Newb Alert!

[showtime]

hi Guys, newbie here

i'm a relative newbie to helis but been racing RC for a while so i have some understanding about RC!
i bought a Sceadu about 4 years ago & spent quite a bit on a good radio & electrics etc but was getting so much grief off the then missus i eventually relented & got rid of it
well she's been gone 2 years now & a buddy called me the other day & offered me his complete outfit for what seemed to me to be a sensible price so naturally i bought it

i got a Raptor 50 with quite a few good bits on it & i'm looking forward to getting it airborne this spring before we get too involved with the Nationals etc (1/8 Rallycross)

so any advice or pearls of wisdom ?

i realise there is a lot to learn & i'm rading everything i can at the moment trying to take it all in! i've got G3 but i need to uprade my graphics card to run it so i can't start practising yet unfortunately!

plan is to spend as much time on a sim as my brain can take & then try it for real in a couple of months!

anything i should/need to know

thanks in advance

Adam

[Biggles]

so any advice or pearls of wisdom ?

Adam

You got rid of the Mrs....Sounds like you are wise enough!!

One bit of advice......Next time get rid of Mrs before Heli....you need to get priorities sorted.

[showtime]

well after the way things turned out i wish i had done it that way round!

hindsight is a wonderful thing

i went up to the farm we can use for flying the other day & i saw my mate stick his Rap50 in the ground, it does seem to make a mess of them!

we didn't even find all the bits!

was funny though, he's looking forward to me crashing mine now

[Biggles]

It's that sound like you have just chucked an egg on the floor!!!!!!

[showtime]

it did have a distinctive sort of crunch to it

i missed a good one at one of the Buggy tracks we race at last year!
a mate Russ was attempting to fly his 30 & apparently the linkage came off the carb & it went kinda haywire, after a while it stuck the tail in & lost the blades so as you can imagine there was some wild spinning then it went onto its side & went off up the field like a rotorvator!

onlookers described it as hilarious but were hard pressed to judge the funniest between the runaway rotorvator or his facial expression!

i hope i have better luck

[3dbasher]

my advice is learn fast and don't break it although you will definetly.
oh and get someone experienced to help you

[showtime]

i do want to get "straight in there" once i start flying & i don't mind jumping in at the deep end!
i've known guys in the past who just kinda fanny around with their flying & never really seemed to progress, ideally i'd like to be good straight off but its pretty obvious that aint gonna happen

i know it will go in & i will have to fix it so i just hope i can spend a little time learning between repairs

[Biggles]

Laughter turns into tears when you get the bill for your crashed heli spares!!!!!LOL

[Biggles]

oh yeah the ones that can fly make it look really easy!!!!! LOL

[3dbasher]

you fly ok just gotta get you a faster brain and teach you perverted... oh sorry inverted

[Biggles]

you fly ok just gotta get you a faster brain and teach you perverted... oh sorry inverted

I'm old remember!!!! LMAO

[showtime]

Laughter turns into tears when you get the bill for your crashed heli spares!!!!!LOL

just what i needed!

another expensive hobby


just keep telling yourself "its only money"

[Biggles]

People say it's expensive but just ask them do they have a girlfriend/wife/partner/bit on the side....etc.....Now they are EXPENSIVE hobbies!!!! lol

[showtime]

would it be worth getting a flight box?
i've not got much in the way of heli stuff to cart around so far but i guess that will grow everytime out. But most of them look a bit pony!

i've never really been a fan of wooden stuff either, its nice as flooring or furniture but i'd rather have some good old non bio-degradable plastic

[robgt]

I used to use a flight box, but these days I find a toolbox far more useful.
Picked one up from B&Q for about a tenner.
I cut out a hole in the front of it to fit my starter panel into - stick a battery inside, along with starter, glow extension lead and chargers etc.
My fuel comes in round gallon bottles so they didn't fit my flight-box anyway!

Cheers,
Rob