post your shots of the airplanes

**arnold** · 12-02-2019, 10:56 PM - **4 Likes**

Originally posted by noelcmn

Remote controlled, very light, and the youngster was learning to control its flight. When I took this, it had crashed too many times, once landing in a tree. Luckily, I had the tripod with me, extended, and we could get it reasonably easy.

To manually fly a radio controlled aircraft is not easy. When I first tried it, my full size aircraft experience was of limited help in maintaining control. The problem wasn't knowing what to do, but doing it.

Think about it; your only contact with the machine is your vision and from that you must ascertain direction, speed and attitude. Illusions abound, and silhouettes against a bright cloudy sky have caused many to confuse the topside with the bottom side. Crashes happen in less time that it takes to sort out the confusion.
Those visual signals have to be processed - to assess the situation, then the action needed, and then those signals need to be sent to your thumbs on the control sticks. Those neural pathways need constant refreshing, or they disappear, as in my case. Left and right reverse, depending on whether you are flying away or towards yourself. It talks time to automate the recognition of this.

I had a 27 year break from flying radio controlled aircraft, and on return, found that I was incapable of keeping ahead of the machine. I had to start again with an instructor. It took three months of steady practice before I was on the way to regaining my competence and moving on to become an official instructor myself.

Drones fly themselves and are a completely different beast

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**subsea** · 12-03-2019, 09:55 AM

A pair of F-18s on a low altitude pass over the US Open tennis championships in 2006. Taken with a Canon PowerShot G3.

**subsea** · 12-05-2019, 12:26 PM - **5 Likes**

de Seversky P-35 in the US Air Force museum in Dayton, Ohio, in 1980. Pentax ME, 55mm ƒ/1.8 lens, Kodachrome 25 slide film.

**noelcmn** · 12-05-2019, 01:12 PM - **1 Like**

**subsea** · 12-06-2019, 01:38 AM - **2 Likes**

Seaplane landing in the East River in NYC in 1977. Spotmatic F, 50mm ƒ/1.8 lens, Kodacolor II film.

Wasp · 12-08-2019, 03:17 AM - **5 Likes**

P51 Mustang, seen at an airshow.

**noelcmn** · 12-08-2019, 03:22 AM - **1 Like**

**ismaelg** · 12-08-2019, 05:58 AM - **2 Likes**

Hello,
From a few years ago at BQN (formerly Ramey Air Force base)

Thanks,

Racer X 69 · 12-08-2019, 01:05 PM - **4 Likes**

A Boeing 777, hand painted by Chinese "artisans", on the inside of the glass ball.

**rod_grant** · 12-11-2019, 06:58 PM - **3 Likes**

Nanchang CJ-6A military trainer (1958- )

**rod_grant** · 12-11-2019, 07:00 PM - **4 Likes**

P-40 Kittyhawk (1938-1944)

**noelcmn** · 12-11-2019, 09:00 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by arnold

To manually fly a radio controlled aircraft is not easy. When I first tried it, my full size aircraft experience was of limited help in maintaining control. The problem wasn't knowing what to do, but doing it.

Think about it; your only contact with the machine is your vision and from that you must ascertain direction, speed and attitude. Illusions abound, and silhouettes against a bright cloudy sky have caused many to confuse the topside with the bottom side. Crashes happen in less time that it takes to sort out the confusion.
Those visual signals have to be processed - to assess the situation, then the action needed, and then those signals need to be sent to your thumbs on the control sticks. Those neural pathways need constant refreshing, or they disappear, as in my case. Left and right reverse, depending on whether you are flying away or towards yourself. It talks time to automate the recognition of this.

I had a 27 year break from flying radio controlled aircraft, and on return, found that I was incapable of keeping ahead of the machine. I had to start again with an instructor. It took three months of steady practice before I was on the way to regaining my competence and moving on to become an official instructor myself.

Drones fly themselves and are a completely different beast

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Very interesting -thanks so much. Have never tried it myself, and probably never will. And you left out dysfunctional "grey matter"

. The youngster was fortunate- he ws young and his mother and grandmother were there to coax him not to give up. That help!

**rod_grant** · 12-11-2019, 09:08 PM - **1 Like**

Ceres CA28 cropduster

**noelcmn** · 12-11-2019, 09:22 PM

**Merv-O** · 12-14-2019, 09:14 PM - **1 Like**

Planes at So. Jersey Regional Airport

12-02-2019, 10:56 PM - 4 Likes	#1531
arnold Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,295	Originally posted by noelcmn Remote controlled, very light, and the youngster was learning to control its flight. When I took this, it had crashed too many times, once landing in a tree. Luckily, I had the tripod with me, extended, and we could get it reasonably easy. To manually fly a radio controlled aircraft is not easy. When I first tried it, my full size aircraft experience was of limited help in maintaining control. The problem wasn't knowing what to do, but doing it. Think about it; your only contact with the machine is your vision and from that you must ascertain direction, speed and attitude. Illusions abound, and silhouettes against a bright cloudy sky have caused many to confuse the topside with the bottom side. Crashes happen in less time that it takes to sort out the confusion. Those visual signals have to be processed - to assess the situation, then the action needed, and then those signals need to be sent to your thumbs on the control sticks. Those neural pathways need constant refreshing, or they disappear, as in my case. Left and right reverse, depending on whether you are flying away or towards yourself. It talks time to automate the recognition of this. I had a 27 year break from flying radio controlled aircraft, and on return, found that I was incapable of keeping ahead of the machine. I had to start again with an instructor. It took three months of steady practice before I was on the way to regaining my competence and moving on to become an official instructor myself. Drones fly themselves and are a completely different beast [IMG][/IMG]

12-05-2019, 12:26 PM - 5 Likes	#1533
subsea Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Commack, NY Posts: 2,604	de Seversky P-35 in the US Air Force museum in Dayton, Ohio, in 1980. Pentax ME, 55mm ƒ/1.8 lens, Kodachrome 25 slide film. Attached Images

12-06-2019, 01:38 AM - 2 Likes	#1535
subsea Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Commack, NY Posts: 2,604	Seaplane landing in the East River in NYC in 1977. Spotmatic F, 50mm ƒ/1.8 lens, Kodacolor II film. Attached Images

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noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,209	Originally posted by arnold To manually fly a radio controlled aircraft is not easy. When I first tried it, my full size aircraft experience was of limited help in maintaining control. The problem wasn't knowing what to do, but doing it. Think about it; your only contact with the machine is your vision and from that you must ascertain direction, speed and attitude. Illusions abound, and silhouettes against a bright cloudy sky have caused many to confuse the topside with the bottom side. Crashes happen in less time that it takes to sort out the confusion. Those visual signals have to be processed - to assess the situation, then the action needed, and then those signals need to be sent to your thumbs on the control sticks. Those neural pathways need constant refreshing, or they disappear, as in my case. Left and right reverse, depending on whether you are flying away or towards yourself. It talks time to automate the recognition of this. I had a 27 year break from flying radio controlled aircraft, and on return, found that I was incapable of keeping ahead of the machine. I had to start again with an instructor. It took three months of steady practice before I was on the way to regaining my competence and moving on to become an official instructor myself. Drones fly themselves and are a completely different beast [/url][/IMG] Very interesting -thanks so much. Have never tried it myself, and probably never will. And you left out dysfunctional "grey matter" . The youngster was fortunate- he ws young and his mother and grandmother were there to coax him not to give up. That help!

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