On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:56:35 +0000, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

well, flying an RC airplane is a lot closer to flying a real airplane
than any sim I've been in.

Ugh! I hope not.

I've never landed an RC plane in a "fully successful" manner. My record
with real aircraft is significantly better laugh.

I suspect it has to do with my inability adopt the perspective of the RC
airplane. That is, I can see the runway environment from a real plane; I
have to imagine it for an RC plane, and I'm apparently not capable of
doing so well enough.

On the other hand, I've many hundreds of real landings, and a far smaller
number of RC "landings". So it may merely be a matter of experience.

[I did used to start a lesson with any new CFI explaining my experience
with RC aircraft, just to keep them on their toes laugh.]

- Andrew