First hover !

[curt53]

yeeees ! first hover achieved. had some setup problems which Simon from Midland Helicopters kindly helped with over the phone today. got home tonight, took a deep breath, put her in the middle of the lawn & went for it ! Only had one emergency landing into a large green plant which the wife tells me is an Acer and worth a few bob before it headed over next doors fence. fortunately no damage to my T-rex. Unfortunately pruned the Acer, wife not amused ! carried on flying & used four batteries worth of airtime with no other dramas, I'm well chuffed. need to work on setup abit more as it has a funny oscilating wobble to it. Need to do a bit more reading up !
see ya soon.

[fatmantom]

congrats!!

tis a good feeling!

don't worry you'll soon be breaking much more than plants!

cheers

[del19_82]

Its a great feeling when you first hover & trust me, that feeling never leaves you

[AJ Jelly]

Well done. Its a good feeling when you start getting thongs right. Keep up the good work.

[jboweruk]

Well done. Its a good feeling when you start getting thongs right. Keep up the good work.

I thought the feeling was better when you got thongs off, seriously though, well done mate, hoping it won't be too much longer before I join the 'I hovered a proper heli' club.

[Kwickkwack]

congrats to you
there will be plenty more highs to come as you progress
(probably a few lows as well, but hey thats life)

[inferno]

Defo a good feeling! i hovered my trex 500 yesterday in the field for the first time, thanks to Disc setting it up, and another member of his club adjusting the tx settings!! Had about 2 batteries worth in the air myself, very nerve racking waiting for the 6 min timer to go off though :O

[AJ Jelly]

I thought the feeling was better when you got thongs off

Good point

[Tim Procter]

I thought the feeling was better when you got thongs off.

^^^^^^^^^^^^
Toooooo right man, Thats deffo better than your first hover but congrats anyway..

[ShinOBIWAN]

Congrats. The next milestone is the first crash, once your past that nothing will dampen your enthusiasm.

[curt53]

Thanks everyone for you encouragement.thongs definitely more fun! Been out again tonight ,really gusty wind in the garden which makes things interesting. used a couple of batteries then quit while still in one piece. Made some small setup changes to balance which seemed to help, think I am going to invest in a new gyro, a Futaba GY401 seems to be very popular, any one have any other suggestions around the same money?

[Kwickkwack]

401 is good for the job, and will see you alright until you progress into real 3D.
Cant go wrong with that

[Sneeks]

Well done. My Raptor 30 had its first hover last week, since then had 3 full tanks of fuel and I'm loving it.

[cambs flyer]

Nice one bud', hell of a buzz ain't it.

[brin]

well done mate 401 with the 9257 tail servo keeps my 450 very stable