Did YOU fly today??

[p4ddy]

Only 2 lipo's today. I really do need some gripy palmed gloves as my hands were bloody cold. However i only flew 2 packs because i was flying crap imo. I still done all i can but i didn't feel 'connected' with the heli. I almost lost it doing a half roll from inverted flight. It's crazy how i can do the stuff i can yet i cannot do a basic roll?? it scares the poop out of me.

Yes paul it's hillyfields in Lordshill. I've flown there once with Kol but for me it's too parky & too many passers by etc for me to fly safely. It's would be fine with my Gaui 200 but the Logo's too big unless the place is deserted.

[tiddler]

This afternoon I took the T Rex 450 out for a test flight having repaired it after landing it inverted last Friday
(Forgot to flick into idle up.... Again)
I really do need to get into the habit of spooling up to mid stick and then flicking into idle up before taking off.


Anyway, it flew great and I even managed a newish move (Well for me anyway) Don't know what you call it, but it was a sort of rainbow type thingy where I flew from right to left in front of me then up into the first half of a loop and just after its gone over the top and was inverted and slightly nose down, I chucked in loads of neg so it bounced of the top of the loop back to right way up. Did this a few times and it was fun.
Only down side was my fingers got pretty cold Other than that it was a good day

[p4ddy]

Don't think it has a name but it does look good chucked into your freestyle. Think i'll have to start doing it

[scallybert]

This afternoon I took the T Rex 450 out for a test flight having repaired it after landing it inverted last Friday
(Forgot to flick into idle up.... Again)
I really do need to get into the habit of spooling up to mid stick and then flicking into idle up before taking off.

I had a chat with my local heligod about idle-up, etc; and one of the things he said was that his normal mode is set with reduced +ve pitch/throttle/etc, purely to make it obvious that you're not in idle-up before you go inverted.

[DarkTherapy]

My normal pitch curve is 0-25-50-50-50 so i cant even get off the floor in normal

[Voodoo]

Tomorrow I will fly.
And I will setup the motor to a switch and not the slider.
So I can fly without taking hands outside of my windbride.
hehe

[p4ddy]

Just treat idle up as part of a pre take off check. Always works for me exept the time when it didn't

[tiddler]

Just treat idle up as part of a pre take off check. Always works for me exept the time when it didn't

[pgkevet]

Pinkies got chilly...I had a bit of bother getting the 700 fired up first time and by the time I'd taken off i couldn't feel my thumbs!!!... Had to land, glove and grab the pipe to warm them....after that it was fine..

[p4ddy]

I often wrap a hand round my pipe at the field, warms it up lovely... it warms my hand also LOL

[coptermanic]

Warming my hands on one of Steph Simmons LiPos after one of his "laws of physics" defying flights would work for me

[Geek]

Just got in from a indoor meet in Weston-super-mare
It's run by my Sponsor's but this was the first time I flew there.
I had a great night
Not much 3d just a few flips but the room was a little small for a 450.
Rob let me fly his 250 which was great fun.
Thanks again
it's on every Wednesday if any one is local
This is how southwesthelis started up form a little indoor club

[debrooker]

Flew (if you can call it that) the 500 today and it was proper cold. I had some driving gloves on also and still managed to get frozen fingers which by the way are really painfull when defrosting.

Also had a work colleague who was taking some pickies on his new SLR and he was proper frozen through also.

tit-mit is my next experiment

[p4ddy]

I had 3 flights today & i managed to fly with my gloves on (i just poke my thumbs out through a hole) It was bloody cold though so not overly enjoyable

[acwman]

I had 3 flights today & i managed to fly with my gloves on (i just poke my thumbs out through a hole) It was bloody cold though so not overly enjoyable

Had three flights myself. Wrapped up warm as I could.. Cycle mits on, but was beaten by the cold.. Not enjoyable at all