Did YOU fly today??

[dszabo]

Re: Did YOU fly today??

Early start today 08.30 at the field, with DRM Black7, Gavlar & Danny RC. Cracking morning 4 flights with the Logo 500SE and a couple with the 600SX.

[David Drew]

Yes....at last! Only 2 months since I last flew.

4 X Batts through my Swift . It flew really well till I managed to strip the gear on a hard landing.

Couldn't get the Raptor tuned at all. I'll need to do a fuel line check.

Several batts through the Mcpx - what a great little heli that is! Really enjoyed throwing it around.

1/2 batt with 130x. What a pile of c**p that heli is. Screeching bloody thing

Still, first day at the field in 2013 over. More to follow when we get the scorching hot summer that's on its way

[Gavalar]

Dean got some great pics of todays flying and some vid which is on youtube - GavalarWright.

[Leongordon234]

Got 4 flights out of the 130x today the only damage being a smashed canopy after it seemed to reset its self mid flight , got a video currently uploading on youtube of some loops i managed to do

[And450]

had 3 flights on saturday with my 500 and joined Bath model heli club at the same time, meet several members and had a brief chat, looking forward to the summer and better weather days, hoping to go out at lunch today for a quick flight also

[trexamanic]

just has 3 flights in the garden with the 130x and despite freezing fingertips i loved it. the wind really snaps it up despite it being light. im only hovering but its still great fun. im now doing side on hovers each side quite confidently so when my elbows heal a bit i am off to try circuits in an open space

[And450]

well I got out for 3 flights at lunch the sun was out and it was really nice although the wind picked up a few times, which you can really tell we near the tree boundary as the heli likes to climb and descend. got 3 inverted hovers in to

[Liam B.]

I maidened the 450 today,
Was great weather not a breeze or a cloud in the sky,
A little tail waggle and we managed to break a TT gear when testing.
Can tell once flying it will be ok, needs a few adjustments though!
Liam

[Stu girdler]

Hi
Hi flew my T500 with the HC3-SX totally locked in. Real easy to fly and try new things now. Three packs and the Heli was hands off hovering!!

stuart

[MarkG_R1]

I did get out for a play today but no pics taken
A couple of 130x flights, 5x 450 flights and one with the 550 Dfc (Need more Lipo's)

Here are a couple of pics from the last outing

The 450 Dfc






The 550 Dfc

[trillian]

Today I took the Avro over to Epsom Downs as I had not flown it in a few weeks. I got this one 2nd hand and it came with stubz paddles and was so twitchy and ultra-responsive that it was scary. Thinking this was due to the paddles I changed them to Rotortechs and also fitted 10 gram weights. So I was a bit surprised to find it's still ultra-responsive and I was over controlling on everything. I am thinking now the head must have pairs of the hardest dampers (90 duro) instead of 70/90 or 60/90. I kinda like the super fast cyclics if I could just get the general feel a bit more tame (and I am already using 18% expo on the elevator and aileron).

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[Sab king]

Flew my sab 500 today stunning heli

[trexamanic]

got 2 test flights in with the metal rear cog on the 130x and it was super smooth. it is bigging up the confidence even though i am still only doing side on hovers lol

[Mike Sanders]

Interesting to read that trexmanic. I have the metal A gear and I am thinking about putting on metal C and D gears. I am also at the stage of side on hovering with a few seconds of nose in occasionally. Now that I have sorted the 130x with metal tail pitch slider and grips it is flying in a predictable manner and I am enjoying it tremendously.

[Shauny]

Just got back from Southampton club, flew three packs today but too bloody cold to enjoy. Come on summer hurry up!!!!!