. The first half was just your typical type of Warbird flying. Blazing low passes and victory rolls, but after a few minutes he comes across the field low but slow this time and I'm thinking, he's not going to do what I think he's going to do when right at runway center he pulls the nose up and puts it in a hover, and then starts torque rolling. That was followed by foamie like flying that barely ever went off the edge of the field. Inverted harrier passes with rediculously tight turns at the ends. My jaw was on the ground.
LMAO...I Know exactly what you mean. Though I have not witnessed someone hucking a warbird, (which I can only imagine how beyond unbelievable it would be) I have witnessed some pretty good stuff. Just like you Doug, I keep thinking I need to be on my knees and prasing them for "I"....am just not worthy. LOLSome guys just have such amazing skills. Ryan Mowry from my club has always amazed me with his talent. He did a noon time demo at our Warbird event this year with a Top Flite P47 with a DA60. The first half was just your typical type of Warbird flying. Blazing low passes and victory rolls, but after a few minutes he comes across the field low but slow this time and I'm thinking, he's not going to do what I think he's going to do when right at runway center he pulls the nose up and puts it in a hover, and then starts torque rolling. That was followed by foamie like flying that barely ever went off the edge of the field. Inverted harrier passes with rediculously tight turns at the ends. My jaw was on the ground.
I've said it many times before, every time I watch him I think I should pile my stuff in the driveway, pour my fuel over it and throw on a match.
I will keep my fingers crossed for you. Maybe even send you a box of sunshine!
Some guys just have such amazing skills. Ryan Mowry from my club has always amazed me with his talent. He did a noon time demo at our Warbird event this year with a Top Flite P47 with a DA60. The first half was just your typical type of Warbird flying. Blazing low passes and victory rolls, but after a few minutes he comes across the field low but slow this time and I'm thinking, he's not going to do what I think he's going to do when right at runway center he pulls the nose up and puts it in a hover, and then starts torque rolling. That was followed by foamie like flying that barely ever went off the edge of the field. Inverted harrier passes with rediculously tight turns at the ends. My jaw was on the ground.
I've said it many times before, every time I watch him I think I should pile my stuff in the driveway, pour my fuel over it and throw on a match.
The biggest problem for me doing low slow 3D is when I get the airplane close to the ground it's hard to see it past the dollar signs that get in the way. Everyone tells me to get a foamie and practice with that. The problem with that is I tried a Crack Pitts and have flown some others, and I just hate them. I know that is sacrilegious to some, but that's just how I feel about them. I'd really like to have an Extreme Flight 60" Edge to practice with, but by the time you start from scratch to get everything you need plus batteries it costs as much as replacing my Hangar 9 Extra airframe with a AJ Laser airframe, and I'd rater do that.
I look at it this way, as long as flying still gives me a thrill and a short escape from the real world, I'm going to keep doing it as long as I'm able. Making a (low for me) wide open knife edge pass down the runway still gets me excited. Could I do it with the wing tip 2 feet off the ground? Yes, I'm fairly sure I could. Will I? No. not unless I hit the Lottery. Until then that wing tip will have to be a little higher.
