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First proper flights and legs off last night
Hello all
Been a lurker on this forum for about a year now. I got into helis throu my friends Stef (Wang_uk) and Jamie (JamieM) about a year ago. I bought Stefs old heli, a Raptor 50 V2 with lots of Quick UK goodies on it, and set about learning to fly. I got a copy of Pheonix and have been using this quite a bit when i get time. Now sadly we had alot of teething issues with the heli and i never really got to fly it very well or often, about 3 flights in total i think, and this culminated in an engine failure just before christmas last year
As it was xmas and the girlfriend insisted that we buy a new sofa and decorate the house so the heli was put on hold for a few months while i paid for that lot and then saved for a new motor. Stef and Jamie advised that i may as well get a Hyper 50 and pointed me in the direction of Phil Henderson (Cheers Phil) who i duly ordered my engine from. With my new engine in place i went with Stef and Jamie to go flying only for my throttle linkage to fall off, ha ha. What a good way to run the engine in. Anyhoo it was getting late so we headed off. That was about 6 weeks ago now and then last week i have thought buggar this, i am going flying!
So off to the field last night with full determination to get my heli in the air. And with Jamie and Stef by my side i managed to get 3 full tanks done and was really pleased with my progress and the fact that i was leaving the field with a heli in one piece. I was just about to pack up as light was fading and Jamie had this really stupid idea about me flying without my training legs on as he felt i could handle it already and wanted me off the training legs ASAP. I Shat myself as they frog marched me and my heli to the flight line. Anyway, 15 minutes later i was jumping around like a small child as i had landed nice and smoothly when they had asked me to and within about 2 metres of where they wanted me to land, ha ha, and still had a heli intact
So a massive thanks to Jamie and Stef for all their perserverance and putting up with me
Cant wait till i can fly next
Thanks for listening.
Here is some pics of my Heli. I love it.
Kind Regards
Garry
Been a lurker on this forum for about a year now. I got into helis throu my friends Stef (Wang_uk) and Jamie (JamieM) about a year ago. I bought Stefs old heli, a Raptor 50 V2 with lots of Quick UK goodies on it, and set about learning to fly. I got a copy of Pheonix and have been using this quite a bit when i get time. Now sadly we had alot of teething issues with the heli and i never really got to fly it very well or often, about 3 flights in total i think, and this culminated in an engine failure just before christmas last year
As it was xmas and the girlfriend insisted that we buy a new sofa and decorate the house so the heli was put on hold for a few months while i paid for that lot and then saved for a new motor. Stef and Jamie advised that i may as well get a Hyper 50 and pointed me in the direction of Phil Henderson (Cheers Phil) who i duly ordered my engine from. With my new engine in place i went with Stef and Jamie to go flying only for my throttle linkage to fall off, ha ha. What a good way to run the engine in. Anyhoo it was getting late so we headed off. That was about 6 weeks ago now and then last week i have thought buggar this, i am going flying!So off to the field last night with full determination to get my heli in the air. And with Jamie and Stef by my side i managed to get 3 full tanks done and was really pleased with my progress and the fact that i was leaving the field with a heli in one piece. I was just about to pack up as light was fading and Jamie had this really stupid idea about me flying without my training legs on as he felt i could handle it already and wanted me off the training legs ASAP. I Shat myself as they frog marched me and my heli to the flight line. Anyway, 15 minutes later i was jumping around like a small child as i had landed nice and smoothly when they had asked me to and within about 2 metres of where they wanted me to land, ha ha, and still had a heli intact
So a massive thanks to Jamie and Stef for all their perserverance and putting up with me
Cant wait till i can fly next
Thanks for listening.
Here is some pics of my Heli. I love it.
Kind Regards
Garry
Think i will go on Saturday now. He He.
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