lessons

[wouldbeflyer]

I live in Medway, Kent and have been trying for a while to master these helis. The 200 srx is fine in intermediate mode ,I can only hover in expert .My idea was to move on to my 500 , which I just don't have the courage to experiment with, although height and 90 left or right on a calm day are coming slowly.

Can anyone tell me if there is an expert nearby who would be able to teach me the final steps, or is it a time thing. I am inpatient to get on, lost heart a few times and given up but think I will give it one last go. It may be that I will never crack it in which case its problem solved

[philipjdall]

It's a bit of a drive for you, but I was taught to fly by Dave Fisher (RC Helicopter Training - Flyin Fish).

He's based in Northholt, in west london. Worked amazingly for me... and he's an all round good bloke too!

[chrisleematt21]

Again a bit of a trek there's Darren @ rapid rotors http://www.rapidrotors.co.uk

His really good.

[wouldbeflyer]

Thanks fellas. I wil give them a try later on

[Mylee]

Do you belong to a club?

[wouldbeflyer]

Only the BMFA with insurance. I do fly daily if I can but progress is slow and the sim is so boring

[chrisleematt21]

I found that when I first started, a lesson or two can help loads, improve your skill and enthusiasm

[kenny d]

I hated the sims also , as much practice as possible & you'll get there , it can take a long time , I used a msrx in the house to progress but a 200srx is a good starter , I learned on my own but the right thing to do is join a club & I'm sure there will be a load of guys more than willing to help , Kd

[wouldbeflyer]

Thanks fellas, I know it takes time, trouble is I'm a late starter

[philipjdall]

Agree, you can get help at a club but even then it is hard. You spend a day down at a club with one or two flights waiting to buddy with someone.

I found I finally started learning by having paid-for lessons - 2 solid hours with dave and I'd got more out than months waiting to buddy at the club. Just my view.

[DaveJones]

Plenty of late starters about, hell you have to be a grown up to be able to afford the Hobby. It takes time to master but the trick is to not let fear hold you back to much or you stagnate. If you can hover the 200 you are probably in good shape to start carefully hovering on the 500, just make sure you have space around you and take it steady. Once happy hovering the orientations shouldn't be far away especially if you keep at them on the 200.

Lookup rchelicopterfun if you haven't already some good lessons on there you can work through.

I second the idea of joining a club other people around you makes a world of difference. Sims can be good, I find short target sessions are best though rather than looning around with no aim.

[Peteski]

If you find the sim boring, I would highly recommend a Blade nano QX quad as an alternative. You can learn all your upright orientations without venturing out of your lounge and you won't have to spend any time fixing it or making it fly well. I learnt more from this little quad than anything else in my first few months and it's still my favourite for flying in the house. Flies just like a cp heli in advanced mode and has the same SAFE modes as your 200 SRX, which help a lot with initial confidence.

[Mike Sanders]

A couple of lessons helps a lot. Otherwise just be patient and get as much stick time as you can. As we get older we are not so quick on the uptake. I started at the age of 64 and did a lot of hovering before I managed to fly it around. Three years later I am still flying upright only but I am getting a tremendous amount of satisfaction from learning new moves or improving those that I can do.

[myxiplx]

Lessons are great, but it's also a time thing. It takes a while for your fingers to start to learn the motions. Even if you just get a few minutes a day on either the 200SRX or a sim if you keep practising you'll get it eventually. You don't have to spend hours at it, in fact when learning just doing 10-15 minutes at a time is more than enough.

And if you can crack the 200SRX you should find that apart from the nerves, the larger helicopter is actually easier to fly.

Keep working on your hovering, the best thing you can learn at the start are your four basic hovering orientations. Work on tail in, nose left, nose right, and just slowly bring the nose a little further around until you're happy with nose in too. If you can hover all four of those you'll have all the base skills you need to start flying around.

[coolice]

Hey Buddy.

As someone who offers lessons I can vouch for the benefits they do bring as I see both sides, there are those that say paying for such a thing isn't right, but the one-to-one tuition goes a long way in the early stages and later on to, to build confidence. A lot of fleirs that come to see me say the exact same thing you have and that is confidence, they can most likely fly their most prized model, but question if it is setup right or even if it could be setup better, the latter I've seen quite a few times. Once the setup is perhaps polished, he or she, can then progress better with the model. A few hours on the buddy box at a fligth school, then builds that much needed confidence in the model for the student to progress to the next level on their own, at which point they may decide a couple more hours to start the same cycle again is a good investment.

From memory and based on where you are, Mark Christys RChelitec is the closest flight school to you and also a very capable one. I've sent a couple of my enquiries in his direction based on their geographical location. Please mention I sent you if you do give him a call.
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