Got a Mate Airborne....

[richieclarkie]

Had a really satisfying weekend! A great mate of mine finally got the heli bug this Christmas and got a MSR to fly around the house. He had flown Phoenix on my laptop previously and decided he would buy himself a copy a couple of weeks ago.

He spotted me packing the car this Saturday and asked to come along. So I packed the second DX7 and buddy lead and off we went.

Now currently all I have to fly is my comp TREX 700 so I gently reminded Matt that if he killed it that our friendship was in serious jeopardy

Anyway two tanks and he was off, taking off, hovering really nice and landing! I was well impressed and ..... well pooing it a bit too.

It's a great feeling to get someone airborne and I know many people on this forum would have done this many times but it's a first for me really so I was well chuffed.

Here's a picture of Matt (not Mattie) coming back from his first "complete" flight. Happy days!

[Jamin_00]

Nice one Richie.

Great to help others is it not

[MartinH]

Its always a good feeling not ditching it on first flight, although it was your heli lol.

[Boggy]

youve got your buddy lead etiquette sorted then! not the "to me to you to me whoops who crashed that then??" malarky

god i miss you mate. we must get together soon maybe ill even do my "A" what 3 questions are you going to ask and save me all that reading my eyes aren't what they were

[kenny.c]

Nice canopy! I got the same one....hope it looks good in the air....

Ken

[moonmanflyer]

great one Richie, not many of our first experiences out in the field could be with a 700

[mattie-lodge]

Nice one Richie and Matt if your watching.

Blimey flying a 90 as your first heli. Mucho respecto

[t-rex pedro]

Nice one Richie.

[barney]

Out with the old in with the new..Matte's got the cold shoulder

nice one

[richieclarkie]

Boggy

I miss you too! The three questions? .... hmmm well here's two: 1 whats the safe distance between the crowd and the flightline 2 What is the safe distance between the crowd and Boggy ON the flightline. Answers on a postcard

kenny.c
The canopy looks great. There are numerous vids of it flying

I have to agree with you guys, to fly a 700 as your first real heli, that's nice going!

[richieclarkie]

Out with the old in with the new..Matte's got the cold shoulder

nice one

Naa I have room in my heart for everyone

[Boggy]

lol! dude if they are close enough to see me they need to move back a tad! right whats the other two?

[Tim Procter]

Well done Richie.

Respect to you.

[3DJIM]

Nice one Richie!! Its a great feeling when u pass along your know how!!, We must catch up for a fly one day!!

Jim.

[ChrisP]

Nice one Richie

We had a new member come down to the field on Saturday, after 3 tanks, he was hopping about on the training gear (He had never flown before or used a sim) So it was a rewarding achievement for him to actually get the heli a couple of inches off the ground on his first day and as you say Richie, its rewarding to help someone else.