spongebob1871
Senior Heliman
Location: Yokota Air Base, Japan
| finally got it off the groundafter almost three months of building, i finally got to fly. well sort of. i was told to keep in close to the ground due to the major difference between the power of my venture 30, and the pgasser. also due to the fact that a cost would be much more. i took the advice and kept it about 6 inches off of the ground. which proved to be very difficult. the controls are so much more sensitive. i was shocked at how hard it was to handle. but after the first tank things were getting a bit more predictiable. after the second tank i could almost keep it in one spot.
then i went on vaction to the states, and took my pgasser with me. let me say, that this thing set off all kinds of alarms when going though customs. but no major problems. i met HRPULL in St. Louis, we compare our gassers, and did a bit of flying. i bumped the collective a bit too much, and off it went. before i knew it i was about 3 feet off of the ground. and to my surprise, it was much easier to control. so i hovered for 3 tanks. my steadyness improving with each tank. then i started to get brave. i would go up to about 15 feet, and then about 100 feet forward, and then back to me. which is a big improvement. since i only hover right in front of me. all was going well, and then the HH on my gyro, decided not to hold any more. which was a big shock since i have never flown without it. so i freaked out, and took a minor situation, and make it complicated. i moved the collective a bit too fast down, and then tried to correct, but it was too late. i bounced the gasser a couple of times, and then cut the engine. much too my surprise, i only broke one of the landing struts. two days later i was ready to go again. but i had to pack up, and head back to japan. what a great heli!!!! i love the way it flies, once i got it off of the ground. |
