lesson learned

Was having a great day flying my modified Simple Scout. This is my heaviest plane being slightly enlarged from the FT plans, the one I've had most difficulty learning to land smoothly. Almost no wind and practicing landings. On my third battery and feeling really good, having made several...

Well hears my story I fishished my first scrach build ft simple storch best experience yet in the hobby. The next day my dad says you want to fly to day. It was like 20 mph wind but I sayed yes. So he takes me out to maiden it with my mom and my dog all watching before I hand launch it my mom...

I'm sure everyone at some time has had to go to great lengths to retrieve their beloved plane. Today was that day for me. It started as a beautiful, quiet day with a slight breeze but quickly showed some pretty aggressive gusts. I was having too much fun to quit so I just battled the wind and...