jimmyhua
Veteran
Location: Guam
| Well, it looks like I've got a long ways to go, before I can say, I'm good at flying helicopters.
I sat down one day, and listed all the acrobatic moves that a heli can do, and it was a rather LONG list. And that was just the basic stuff (that your average airplane flyer can think of).
And then, I added in a list of moves that are harder to do, aka 2 moves combined into one. Then, after some thought, I realize you can actually combine up to 3 moves into 1!!! That was classified as the ultra-hard moves.
Then, I also made a list of moves, that only heli pilots can think of (like for example, tick tocks). And as usual, their name defies all description of the actual acrobatics, you have to see 'em to believe 'em. These are under miscellaneous, as I found some HARD to do and others easy, it's more for eye candy than anything else.
I haven't actually seen anyone do the superhard ones. But I imagine that they are possible.  . I recently saw JK do a flipping loop. I didn't think that was possible, so it's not in the list. Oh well, I don't think it's do-able with a 30-sized heli .
I also tried to list them in an appropriate order to learn them in (well, except for the odd moves).
I've got everything I can do, marked with an *asterisk*.
Heli flying basic skills in order
*tail in hovering
*45 degree hover both sides
*90 degree hover both sides
*135 degree hover both sides
*slow 135 degree hover to nose in
*8" tail in autos.
*8" nose in autos.
*slow stationary piros upright
*forward flight
*forward flight circuits
*forward flight figure 8's
*forward flight loops
*forward flight w-loops
*forward flight rolls
stall turns
540 stall turn
forward flight cuban 8's
*stationary flips
*stationary rolls
*inverted hovering tail-in
*inverted hovering nose-in
*inverted hovering sideways
inverted forward flight
inverted forward flight circuits
inverted forward flight figure 8's
outside forward flight loops
outside forward flight cuban 8's
outside forward flight w-loops
inverted stall turns
inverted 540 stall turn
*slow stationary piros inverted
*upright piro forward flight
upright piro circuits
upright piro circles
inverted piro forward flight
inverted piro circuits
inverted piro circles
Sideways flying:
funnel nose in
funnel tail in
funnel nose first
funnel tail first
funnel inverted nose in
funnel inverted tail in
funnel inverted nose first
funnel inverted tail first
funnel figure 8's (all variations)
Heli flying advanced skills (2 tricks together):
upright piro figure 8's
upright piro rolls
upright piro loops
upright piro flips
inverted piro figure 8's
inverted piro rolls
inverted piro loops
inverted piro flips
upright piro cuban 8's
inverted piro cuban 8's
forward flight rolling circle
forward flight rolling figure 8
forward flight rolling loop
forward flight rolling cuban 8
sideways flipping circle
sideways flipping figure 8
morphing funnel (inverted & upright)
piro'ing funnel (inverted & upright)
Advanced2 skills (3 tricks together):
upright piro'ing rolling circle
upright piro'ing rolling figure 8
inverted piro'ing rolling circle
inverted piro'ing rolling figure 8
inside piro'ing rolling loop
outside piro'ing rolling loop
upright piro'ing rolling cuban 8
inverted piro'ing rolling cuban 8
piro'ing flipping circle
piro'ing flipping figure 8
Miscellaneous:
Tail Stand Launch
Chaos
Chaos Launch
McTwist
Asynch
Tumbleweed
Rainbow
DeathSpiral
The Big KnifeEdge
Piro'ing Death Spiral
Tail Slide
Tick-Tocks
Piro'ing Tick Tocks |
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