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e-E-Sky Honey Bee- Lama- Belt CP- E-Smart > Did you fly today?
 
 
TJinGuy
Elite Veteran
Location: Socorro, NM - USA

Oh yeah and I got pinked for tell some dude he was a total waste of time to talk to. Yeah my days here are numbered.

- Chris

Variety+spice+life=King2+Rex450+Protos
07-20-2008 02:04 PM
 
 
toolman18
Key Veteran
Location: Texas

Chris,
Just relax. You dont have to agree with everyone here, but tact is a pretty good thing. It'll keep you happy and you can address your point with a well receiving audience. Just my thoughts. Youre still my friend no matter what though.

Dont wait for me. Ill get there when i get there
07-20-2008 06:45 PM
 
 
mayday1
Heliman
Location: ca, usa

I finally repaired my previous crash (from the grips departing
the heli in midair). I decided to go back to basics and
put the train gear back on, and did some hovering in the
backyard. Perhaps it is a psychological thing. With the
training gear it felt a lot more stable, so I practised side-in
and a little nose-in for 5 packs.

Then I took it to the field and flew another 5 packs. The first
four packs were in normal mode, and the training gears made
it a lot more stable and easy to see in forward flights. I felt
more in control of the heli in slow and fast forward flight than
every before.

My fifth pack I got braver and switched to idleup, did some
rolls and loops, and felt pretty good even with the training gears
on. Then I inverted it. Not good. I was on full negative pitch
and it was still sinking. I got it back upright before it crashed
into the ground. Fortunately it crashed in tall weeds and the only
damaged was a stripped maingear and slightly scratched blades.

I straightened things out and tried hovering again. It was really
noisy due to the striped maingear. After a minute of hovering
it lost power and autoed to the ground. Again no damage. Turns
out the motor shaft disappeared in midair. Perhaps the bad maingear
was stressing the motorshaft of the esky 3900kv too much and it
let go.

Damage this time: maingear, motorshaft, and a chopped off antenna
wire. The Xtreme motor frame stiffener has held up pretty well
through three crashes.

129 flights total, 27 crashes so far.
07-21-2008 06:48 PM
 
 
MMike
Key Veteran
Location: Holland,Mi-USA

I'm still flying circles.

ALMOST crashed.

This is my way of knowing I'm out if my comfort zone.
07-23-2008 02:21 AM
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fenderstrat
Elite Veteran
Location: Aston,Pa

mayday1 is that post for real or are you kidding??? 129 flights and 27 crashes.... thats a 5 to 1 ratio I have 1500 flights between 2 helis and less than 20 crashes and as far as I am concerned thats WAY too many.its part of the game but you do know there is a difference between pushing yourself to learn/get better and constantly flying outside of your skills??

I am not saying this to be a smart a## I am being dead serious......PLEASE GET SOME VID,I HAVE to see some inverted ,loops,rolls,with TG on.I dont think any has ever been posted...also you may want to check your set up(when repairs are done)if you are giving full neg(when inverted) and the heli is not shooting up like a bat outta hell(meatloaf anyone )you have some issues


while I am here,did some flights tonight on the HBK,putting the advanced stuff on hold for a few days,worked on my T's side in,the heli is flying good but I think the e-flite servos(1 from the CP)are on their last flights.I want to be PRECISE with the advanced stuff not a stick banger.So,I am taking a step back to work on precision.Doing this has gotten me here so I am gonna keep on keepin on.......also this weekend is Helis Over Delaware...its going to be AWESOME,anyone going?

PerformancePlusRC field rep
TT Mini Titan
HBK2
Futaba FASST
07-23-2008 02:53 AM
 
 
tryan02
rrProfessor
Location: Canton, Missouri

Yeah sport flying TG vids! I would do anything for vids but I wont do that. Meatloaf Rules!


Canton MO backyard flying club
Club President
Team No funds left.
07-23-2008 02:57 AM
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tryan02
rrProfessor
Location: Canton, Missouri

Oh fender dont buy Esky servos been there done that and deleware? Ware is that at?

Canton MO backyard flying club
Club President
Team No funds left.
07-23-2008 02:58 AM
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mayday1
Heliman
Location: ca, usa

I'm definitely pushing myself a bit with the king2. But averaging 5 flights per crash is a lot better than when I first started hovering
when I would crash a few times per pack. It's definitely time
to get back to basics and learn to control the heli with precision
instead of using speed and altitude as a crutch to help pull out of
sticky situations. So the train gears are back on. Need to set myself small goals like 5 days of flying without crash.
07-23-2008 07:48 AM
 
 
fenderstrat
Elite Veteran
Location: Aston,Pa

Quote 
It's definitely time
to get back to basics and learn to control the heli with precision
instead of using speed and altitude as a crutch to help pull out of
sticky situations.

thats a REALLY bad plan.(using speed and height)..nothing replaces orientation confidence,learn every orientation WELL, and no matter what happens you can/will recover,its a well proven plan to get skills,your way leads to frustration,and too much money spent on UNNECESSARY repairs....if I had a dollar for every person that came on RR wanting to go right to the good stuff without putting in the proper time,that eventually quit or got disgusted,I might be able to afford a t-rexSEV2


you have to see the long term.if you are down every other flight for repairs,you are spinning your wheels.But take the time to get the hovers down and the crashes get few a far between,and then the good stuff comes...fast and WITHOUT crashes


this summer I decided I was gong to work on flips/rolls and inverted after spending ALL of last summer doing ONLY hovers.....and so far I have 3 total crashes of which 1 was pilot error....thats it, 1 pilot error crash,and now I can flip, roll and hover inverted(nose in)

PerformancePlusRC field rep
TT Mini Titan
HBK2
Futaba FASST
07-23-2008 02:34 PM
 
 
TJinGuy
Elite Veteran
Location: Socorro, NM - USA

Lets see ... let me think back ... did I fly today?

July 23: Really hope to
July 22: No
July 21: No
July 20: Yes 2 batts in Rex
July 19: No
July 18: No
July 17: No
July 16: No
July 15: No
July 14: Yes 4 batts in Rex, back flip day

Man I need to get out and fly!

- Chris

Variety+spice+life=King2+Rex450+Protos
07-23-2008 05:11 PM
 
 
toolman18
Key Veteran
Location: Texas

TJ,
Thats too long a break. You gotta hit it hard. Later
Brad

Dont wait for me. Ill get there when i get there
07-23-2008 05:13 PM
 
 
DougsRC
Elite Veteran
Location: MA

Hey Fender, I knew you would be inverted by MID-SUMMER That was my prediction several months back Mid-Summer - NOT summers end
07-23-2008 09:34 PM
 
 
zaw
Veteran
Location: Lebanon, NH - USA

Today, I didn't take my heli with me in work van. It was dry and calm and customer had a huge backyard and they're not home and it was a walk in job! would have been perfect.

Get off work winds pick us. Hoping calm on other side of CT River, and it was. Got to location armed the radio place the heli, spin the rotor, winds pickup about about 20 to 30mph then it started to rain hard. Looks like its gonna rain all day tomorrow too.

BCP+CP2 mix Separates BL, DD-tail, HH //\\ HBK2 JGF 400 11T //\\ Friend's B400
07-23-2008 10:55 PM
 
 
DougsRC
Elite Veteran
Location: MA

Hey at least you tried, Zaw, You can't control the weather !
07-23-2008 10:59 PM
 
 
Darthdrk
Senior Heliman
Location: Munford, Tn

Had a good day flying today. My son soloed the slo stick. flew good enough to where i didnt have to watch him while I was monkeying with my helis. Left with the house with three helis and a slo stick and returned the same with everything intact. no crashes at all. I think the kid is getting the hook in him.
07-23-2008 11:57 PM
 
 
fenderstrat
Elite Veteran
Location: Aston,Pa

Quote 
Hey Fender, I knew you would be inverted by MID-SUMMER That was my prediction several months back Mid-Summer - NOT summers end

hey mister psychic,whos going to win the WORLD SERIES this year,I could use some fast cash this fall


but seriously...thanks for the vote of confidence,but I'm also at a crossroads here,what do I start working on ,on the sim.I like to stay 2 steps ahead...right now its tail in inverted on the sim but I need a new manuver...maybe backwards up right ovals/8's ...yeah I think its time to start backwards flight,or maybe front flips...HHHHMMMMMM.....any suggestions????? and I dont want to hear about piro flips, next year on them

PerformancePlusRC field rep
TT Mini Titan
HBK2
Futaba FASST
07-24-2008 12:27 AM
 
 
Gregor99
Key Veteran
Location: Western Wa

Quote 
yeah I think its time to start backwards flight

I thought you were supposed to do backwards upright before inverted. Shows what I know How about a new challenge, backward 8s in both directions. Who will be the first? Opps, I still need to get my entry in for the figure eight challenge. This day job is really cutting into my practice time.

Taking the road less traveled
07-24-2008 12:37 AM
 
 
toolman18
Key Veteran
Location: Texas

Quote 
This day job is really cutting into my practice time.


I know what you mean

Dont wait for me. Ill get there when i get there
07-24-2008 12:41 AM
 
 
fenderstrat
Elite Veteran
Location: Aston,Pa

all those people who say "if I win the lottery I would still work because I'd be bored" have never flown an R/C heli I'd fly all day if I was rich, and when I got bored, I would buy a new heli and fly to another state/country to fly it ..I'd have a morning,afternoon and nite heli for evey day of the week

PerformancePlusRC field rep
TT Mini Titan
HBK2
Futaba FASST
07-24-2008 12:46 AM
 
 
Gregor99
Key Veteran
Location: Western Wa

OK, so back to the suggestions for Fender. My vote is backward 8s in both directions. It doesn't really seem that "upright" is really mastered until you do that.

One word of caution. Once you start working on backwards, continue to mix in forward eights in both directions as well as what ever you are doing inverted. After some backward flight on the sim, my forward eights were all messed up

Taking the road less traveled
07-24-2008 12:53 AM
 
 
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