Did YOU fly today??

[cupracing]

Had a great afternoon,went to our other site as there was a shoot on at my regular site,must say a change of scenery got me in the mood,also the sun was behind me so i managed to do flights with tricks either side and not just to my right...what a buzz it was with 600esp,that farty noise from an inverted climbout,wow,me mate said i had all the plankers watching in amazement

One bloke said..."how many years has he been flying".......years lol ???

how long have you been flying?

[Steve]

No, I didn't go flying today.

[Nick B]

December last year i got a blade 400 to crash....er,i mean try and fly

Crashed it a few times and got pheonix lent to me a few weeks later in January,used that lots and on Aug 10th i went nose in for the first time

My father is a life long planker and once he said to his mates "he wont last" the ball was set running for me to make him eat his words

He did that on saturday when i was in an inverted nose in hover with the 600 for 20 seconds or so,3 ft off the deck while he and his plank crew were watching me

[p4ddy]

Brilliant

[Geek]

Welldone Nick
LOWER
you know it will get lower
Have fun
Paul

[Nick B]

Thanks guys,just had an email from my mate with an mp4 attached,turns out he filmed me lol...not the best qaulity but you get the idea lol

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thHzNIIAjzY]YouTube - Trex 600[/ame]

[p4ddy]

Looking good Bladestriker, your inverted climb reminds me even more that i need fresh 6s lipo's. It's just a shame the camera was too far away to pick up on the whole blade fart. Those for me are why i love electrics, no noisy strimmer engine drowning the farts out.



Yep i flew the Logo & Trex today. I'm doing pack after pack trying to get my Pie dish neat.

I'm finding that all is good on the part where the heli is skids facing me but it's the transition from skids away to towards me when it's going from 6 0'clock to 12 0'clock as i seem to let it arc too much & so the funnel is slowly drifting right (i do them CCW). I can keep it stationary on the sim but for real i need to really work on my cyclic/elevator to get it smooth & round.

Oh & i was also working on my aileron tic tocs (nose left) which i can now do ok 'ish' but they are slow because i'm keeping them controlled so i don't lose altitude.

[p4ddy]

I had a bit of a moment today when doing aileron tic tocs (getting better btw especially with the fresh outrage lipo). I was doing them & suddenly i had no idea what the heli was doing as it started falling quite slowly. I seem to just let it fall untill i saw what it was doing then corrected it. I wish it was on video so i could see what i done?? I'm thinking i held the cyclic to long & it rolled. Another crash avoided thanks to flying higher than high.


OH & i ALMOST hit a seagull!!!! I had just turned to a side hover & the bird shat itself & made very flustered & scared turn. It's bloody crazy how i have no dog problem but the last 2 days i'm getting a few seagulls over the field

[Gav]

lol Seagul - that would have made a mess. Wat no p4ddy silver heli?

[p4ddy]

lol Seagul - that would have made a mess. Wat no p4ddy silver heli?

No, i don't know how??

[Geek]

wow paddy's got a silver heli well done

[p4ddy]

Yea i figured it out at last. I suppose i should give one to Ash as it was him i jokingly awarded the 1st one to but i've updated it to a better heli & now they are OFFICIAL!!!!

[est1976]

no flying for me weekdays for the next 3 weeks, just started a 3 week fit out and I gotta set off when its dark and come home when its dark, 90 mins travel each way and working in a city centre, working this weekend too so looks like a week on saturday may be my next flight

[Brian Gifford]

Raining very hard & wind speeds about 30-40 mph, so no flying for me.

[cupracing]

had a close call with the 500 today, where I mounted the esc which was at the front under the battery tray, the wires moved and rubbed against the pinion ended up shredding the rubber insulation. Whilst in a hover I noticed white debris splatted over the frame which made me bring it down and inspect the heli. could have gone horribly wrong had it gone through the wire. lesson learnt and I have mounted the esc on the side of the frames now.