Daunting

[4 props]

Ask me about photography and I could talk about it all day, same with magic and mentalism.....but my new venture quadcopters I am totally lost in all the new jargon..must take years to learn flying.......what the best route to learn all the terminology, a club, the internet, magazines. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Peter

[james_2k]

Was the same for me, I watched YouTube vids and looked on forums like this. It's pretty simple when you get the main details down.

[4 props]

Thanks james, cheered me up a bit....only had 2 flights since I bought my fc40. Too windy......do you ever fly indoors?.cheers. peter.Hull.uk

[Toolman]

Have a look a Flitetest Youtube videos.
https://www.youtube.com/user/flitetest

They have some really good information I have to say.

Tim.

[4 props]

Thanks Tim, will do it now, cheers. Peter. Hull.

[james_2k]

Thanks james, cheered me up a bit....only had 2 flights since I bought my fc40. Too windy......do you ever fly indoors?.cheers. peter.Hull.uk

Yep! Bought a nano cpx. It's a great little heli really robust!

[Toolman]

There is quite a range of topics/builds etc, its a question of scrolling down the long list for those that are on quads, FPV, tricopters etc

Tim.

[4 props]

Great......do you fly if its windy??

[james_2k]

I do, but it's definately not something to do if you want to actually build skills. Because you won't be sure what is making the heli do whatever it is doing the wind or you .

its fun for a throw around though, the bigger the heli the less affected by wind it will be.

[4 props]

Thanks james..lets see what the weather is like in morning before I go to work....ps. what do you think to the phantom fc40?

[Bell47G]

Hi the Phantom fc40 my thoughts! I bought mine last month and I've not put it down yet.
only because the camera side and it so easy to fly, video capture is very good, and the fear of crashing has gone.
my 450s have just taken a back seat for a while. Have fun.

[Tumbledown]

https://www.youtube.com/user/flitetest Thanks for this I'm enjoying it

[MartynGT4]

If you're just starting out, only being able fly outdoors and being limited by the weather will seriously slow your progress and you'll end up getting frustrated.

I started out with a coaxial helicopter to fly indoors (blade cx2) and used it to learn the basics of of hovering and orientation (practicing tail in, then side on left and right before nose in) before moving up to something a bit trickier like a fixed pitch (blade msrx), then after lots of practice I progressed to an indoor collective pitch (blade nano cpx). I know you're trying to learn to fly a quad and may not want to learn to fly a collective pitch heli but the important thing at this stage is hours in the air, the more you can get the better. Flying something smaller that you can fly indoors more often will help you develop your skills and will speed your progress, it will also make the whole experience less frustrating and more enjoyable. I went down the coaxial, fixed pitch to collective pitch route but you could just get yourself a blade nano qx rtf (£100 or so), you'll be able to fly it indoors, it'll survive a heavy crash and will teach you orientation, it just won't teach you as much about hovering. Developing good hovering skills is seriously rewarding and will help you regardless of what you end up wanting to fly as it's a very transferable skill.

I'm no expert by any means and some may disagree with my comments but I've been reminded is that it's important to learn to walk before I try to run, whilst the phantom isn't difficult to fly in the grand scheme of things there are skills you really should try to develop first and the phantom probably isn't the best platform to use to develop them.

[biker]

hi all
i have to agree with the last post start as you mean to on cp nano cpx and practice practice practice i have just got the hover just about covered taken me approx 3 weeks good luck all newbies
roger
a newbie also

[MartynGT4]

hi all
i have to agree with the last post start as you mean to on cp nano cpx and practice practice practice i have just got the hover just about covered taken me approx 3 weeks good luck all newbies
roger
a newbie also

Whilst I agree with getting as much practice as possible I would have thought the nano cpx is a bit too lively to start off with, personally I was glad I progressed through coxial and fixed pitch before I tried collective pitch as it helped the learning curve greatly. The nano has taught me a whole new level of respect for the left stick though, Going straight into a micro collective pitch is going to be a challenge, especially for orientation practice but hey, if you're three weeks in and getting the hang of it then you're doing well, credit where credits due and all that