Spitfire1
Senior Heliman
Location: Perth Australia
| Just my 2 bob for what its worth, Im just starting to do a bit of 3d close to the ground, been flying for a few years, im not saying I cant hover nose in I can, but even at the stage im at I dont feel totally comfortable hovering nose in for that long, I think what im trying to say is sometimes its better to run before you can walk, just try new things fast forward flight or whatever, ive known people that stay hovering tail in and never got any further than that, probly due to the fact that they beleive if they cant hover 100 percent perfectly so theres no reason to try anything more, im not even sure I can hover 100 percent properly but its more fun to throw the heli around the sky and have a crash once in a while, ive also found that the time that I learn the most is when everything goes pair shaped and im forced to get out of it whilst my heartrate is at 1000mph, I think ultimately its an adrenalin sport and if you try and keep things to safe you can end up becoming bored and giving it up all together((i know people who have hovered tail in 5 ft of the ground for what seems like a lifetime and it cant be nice for them)), force yourselfe to learn fast figure of eights(fast forward flight) and when this is no longer a frightning experience move straight onto stall turns and loops(I think flips are easier) and so on, just make sure your heli is set up for this first though.
Also remember that fixing a crashed trex may cost you at worst 50-100 bucks, so its not the end of the world.
I know that most of us start of with trex 450s, I did.
But the larger helis electric or nitro are far easier to learn on and fly, if you can fly trex you can fly anything.
Even us oldies can Heli. Chris. Perth Australia |
you do know that helis are worse than crack right?..:
