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  • No flying for 7 months now & I've decided to take more 'time out' than previously planned. So as of now I have temporarily quit the hobby. I'll probably sim now & then but I wont be flying again for a considerable amount of time. I have too much to get done & no money either & some personal stuff needs taken care of. I will 100% be back but in the meantime i'm outa here. I need to try & quit the forum too or else i'll end up buying parts & flying again lol. So have fun guys keep enjoying my thread & see you in a while....(when you all realise flybars are best & ditch your Vbars etc ) See ya
    Yes the big sigpic is coming back

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    • Originally posted by p4ddy View Post
      No flying for 7 months now & I've decided to take more 'time out' than previously planned. So as of now I have temporarily quit the hobby. I'll probably sim now & then but I wont be flying again for a considerable amount of time. I have too much to get done & no money either & some personal stuff needs taken care of. I will 100% be back but in the meantime i'm outa here. I need to try & quit the forum too or else i'll end up buying parts & flying again lol. So have fun guys keep enjoying my thread & see you in a while....(when you all realise flybars are best & ditch your Vbars etc ) See ya
      Do what you need to do mate.





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      • Did YOU fly today??

        Originally posted by discoferret View Post
        Do what you need to do mate.
        Yeah get them bleedin motorbikes out of your system lol
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        Rave ENV Nitro
        New Logo 550
        Synergy N5c
        TSA 700E night flier
        I use VBar control because it's feckin awesome I use NEO rescue when I remember to
        5 x EGS thingys and a Platinum star doo dah

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        • had a great time even it was only hovering my 450 dfc
          1x EGS, TREX 450 PRO DFC & 130X. DX9 radio. No idea what i am doing trying to fly

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          • So I will never get to see your flybarred Logo fly Paddy? Gutted, seen a few of your vids but wanted to see it in the flesh.

            All the best with your planned projects.
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            Raptor G4
            TRex 700e

            V CONTROL - For awesomeness :-)
            Vbar Neo's with Pro Rescue - Coz I need it :-)

            ​2 x EGS


            For Sale:

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            • had a superb day at MKMAA today - flew the 550 and the 700 and actually almost caught a sun burn, which usually is a bit difficult if you know me but the picture may say more damn I got tanned today ... works better than the chocolate milk top ups I usually try

              Screenshot 2013-06-02 19h 20m 49s.jpg

              AND I enjoyed flying the planes, first a Wot 4 XL for 20 minutes after the ground jumped at my Sbach and another one I cant recall more agile but still liked it ... so it was a really good day - bring on the weekend !!!!
              Sev

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              Thunder Tiger E700 BD3SX
              Trex 700E DFC HV BD3SX (Night Flyer)
              Trex 450L DFC BD3SX
              Trex 150 PRO DFC
              Blade Nano CP X
              Blade mCP X v2
              Blade 130X
              DJI Inspire 1
              DJI Phantom 2 iOSDmini
              EMAX Nighthawk 280 Pro FPV Racer
              EMAX 250 Pro V2 FPV Racer

              Futaba 18MZ
              Phoenix V5, AccuRC, neXt & RX2SIM

              MK Heli Club MKMAA

              Proud Owner of:

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              • Flew today inverted from left to right with and inverted climb out, it's hard when you flick it inverted cos my reaction is to push back but once moving its ok
                Regards
                Simon

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                • Had a cracking day today. Had a test fly of my 250DFC that's been grounded since last September due to sheer laziness. It was a bit gusty for that really so just tarted about a bit getting the feel for it again. Bit later someone at the club (mainly a plank club) was interested in seeing the 450(FB) so I put that up. Was really getting the swing of it. I'm only sport flying but I was zipping up and down just nicely and never had any moments I didn't feel completely in control.

                  Then, no I idea why it popped into my head but I suddenly thought that I'd done a loop many, many times on the sim, so why shouldn't it work for real. Got up a lot of height, some speed, held me breath and just yanked back on the stick. Sure enough much to the amazement of everyone watching and not to mention me, a perfect loop. I did have to land not long after that though as I was somewhat shaking following that

                  After I landed the others were kind of open mouthed as it was the first time they had seen any of the "heli guys" do anything other than hover and break things. I was somewhat chuffed!

                  And then by 7pm all the wind was gone and so I flew the hell out of my 250. What a blast that is

                  So all in all, a good day!

                  I did have such a mishap with my plank you wouldn't believe it. I lost my orientation, thought I'd sussed it so pulled up only to have the plane dive, so from a 50/50 guess I'd guessed wrong. Plank disappeared out of site and I hit throttle hold to prevent any damage*. No idea how but next thing was it popped back up from under the horizon and I franticly stuck the motor back on and regained control. Honestly thought I'd be taking a bag of balsa home with me, but managed not to!!!!

                  *Of course on a plank, hitting throttle hold won't prevent anything, but it's an instinctive thing for me to do
                  Last edited by MartinW; 02-06-2013, 10:45 PM.

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                  • I had many problem with my newly built Elyq v50c. Today when i turned up at the field at the first flight i held my breath....................then after many problem everything worked as i expexted. Fine. Some more tweak with the settings then i done my first multiple piro's. I done before one at a time but now can hover nose in so felt comfortable to do 6-8 turns in eighter directions. This and the fact the Elyq sorted (fingers crossed) made me day to be great day!
                    Compass 7HV, Beastx
                    T-rex 600 EFL Pro
                    , BeastX.
                    ElyQ 50 Comp XE, BeastX.
                    T-rex 450 Pro DFC, MSH Brain.
                    Blade 130X stock.
                    550 quad, Multiwii fc.
                    Aurora9, DX6i, 6EX, FF8.

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                    • Re: Did YOU fly today??

                      Nope, spent a couple of hours putting my new to me Goblin 500 together & setting up the Vortex, now ready for the maiden

                      Time to put thr vortex on the 700 also

                      Goblin 500
                      | Blade 130x | Blade 180cfx
                      Spektrum DX8


                      GWR Pilot 2011 & 2012

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                      • Just came home to test the 500 running vbar gov on castle esc. I think the heli responds to pitch quicker than the original castle gov and it flies smoother. It flips on a dime, the only downside is I lost my bank switching as I am using a standard receiver. Anyways, at least I like the isdle on bailout mode.
                        Julius

                        Gaui X3 Fubar
                        Trex 500 Vbar
                        Trex 550 Vbar
                        Compass 6HV BD3SX
                        Compass 7HV HC3SX
                        Compass Chronos HC3SX

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                        • $ batteries through my 130X late just before lunchtime. A little windy, constantly fighting it but had loads of fun and only broke a rear tail fin, so a good day was had
                          Darren

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                          • Beautiful day if a little breezy, but put 2 packs through my 550e DFC at lunch time. Lucky enough where I work (Pirbright nr Guildford) have this huge set of fields that are flyable from any compass direction, and I can fly when I want

                            Oh well back in the office now......
                            Paul


                            Blade 130x - Smallest heli, biggest PITA.
                            Syma SO33G - Co-Axial ('nuff said, sorry)
                            Align Trex 550e DFC v3 - Mini vBar v5.3.4 PRO - Kontronik Jive 100+ LV - 5000mAh 6S (Murderous devil spawned attack drone!) Broken....again!!
                            Align Trex 700e HV DFC Super Combo - Mini vBar v5.3.4 PRO - Castle ICE2 120HV v3.56.17
                            - Gryphon Quasar BEC - TM1000 Telemetry - 5000mAh 12S
                            DX7s .
                            PL8 v3.31
                            RF 7 & Exp' Pack 8. v7.00.036.
                            Phoenix v5.0.p

                            Porscheboy on Google+ . Porscheboy on YouTool (Only if you're really bored ).

                            South Hants Helis (SHH) on Facebook
                            Proud to have been there since the start.


                            Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

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                            • After not flying the weekend (friend turned up unannounced saturday to help planting and I could hardly say no to free help or just abandon them and fly :-) ) then issues with the 700N rx worryig me about whther it was rx or tx yesterday..

                              Anyhoo managed 3 tanks on the 600 this evening.. feeling really rusty at it too. I had planned to fly all afternoon but cut and loaded 2 cartfuls of huge logs this am and crashed out knackered after lunch..

                              Tomorrow looks good and only thin branches to cut and load rather than the big rings of today..some of those were 30Kg+ I was trying to heave into the cart.

                              No wind and the 600 was rock solid..just going through basic stuff to reinforce it: upright and inverted circuits, flips, rolls and some immelmann's... mine are to pull into a steep climb, half roll at the top while vertical then flip over on the spot while it sits there to come back down the same track: easy enough and a change from a piro 180 or 540 etc.
                              PGK
                              450Pro Clone fb, Trex500 fbl beastx, Trex 600N fbl beastx, Trex700N fbl msh brain, Spectra G Hanson 26 3dmax fb, Blitz Avro fb...Futaba 8FG

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                              • yeah just got back from 3 flights with the goblin trying to get my inverted backwards circuits really tight. but on my second flight I landed then heard some people clapping turned round and saw 2 guys coming into the field. first thing they asked how much does it cost? alarm bells started to ring and I though my heli and gear were about to be nicked but turns out they were alright. Did shit me up a bit that's why i don't like flying by myself.





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