confused beginner!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[scoobycolin]

Just a thought. My trainer is Noel Cross from Slids-n-Skills (You can get to his website via Midland Helicopters web site). He operates near Banbury which is not a million miles from you...Ive found him to be very good and at my lesson yesterday he was talking about putting me through the BMFA A cert which I think means proving you won't kill small children by being out of control :-)

[scoobycolin]

Sorry, being greedy on these posts - You use the school Raptor or T-Rex using a buddy box. Nice and controlled, fixed cost. he pays for repairs if you ding it. Do a lesson and then go home and practice practice practice on the sim. Gradually it all comes together and I just cant explain the great feeling of starting to get to the position of not be scared rigid :-) although Im sure that will return for the lazy 8s which are current lazy up/downy sort of left and right lash ups :-)

[Stringfellow Hawke]

Hi Spoony

I enjoyed my first sim and Twister Medevac flights as the 2 complimented each other and it was an enjoyable introduction to the hobby.
What I learnt in the sim felt real flying the Twister and vice versa, if something felt hard in real life I'd go back and practice on the sim.

There is a lot to be said for your first heli being easy to fly as it gives you confidence, but don't spend loads modding it, you'll get bored and want to move on quite soon. Even a Lama would be a cheap way of getting in the air and it's happy in small houses! (I could fly mine in the staff room!)

I made almost as much selling my Twister on in spares on the bay as I bought it for! That funded the King II which needs work but is fun!

I'm leaving the Blade for when I know I can fly without getting disorientated. It's expensive to fix!!!