PING: Mitchell Holman

[TacAN]

Hi Mitchell

Thanks so much for all those beautiful R/C models you posted recently.
I'm in total awe and admiration of the skill & dedication to detail that
these folk put into their work.
Many of them are difficult to pick from the real plane.

Beautiful pics - thankyou.

Graham

[Mitchell Holman]

"TacAN" > wrote in news:rCwek.19612$IK1.19454@news-
server.bigpond.net.au:

> Hi Mitchell
>
> Thanks so much for all those beautiful R/C models you posted recently.
> I'm in total awe and admiration of the skill & dedication to detail that
> these folk put into their work.
> Many of them are difficult to pick from the real plane.
>
> Beautiful pics - thankyou.



Glad you like them. I am reminded of that argument in
Flight Of The Phoenix where the model maker explains how
much more difficult these are to fly than "the real thing".
How anyone can get a float plane model to land safely on
water is beyond me.

[Morgans[_2_]]

"Mitchell Holman" > wrote

> Glad you like them. I am reminded of that argument in
> Flight Of The Phoenix where the model maker explains how
> much more difficult these are to fly than "the real thing".
> How anyone can get a float plane model to land safely on
> water is beyond me.

It actually is easier to land on water, than on the land, IMHO>

You just fly it down to the water, then start slowing, and let it settle
onto the water.

The key is having the floats (if it has pontoon type) set at the correct
angle. If you have the plane sitting on the water with the nose up too
much, when you try to land, the fronts of the floats dig in, then things
start to go very bad, very quickly. <g>
--
Jim in NC