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Hi All,
Just thought I'd post a quick message to let you know that I flew my Blade 400 for the first time on Saturday as the weather was so still where I live.
I put the training gear on and ran it up for a few very short hops in order to see what it was likely to do on take off. Once I got a bit more comfortable with the handling I tried some hovers a few feet about the floor and managed a couple that lasted about fifteen seconds before I had to "bail out" and get the heli down as quickly as possible.
I only had one minor mishap - a slight ground strike with one of the rotor blades which has taken the paint off, but no further damage.
What I couldn't believe though, was the number of small control corrections I had to make to keep it even vaguely stable in the air. This is something Pheonix didn't prepare me for fully, but I'll now know for future flights.
Just thought I'd post a quick message to let you know that I flew my Blade 400 for the first time on Saturday as the weather was so still where I live.
I put the training gear on and ran it up for a few very short hops in order to see what it was likely to do on take off. Once I got a bit more comfortable with the handling I tried some hovers a few feet about the floor and managed a couple that lasted about fifteen seconds before I had to "bail out" and get the heli down as quickly as possible.
I only had one minor mishap - a slight ground strike with one of the rotor blades which has taken the paint off, but no further damage.
What I couldn't believe though, was the number of small control corrections I had to make to keep it even vaguely stable in the air. This is something Pheonix didn't prepare me for fully, but I'll now know for future flights.
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