Steve Honnor (SRH990)

[David Drew]

I have to say, what a great guy & credit to this hobby.

We were up at Himbleton today & as it was so cold not much flying was being done. Personally I was getting quite lethargic & not up to much.

An old friend of mine - Mike (Heliwilly) turns up with his brand new Rappy, complete novice, and hints that he needs some help setting it up. Now me, I'd be heading home into the warm & slowly getting to grips with a completely unfamilair Tx and taking ages with the whole shebang.

But Steve? - despite the cold, onto the model like a rat up a drainpipe, dialling in settings faster than I can type & onto the case real pdq Within 30 mins had the Rappy flying and basically set-up. I know Mike was chuffed & for me that is what clubs are all about - helping the novices.

So, hopefully, a few of us are flying tomorrow & I know Mike will be gagging to get some hovering in, but without Steve's help it would be many hours away still.

Thanks Steve - really appreciated

Eddie - if you're listening, maybe another Gold Star nomination!

Cheers

David

[Boggy]

nice!! this is more what eddie gold stars are about

well done Steve ill second your nomination

[spunkmyer]

Always great to hear members helping members. At my club in slough Crash-alot and Gate88 both have helped my with setting up both of my raptors. As said above that is what clubs are about

[mark_w]

I agree, steve is a great guy and always willing to help (he set my raptor up, twice!!)

[SRH990]

Thanks David & Mark, I'm always happy to help someone with setup and to be honest, with the cold wind blowing today I was happier setting up than flying

You'll notice I wasn't going to try to sort out my 700's leaking tank today, this can wait until I get the time to sort it out in the warm, nitro fuel + cold weather + cold hands = a step too far! I also managed to get Pauls 450 Sport setup this morning too, the leaking electrons don't affect cold hands so much

I'm much prefering flying the Outrage in this weather, flights are shorter and no fuel on cold hands but the downside is that these modern lipos don't get warm enough to use as hand warmers - maybe I should short one out, with a 6S pack it should keep us all warm

[Bart101]

I totally agree with you, David!!!

EGS nomination for Steve!!!!!

[heliwilly]

sorry, i didn't notice this thread until tonight, it was my heli steve set up yesterday, i really appreciate your help, thank you!
also, thank you to all the guys at the field today especially dave, lee and shaun, who helped me take my first tentative hops and lurches!
thanks again guys.
mike.

[heliward0]

sorry, i didn't notice this thread until tonight, it was my heli steve set up yesterday, i really appreciate your help, thank you!
also, thank you to all the guys at the field today especially dave, lee and shaun, who helped me take my first tentative hops and lurches!
thanks again guys.
mike.

you did it then mate!!?? shame i missed it i did take a photo of your heli in flight but it was with my phone so came out rubbish)

[Bart101]

We need one more EGS here please Eddie!

[Mojo]

I add my voice to to the guys above.. EGS nomination here too