How long have you been Flying Helis

[Tom Burgess]

2 years in October for me

[tonystevens]

2 years in October for me

and flies like hes been doing it for ten! its sickening lol!

[Tom Burgess]

and flies like hes been doing it for ten! its sickening lol!

hey Tony, looking forward to tomorrow mate!

[Tim Procter]

and flies like hes been doing it for ten! its sickening lol!

Yep.

He showed Alan Szabo how not to crash last Sunday didnt you Tom..

[Steve]

Started flying planes in 1981 ish. Flew them till about 1989 or there abouts.

Then discovered beer, girls, cars and work - probably in that order, and the flying went out of the window, so to speak..

Came back to planes in 2002 I think and very quickly picked up helis after that.

[Tom Burgess]

Yep.

He showed Alan Szabo how not to crash last Sunday didnt you Tom..

Ha ha, but if I'm gona crash, I wanna do it like Alan!!

[tonystevens]

same here mate,ive been getting quite a bit of flying in the evenings lately so hopefully you'll see some progression with my flying.

was down the local feild this afternoon and three apache helis flew directly over the strip at about 2-3 hundred feet,awesome sight!

[Tim Procter]

Ha ha, but if I'm gona crash, I wanna do it like Alan!!

indeed, the best chicken dance ever..

[Butuz]

Been flying helis for 3 years now and am still useless. Probably have not even actually had 30 flights though in that 3 years

Butuz

[Tom Burgess]

Probably have not even actually had 30 flights though in that 3 years

Butuz

what the hell have you been doing??

[trillian]

I've been flying since January, Im up to the stage of flips, rolls and backward flight, I can do much more on the sim but my nerves get the better of me at the field so progression is slow. I am strict with myself though and make sure I get on the sim every day

I find I have to make myself practice on the sim these days. For me the novelty has worn off and also I know what I really need to work on so the sim is no longer about just flinging the heli around. (but it is darn convenient, especially when the weather is not behaving)

[Stuart]

2002 or 2003 can't bloomen remember - haven't stopped - only fly though every other weekend as an agreement with the misses as I was out nearly every day at the beginning. Then got the forum started as I was frustrated with an existing one.

Still passionate as hell about it and just really love the fact that it brings all walks of life together.

[Morts]

I have been flying helis for approx 6 years, and in that time I have learned to fly nose in, Very fast flights, loops rolls, stall turns with pirouette, some inverts flying, tick tocks (only a couple...I get scared sill..lol), auto landings (very useful), Oh and my favorite (I smash up more helis doing this that anything else) Walking the heli on its skids...lol

But one lesson I have learned over the small time doing this is,to take my time and don't take on too much at a time. It is always great when you have finished and kind of got on top of your last maneuver, to have another one you can work on......It keeps the red blood of passion for this way of life racing through your veins.
Don't worry about your skill level, just enjoy your flying, and your skill level will climb easily.

[kenny.c]

Been flyin about 18 months or so.........still love the rush you get when you "get away with it" or you pull off a new move. It does scare me abit...once you have been in the hobby a while how your exceptable cost of things rises very quickly. I can remember when starting out a Esky HBK costing £140 was alot of money....

Ken

[Sesame]

i'll have been flying helis 3 years next February on a consistent basis.

I gave up flying planes about 25-30 years ago, when I too discovered beer and women(wish id stuck to the beer) did have a brush with helis but they were alot different back then and I barely got it hovering.

very pleased with the progress ive made so far, but thats what I love about this hobby everytime you learn something new theres just something else around the corner you wanna try.