I find people don't use their left stick enough when new. Flying a Profile 3D foamie and practicing harriers really taught me a lot about rudder and throttle control It also teaches you great cross-control for slipping in your scale RC plane. I'm now starting to get into giant-scale electric. I'm scratch-building my first Giant-scale AT6 Texan which has been 9 months since I started working on it. I love your KZfaq channel. I just recently found it and I have been binge-watching your videos.

Your videos are number 1. Been a pilot for over 70 years.

Merci pour les informations tu trais bon pllot et prof

You just always give such great information that is great help I just hope that you never stop!!!!

Maybe I should go to teaching kids too, how to fly RC planes or copters (after the war) Thanks man, I get some amazing tips (crashed some foam plane recently after 2 years experience and wanted to recall the basics)

When I fly I like to do touch and go's to get comfortable with landing makeovers. It takes the edge off 😆

Thank you for the lesson. Scared to coming into fast I slowed as I turned into my approach and my Seagull P-19 instantly spun in. I needed this lesson to save future planes. Glad to have an expert's explanation.

Hi Dag! Great video. You and I are about the same age, and I too got into model airplanes in the late 1970's. You and I are old fossils in that we believe in something called the Take Off Roll. You refer to this in your videos as the scale experience of R/C. Sadly, most in the hobby today believe your airplane is underpowered if your plane does not shoot into the air in 1 or 2 lengths of the airframe- BUT in the case of electric, you can always turn the engines off and restart them, so no big deal- but what about the overpowered Gas or Nitro guy? Most of my flying hours are with Nitro trainers in the 40 engine class range, and one of those I flew for many years was on the lighter side, and had a beefy K&B 40 on it. That engine had lots of torque and did not idle reliably at very low RPM. Like an idiot, I actually listened to what other pilots said, and what all the R/C magazines said, and what K&B said- that I should have a 10X6 prop on that engine. Guess what? It REALLY, like SERIOUSLY- would never land. No joke. At idle, that K&B 40 with that 10X6 prop would just keep pulling the plane along at 3-5MPH above stall speed at 1-2 feet above the ground- indefinitely. I had the engine servo set up with the trim all the way up in normal mode, so I would have enough throw with the trim to go from idle to killing the engine. I got in the habit of doing dead stick landings on purpose every time with that plane, and I did it hundreds of times over many years. Most people at the field thought I had a screw loose. That plane also went so fast at full throttle I was worried I was going to snap the wings on it one day. I know what pitch means, and one day I saw a 12X4 prop at a hobby shop and said- "Ya- that should do it"- and it did. I never looked back. That was the perfect prop for the plane and engine- take offs were snappy, it would almost hover, and top speed was where it should be. The best part? I could land it with the engine running. Imagine that. All this rambling to say.... propeller pitch... if you are flying a well or overpowered gas or nitro with a course pitch prop... you are going to have one hell of a time trying to slow down to land!!! Keep up the good work! Your positive attitude and straight forward sharing of your experiences are helpful to all who stop by to watch. Thanks for the video!

Great video on landings. I've been flying high wing rc aircraft for a couple years now self taught for the most part. Currently loving the Turbo Timber Evolution with a NX6 transmitter. My biggest fear is my landings but I'm slowly improving. I loved your offer to send someone a free glider,that shows that you have a big heart and you're a good man! ❤

Dag, I picked up a few Guillow's gliders recently just for old times sake. They were definitely less at the hobby shop than on Amazon. I remember with fondness my parents would buy me one every once in a while. It was extra special when they would spring for one of the rubber band powered ones. My son just turned 3. He likes my tiny $20 drone I picked up at Target. Right now all I let him do is press the launch and land button. He likes the foam gliders I got. I just picked up a stick and tissue kit for myself just because I want to work on building skills so that when he is old enough to build, we can do it together. I need to get out more with my park flyer. There has just been too much going on lately.

Thanks for this awesome explanations. I struggle with two of my planes since years and this summer holiday I participated in a very helpful workshop. It helped landing my planes quite well, but until your explanation now, I didn't understand why. :-) Thanks again, your video is by far the most helpful one to me, I ever saw about model airplanes. :-)

Your voice is sometimes clear and sometimes fuzzy. I have not noticed that happening on my computer before. Perhaps an issue with your microphone?

I keep the plane flat and adjust sink rate with throttle until ground effect/flair. Landing flaps are your brakes. Often additional throttle at flair to reduce sink rate. If you keep your glide slope within a reasonable angle the plane won't stall, if it gets too slow the nose should gently drop some, add throttle and try a more appropriate glide slope. Pitching up can slow, it can also cause an abrupt stall also. I recommend an S shaped approach to add length to your glide to blead off too much energy/height. A 2-point or 3-point landing just depends on pitch in ground effect. 3-point is a full stall landing and will avoid bouncing up with a tail dragger and is recommend. With tricycle gear carry your nose wheel until you haven't any authority to do so. Apply most of your heading changes using rudder.

Hi Dag, your Videos helped me a lot starting to fly this january. Last weekend I flew my first 3D Balsa plane and it was awesome. Thanks for all your tipps!

Sure the safe systems are going to teach new flyers what you communicated. This is why a good instructor is essential. Flying is not formulaic, the pilot must adapt to differences instantly. Only by much proper practice (which many don't do) will you land properly.

Well fone

Great video

Great video whats up withthe sound??

thank you

I put a 3ft cardboard and try to land on it. I’m a nubie so I get about 2 out of 8 landings on it.

Your name Dag means Day in Danish.