Looking for help progressing

[sjm]

Hi All;

I feel i have stalled in my progression.
I did a video today of me flying on phoenix.
It was off the cuff so no practicing before hand to show all my faults.

Im looking for tips on what I should be practicing i.e. back to hover in all rotations or circles and so on.

All comments welcome

[BASS 666]

looks good to me its just having the balls to do it when your out with your heli. i do stuff on the sim then when i go out i bottle it....

[sjm]

I hear that

[TheDarkPassenger]

Me too. You're not alone.

[Ismithies]

Looks impressive... how much can you do for real with say your Blade 400

[sjm]

Dont know yet, need the weather to get out there. all sim time to be honest.
I have hovered it but not much else

[RafeyRJX]

Start off with the basics with your heli. Get really comfortable in hover before you try and fly it like you did on the sim. You'll be amazed how different it is when the adrenalin kicks in. ( caused by the fact you can now crash for real) the sim flying looks good but try some figure eights. With the heli turning away from you in each loop and practice banking the heli over some more but with the tail following it round in the curves rather than dropping in to the center of the curve.

[waveydavey]

All depends on what you want to get out of your flying

[nicobec]

Hi
I like to put the wind on Gusty and try to keep the heli in the air.
The gusts makes you have to correct without thinking. That helps to automate the corrections.
I did my inverted hovering like that.

Now I am on the MCPX trying to bridge the gap to the 600N.

Thx Nico

[pgkevet]

Another way to find out how controlled you really are is to use the 'sports hall' and fly your patterns and hovers in there with better reference points and tighter limits

[sjm]

I'm considering getting a Blade 130x to help my confidence with the 450.

[franky975]

I'm considering getting a Blade 130x to help my confidence with the 450.

That's a good idea. I fly figure of 8 and circles with my 50/600 at the field but always been too scared to try the stuffs what i fly on the sim in the real. I bought recently a 130x and its just a good fun to fly and done my first flip,loop, and roll. It feels to me in between the sim and the real. Just make sure you buy extra batteries as one is never enough...

[TheDarkPassenger]

I'm considering getting a Blade 130x to help my confidence with the 450.

Stop considering and get shopping

[sjm]

Stop considering and get shopping

Ok shopping done waiting for the postman
Happy now

[trillian]

A few general tips would be; when trying something new give yourself enough height so you have time to regain control if it goes wonky. Always remember you can return to the position you're most comfortable with, such as tail-in upright, usually just by swinging the tail around and then level out.

The sooner you get comfortable with more orientations the more control you'll have in whatever move you're going for.