Stunt mode on phoenix

[konceppt]

I finally figured out how to program stunt mode on my tx for phoenix.I have now discovered i can fly inverted and do loops and rolls on phoenix,
Should i try it on my real heli?

I have never dared to use idle up on my heli but i am very brave on phoenix

[Smoothound]

If you do, be careful. If you can do it on the sim you can probably do it in real life but the cost is higher if you fail. Take it easy, suss it out slowly and only you know if you can really go for it

[millerman]

practice practice practice and then do some more on the sim then try with your pride an joy try

[challis349]

I have never tried it but I can do them on the sim, my advice would be a little more sim practice, but when it goes wrong always try and get it back, always know your bail out move so you can quickly revert back to tail in hover and in control

[gorber]

Only you can answer that.

The problem with real life over Phoenix is largely mental.

Here is an analogy. I can walk along the top of a low brick wall really easily, maybe 10 or 20cm wide. but if you asked me to walk along one of those structural girders 1000ft up on a building site, it is amazing how my balancing skills suddenly disappear. Some people manage it though.

It is similar with heli flying, it affects different people in different ways. I can do a hurricane in Phoenix, but have not yet managed it in real life. In my case, real life flying tends to be a couple of weeks or months behind Phoenix.

[tiddler]

The truth is, if you can do it in Phoenix then you can do it for real. Simples

The Big difference is, your knees and thumbs don't shake like mad when your in Phoenix

Now having said that, I have surprised myself a couple of times by just going for it. And apart from the nerves and knee shakes, I found that the first part of my statement is pretty much true

Just don't forget to switch into idle up first

[BaRoN30s]

I finally figured out how to program stunt mode on my tx for phoenix.

how ya do that..? im having to press number 3 on the keyboard using the dx7 here.

[lgray88]

You can go into the first menu then selct the control settings , im at work at the moment so i cant fully remember the programs names. But from there you just select what your toggle switches on your tx do for example i have throttle hold on one and idle-up on the other. Have a look through your options on the upper toolbar and you will soon find it.

liam

[coptermanic]

The truth is, if you can do it in Phoenix then you can do it for real. Simples

The Big difference is, your knees and thumbs don't shake like mad when your in Phoenix

Now having said that, I have surprised myself a couple of times by just going for it. And apart from the nerves and knee shakes, I found that the first part of my statement is pretty much true

Just don't forget to switch into idle up first

It is not as simples as that, to be fair.

You can crash a thousand times on Phoenix trying to try something. You try it in the field, you crash once, you're out of there!!
I agree it is a great training aid, but only that. It will not overcome the mental hurdle of doing it for real. That will be there.
And yes, great advice - don't forget to switch to IDLE UP!!!!!!!! I nearly came a cropper once not doing that.
Also, I used to be able to do loops, flips, roll, but cannot now, despite the fact that I can do loads more in the sim which is much harder [for me anyway].

[tourerjim]

Without the help of Phoenix it would take many months to learn 3D so its good to here how well you've done" but my strong advise is to learn flying nose-in, then if something goes wrong when in 3D flight you can pull out & not be supprised by heli's orientation.
Also fly high fly safe.

[Hawkeye]

If you have only just found out about stunt mode, id say you would probably need more parctice. Get used to flying in idle up first, ie take off then idle up, then idle off and land. coz the amount of times ive landed in idle up is a joke

[coptermanic]

I only start and shut down in NORM, the rest of the time I am in IDLE UP/STUNT, from pre-take off to post-landing.

[tiddler]

how ya do that..? im having to press number 3 on the keyboard using the dx7 here.

Theses threads should help

This thread show how to set up the DX6i to fly both helis and fixed wing and allows control of flaps and landing gear etc.
Setting up the DX6i In Phoenix for full 6 channel functionality.

This thread shows you how to set up the DX6i in heli mode.
http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/451228-post12.html


Edit: Sorry just noticed you have a DX7. Not a DX6i. My Bad.

[tiddler]

It is not as simples as that, to be fair.

You can crash a thousand times on Phoenix trying to try something. You try it in the field, you crash once, you're out of there!!
I agree it is a great training aid, but only that. It will not overcome the mental hurdle of doing it for real. That will be there.
And yes, great advice - don't forget to switch to IDLE UP!!!!!!!! I nearly came a cropper once not doing that.
Also, I used to be able to do loops, flips, roll, but cannot now, despite the fact that I can do loads more in the sim which is much harder [for me anyway].

I wasn't suggesting you try doing things in the real world that you cant do successfully in the sim, and yes, I do believe that if you can do it successfully in the sim, then you can also do it successfully in the real world

Sometimes the only way to overcome what feels like an insurmountable mental barrier, is to just go go it. If your not prepared to take that risk, then your also not likely to get the amazing rush you feel when you suddenly realise that your doing the same thing for real as you've previously done in the sim, and that it actually feels and works much the same

OK yes, when you do it for real your knees shake like mad But what you gonna do ? when you've done it once, you just want to do it again and again Its what makes helis sooooo dam addictive

[Planehazza]

how ya do that..? im having to press number 3 on the keyboard using the dx7 here.

I just program the curves into the Tx as I would a real model