I went out this morning with the intention of doing my usual hovering practice.
Nose in, Side in then the usual controlled landing. I went down to a little piece of land
near the house. Well I did a bit of the hovering practice then decided to try for a circuit.
Sent the heli out and up. Circuits, circuits, I chased the bloody heli around our little housing
complex for almost 5 minutes. I did 2 complete circuits over trees houses and everything else totally
out of control. I think the 3gx System kept it in the air AND KEEPING MY THUMBS OFF THE STICKS. I nearly had a heart attack thinking of the damage I was going to have to pay when the damn thing finally came down.
Then I though bugger this, I took my thumb of the rudder and throttle and flew it like a fix wing. Plenty
of speed, the faster it went the more responsive it was in the turn. I turned nose in towards me and pushed the nose down
and my oh my that heli moved through the sky like a bullet from a barrel. It went past me in a streak, I let it go pulled and banked, then straightened up and it was coming back. My brain shouted PANIC STATIONS, then I remembered the other thumb, lowered the throttle and landed with very shaking hands. I put the shaking down to the cold weather lol. Don't ask for video my brain will not cope but this will keep me going for days just remembering that fast pass and banked turn. WOW! Best enjoyed flight with a helicopter to date.
Cheers
Nose in, Side in then the usual controlled landing. I went down to a little piece of land
near the house. Well I did a bit of the hovering practice then decided to try for a circuit.
Sent the heli out and up. Circuits, circuits, I chased the bloody heli around our little housing
complex for almost 5 minutes. I did 2 complete circuits over trees houses and everything else totally
out of control. I think the 3gx System kept it in the air AND KEEPING MY THUMBS OFF THE STICKS. I nearly had a heart attack thinking of the damage I was going to have to pay when the damn thing finally came down.
Then I though bugger this, I took my thumb of the rudder and throttle and flew it like a fix wing. Plenty
of speed, the faster it went the more responsive it was in the turn. I turned nose in towards me and pushed the nose down
and my oh my that heli moved through the sky like a bullet from a barrel. It went past me in a streak, I let it go pulled and banked, then straightened up and it was coming back. My brain shouted PANIC STATIONS, then I remembered the other thumb, lowered the throttle and landed with very shaking hands. I put the shaking down to the cold weather lol. Don't ask for video my brain will not cope but this will keep me going for days just remembering that fast pass and banked turn. WOW! Best enjoyed flight with a helicopter to date.
Cheers
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