Wonderful...!
I was glued to that all the way through!!.....
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The real scary part, is when he was actually landing, and with very little air flowing over the control surfaces, it showed just how difficult it would be to maintain a straight and level landing, and hold it straight, without the Joystick!!
For safety (and insurance!) reasons he decided to use the Joystick at the last minute...a good move!...
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10/10 for the pilot in the story who actually managed to land the plane safely without a Joystick!
Its encouraged me to get out one of my Sim Gliders, (fitted with an audio variometer), for such a test flight.
http://www.airnav.com/airport/C83Paul....
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Win 8.1 64-bit. DX11. Advent Tower. Intel i7-3770 3.9 GHz 8-core. 8 GB System RAM. AMD Radeon HD 7700 1GB RAM. DVD ROM. 2 Terra Byte SATA Hard Drive. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Saitek Cyborg X Fly-5 Joystick. ...and a Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower.