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Old 27th Jan 2008, 17:49
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GOLF_BRAVO_ZULU
 
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I did 2 hours in a flex wing last year and I can't imagine bringing that up to 3 this year. It was fun but everything seeming the wrong way round, as mentioned by chevron, can be a genuine headache. If you look at http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...ight=flex+wing , though, the advice at Srl 15 is very good. It still doesn't guard against possible disaster on the ground. The nosewheel steering is via, effectively, foot operated handle bars; push right sends you left and left sends you right. Personally I'm not sure that 30 odd years of instinctively pushing the other way won't click in should life suddenly get interesting. Visualise a sudden veer left towards a fence and having to fight the natural reflex to push the right foot.

I must confess to the possibility of old dog, new tricks.
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