Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Posted by Donald Fry on 30/03/2016 17:42:02: It is a fact that you hit what you would prefer to miss. When taught to ride a motorbike, it was explained why drain people (God curse them) put (lethal when wet) manhole covers in the centre of a bend. Thou shalt not look at them. Imagine a trajectory out of the bend, not including the cover, and go for it. Yes, precisely - look at it and you hit it! Geoff - you are obvioulsy not made as other men! Or maybe Mrs Geoff has re-programmed you! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Manuel Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 It's called "target fixation". A lot of motorbike accidents are caused by the rider being startled by a hazard on a bend, then concentrating on it so much that he runs into it. It's explained in a lot of detail in the bikers bible - "A Twist of the Wrist" by Keith Code. Here's a link to a Case Study Edited By Gary Manuel on 30/03/2016 20:31:15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Molineux Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I have been known to shout at myself in my helmet, things like 'turn you idiot' because I've been heading straight for a very devious, stationary hedge! Dave Never flown into a tree though. The floor a few times... Edited By Pete B - Moderator on 30/03/2016 21:18:06 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Manuel Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Exactly - remove the stationary hedge and it's just another bend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namustang1a Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 im sure by now that any rc flyer knows.....trees jump ..... Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Depron Daz Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 This photo has just come up on the 10 pm ITV news, with some story still to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaunie Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I have to point out a common misconception here, trees are not in fact magnetic, if that was the case they would have little effect on our models. What actually happens is that they warp the local gravitational field and as a result the change in gravity pulls our models in! This is now a proven fact as gravitational waves are now known to have been measured! Shaunie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Colbourne Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 The balsa in our models gets homesick and lonely. It wants nothing more than to be part of a tree again, so that's where it goes. Despite my warnings about never letting one's model cross the silhouette of a tree, loads of my pupils insisted on finding out the hard way. I've lost count how many times I had to go and get the recovery gear - Two wind surfer masts and two roach (fishing) poles all cobbled together to give a 60 foot 'prodder'. It works too, even with a lump like a Hi Boy on the end. A champagne cork with a bit of dayglow orange sticky back plastic on the end of the pole stops further model damage can be seen from the ground. Forks in the tree branches can be used to support the pole like a snooker rest. Why is it though, that having retrieved the model, there's always someone who steps on the fragile roach pole as soon as its back on the ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Don Fry Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Life not worth living without champagne and oysters. Edited By Donald Fry on 31/03/2016 06:19:53 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trebor Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Posted by Depron Daz on 30/03/2016 22:04:08: This photo has just come up on the 10 pm ITV news, with some story still to come I saw it last night, the best one for me was the one in the telegraph wires still hanging there all tangled up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Reynaud Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 New Years Day Club fly-in - demonstrating the Tactical Approach with the Hercules - straight and level at 150 feet, throttle back, 45 degree dive to the patch, level out and skim along six feet up - who left that one and only tree there! Most embarrassing, but fortunately foam planes mend easily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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