"Beav" wrote in message
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"Steve R." wrote in message
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I've been lucky in that we both live in Texas (about 2 hours apart) so
I've seen him fly at many fun-flies and contests through the years in our
general area. I also went through a "brief" period of think he was
someone I might want to emulate but every time I saw him fly, he seemed
to be a light year ahead of the last time I saw him fly. When I first
saw him perform a pirouetting loop (!), I thought, "forget that!" It was
impressive indeed, but not something I could see myself doing. Maybe
some day!

Steve, I'd been flying some serious 3D for a fair while before I attempted
my first pirouetting loop. I went for a single piro taking the full loop
to make the full 360 yaw. I got to 320 :-))

2nd one was Ok, but that was three weeks and 500 quid later.

Beav

Well Beav, at least you've "tried" to do the pirouetting loop. It's not
something I've ever worked up the courage to do yet. All of my flying in
the past 10 to 15 years has been basic sport flying and FAI competitions.
It's a plateau that I've been on for a very long time. The problem is, I've
gotten comfortable with where I'm at and have not been particularly
motivated to advance. It's cheaper! ;-)

Having said that, I'm about to purchase a used Fury from a friend of mine.
This will be a third model in addition to the two X-Cell Pro2k's that I've
been competing with and it's going to be a 3D setup. My wallet is starting
to ache already. There are some 3D maneuvers that I know won't be much
trouble, after all, they're just modifications of stuff I'm already doing.
The pirouetting stuff is another story. I've always had a hard time
wrapping my brain around the control movements that make them work. But I'm
looking forward to learning! :-D

Fly Safe,
Steve R.