Beginners: Something to inspire and aspire to.

[Vikki]

I love this video. The guy shows such finesse and makes something difficult (to my mind) look so darn easy. It is truly beautiful to watch and is something I dearly aspire to do. I thank this man for putting up this video to give us fliers starting on the road something to aim for.

Watch and enjoy:

Blade 450 X Scale Flight HD - YouTube

Vikki. (Oops, typo in the title).

[1963malc]

+1. Very smooth.

[SamS]

I find it easier to fly scale rather than 3D, but prefer 3D over scale

[Ross Northcott]

Bit like a Taraq flight for me, watch the first 10 seconds then fast forward to the last 10 seconds to see if anything is different, boring imo.

[st200ol]

3D is another one of those Marmite things, I prefer the flying in this video too.

[johnsandywhite]

There is nothing difficult about flying like this. You just have to weather the storm of 100 crashes (or more) and several thousand pounds worth of investment in Helicopters and equipment. Provided of course you don't give up in frustration.

[Vikki]

Well, it inspires someone like me to see this.

[johnsandywhite]

Well, it inspires someone like me to see this.

Long may you be inspired.

[brin]

only stick time and practice is needed.the sim will help with orientation and help practice moves .just wish i could do for real what i do on the sim :-).

[1963malc]

The forum serves skills at all levels surely? I like watching 3D but I'm getting slowly to scale flight, having built a 450.

I've had the joy of my first hover and I'm looking forward to being able to fly like the pilot in the video.

Remember that you started once and play nice with the toys, please.

[trillian]

Here's Mark Christy flying a Rave 450 in an F3C competition (keep in mind this type of flying is usually done with .90 size helis)

[Dan22]

It's nice to see someone flying a heli in a calm, controlled manner and enjoying it.
It's exactly how i started off, but now i just seem to be a bit of a speed freak, although i can't ever see me flying hard core 3d, but i'd like to be able to do inverted, backwards flight, etc.
I love to watch smooth flying, full on 3D bores me after a while but i can appreciate its very clever!

Dan.

[Vikki]

Malc: I thought JohnSandyWhite was being nice

All the time I'm inspired I will learn and continue to fly.

Glad to hear you're enjoying your heli

Vikki.

[Vikki]

Here's Mark Christy flying a Rave 450 in an F3C competition (keep in mind this type of flying is usually done with .90 size helis)

Nice. What does F3C stand for?

Can someone fix the typo in the title please

Vikki.

[dani_r]

Nice. What does F3C stand for?

Can someone fix the typo in the title please

Vikki.

Not too sure exactly what it means, but the text below gives a brief explanation of what it is. This was taken from HF BTW


F3C typically has a hovering portion, an aerobatic portion, and then an autorotation at the end. Each has to be flown as if wind is not there, so if it is 10mph wind, or 35mph wind, the judges do not factor that wind, you have to make it look as spot on as 0mph wind. Hovering is done at lower rpm head speed, aerobatic as high as 2200rpm, with speeds of 115mph approx. These helis usually heavier blades, and heavier paddles.