phew.... first hover ever

[loz]

just tried to hover my trex 500 for first time (first time as in never flown a heli except the sim, lol) pretty nerve racking, i managed to hover it for bout 30 secs brought it down (badly) then took it back up where upon it spun round, so landed it bit hard again, then after checking it could see one of the landing skids had broke so that was the end of that little session, the plastic skids dont seem to take much abuse especially with my landings, spose i got away with it lightly this time, does anyone make stainless steel ones, lol

[pgkevet]

either buy lots of cheap clone skid bows or invest in gorilla gear skids..they are pretty near unbreakable..

[CiaranMal1]

Good feeling isnt it.lol You would need titanium ones like me.lol try this Quick UK Retail - shop-products

[challis349]

Titanium skids are bling, plastic gorilla skids would be better as they flex a lot, titanium ones possibly cause more damage if you come down hard, as the force has to be exerted somewhere

Well done on first hover, you did better than me, mine is on here somewhere lol, was there a reason for your heli spinning

[asomaro]

Oh that first hover..... none of us will ever forget that feeling of fear and well being all mixed together - well done mate.

+1 for the gorilla landing skids.

Cheers,

[Hakiem]

+ 1 for gorilla landing skid !!

[CiaranMal1]

Good feeling isnt it.lol You would need titanium ones like me.lol try this Quick UK Retail - shop-products

Sorry I posted wrong link.lol Fast Lad Performance

[scoobystig]

you need to ensure that the pitch curve you are flying is suitable for learning,

you need to loose some of your negative pitch until you are used to hovering, you dont need any more than -4 degrees pitch at the moment while you are learning to hover

if doesnt matter what legs you fit if you are driving it at the ground at -10/-11 degrees of pitch

[rccopterman]

its hard at first but you will get the hang of it trust me!

[cjcj1949]

Well done. 30 secs is pretty long for a first hover. It will get easier and you'll soon be able to land from idle up with titanium skids. You'll then be trying to do something more difficult. As for flexing the undercarraige try jumping up, locking your knees and landing on concrete. Or perhaps don't, but the quicker things slow down the greater the force.

Chris

[loz]

Well done. 30 secs is pretty long for a first hover. It will get easier and you'll soon be able to land from idle up with titanium skids. You'll then be trying to do something more difficult. As for flexing the undercarraige try jumping up, locking your knees and landing on concrete. Or perhaps don't, but the quicker things slow down the greater the force.

Chris

actually chris it was probably more like 10 secs that seemed like 30 hahaha...

[loz]

[QUOTE=challis349;643643]Titanium skids are bling, plastic gorilla skids would be better as they flex a lot, titanium ones possibly cause more damage if you come down hard, as the force has to be exerted somewhere

Well done on first hover, you did better than me, mine is on here somewhere lol, was there a reason for your heli spinning[/QUOT

no reason for it spinning other than me controlling it, it does fly ok when someone knows what there doing

[wdf76]

keep it up mate.... anyway you can... : )

learning curve is fast and steep... i'm finding it so anyways...

[Davy Crockett]

Well done!

Its such a great feeling, and gets even better as you learn more

Get in the air again asap

good luck!!