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Hand Launching Do’s & Don’ts

Hand Launching
Hand-launching model airplanes can be a little tricky. The most important thing to remember is to throw the plane straight. The biggest mistake I see people making when they are trying to hand-launch their planes is trying to throw them too hard. When you do this, you have a tendency to twist the wrist, which will cause the plane to spin uncontrollably and crash. It is much more important to get a good straight throw...

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