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    Well what a great afternoons flying I had, lovely warm weather with a slight wind. My confidence has grown alot over the past months and I can now fly without nerves which makes it far more enjoyable. My 450 pro is running better than ever and I was flinging it around the sky with ease and managed my first sustained piro flips and without losing height, hurricanes and aileron tick tocks so this was a big milestone for me and I couldnt stop grinning. Then it was time to test 600le which has had a few teething problems so I have only just run it in. Well it was running very sweet and finally managed to crack the govenor which is made a big difference. Well now I know why people rave about the 600, flying it was almost laid back compared to the 450 and I didnt hesitate from putting it through its paces. I was flying it like the sim, so predictable and precise. In fact my newly practice piro flips look amzing on this machine. Its so much fun and very addictive and I just wanted to do tank after tank with it. Well time was getting on and I was going to call it a day but thought im going to have one more tank first. Well this is where things went slightly wrong and the engine cut out in mid air, to my amazement I managed to auto it down which was another milestone for me being my first proper one. However it was far away and came down into long uneven grass and subsequently stripped the front umbrella gears and main gear. The cause of the engine cut was the glow plug popping out. Still im not fussed at all and managed to squeeze in order an with Fastlads before the cutoff so hopefully should receive the parts tomorrow. Im so chuffed with myself, bring on the summer!

    A pic of my helis


    Goblin 700

  • #2
    What a day for you thun mate.
    Pics look good .

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    • #3
      Well done it sounds as though you have found another level.
      Helies look great also.
      All the best STEVE.


      Raptor 50 Kasama head and tail gearbox, OS Hyper, AR 9000, align regulator with glow, csm 560 micro, DS620 on tail.
      Raptor 50 csm 560 AR 7000
      T-rex 450, Aser Lab D12 MG all round CSM 420
      DX7 Phoenix
      Proud owner of 1 Eddie Gold Star sigpic

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      • #4
        Brilliant story mate. Sounds like your really enjoying the hobby :-)
        Pete



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        • #5
          The feeling is great Andy, It never goes away either.

          Glad your enjoying the hobby.

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          • #6
            Nice flying and nice pics! How do you find the 450 pro compared to your old beam ?
            Matt

            Trex 700le, 600N, 250SE
            Beam E4
            Blade 400, 130x, MSR
            Walkera 4#3b

            Parkzone Corsair + Micro Mustang

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            • #7
              Nice one andy,i almost put the 450 into a hurricane today,managed a 1/4 curcuit and had a brain cell freeze lol

              Nice save with the LE....love the pro canopy
              T- rex 600n V-bar
              Logo 550sx V-bar
              Logo 600sx V-bar
              Logo 600sx V-bar night flyer

              VBControl, but not the gay white version as i'm simply not gay enough to pull it off!

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              • #8
                Nice one Andy, quality thread!

                Met HappyTrev on my lunch break today (where we have had rendezvous all week) Sorted backwards cicuits albeit 200ft up in the air!

                ..then ran out of fuel mid flight..doh! but autod it down, the last 3 foot was pretty much luck and some wishful thinking as I had lost sight of it at the bottom of the bank!

                Looking forward to the summer and a few meets this year.
                x 3

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                • #9
                  This week

                  I was so gutted to have missed what must have been the best flying days so far this year due to unexpected workload. I just keep telling myself there will be more like that.

                  Tomorrow is looking like a good possibility as well.
                  Kasama, Minicopter, Henseleit, JR, Shape, Beam
                  Robbe, RMJ Raptor gasser, powered by
                  Spartan, Spirit, BeastX, Kontronik, CY Total-G, DX8

                  member of Epsom Downs and Bloobird clubs
                  Proud recipient of 7 EGS! and a platinum star

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                  • #10
                    No Sheryl,thats it,we have now had summer 2010,today

                    You will see tomoz,when its hissing down lol
                    T- rex 600n V-bar
                    Logo 550sx V-bar
                    Logo 600sx V-bar
                    Logo 600sx V-bar night flyer

                    VBControl, but not the gay white version as i'm simply not gay enough to pull it off!

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Snowsurfer View Post
                      Nice flying and nice pics! How do you find the 450 pro compared to your old beam ?
                      Well to be honest I couldn't really do a good comparison as when I had the beam I was only at the figure of 8 stage and not very confident. I was toying with getting a beam again though.
                      Goblin 700

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                      • #12
                        Sounds like a great time you had there.

                        Martin

                        Most of the Aligns, fair few Spektrum bits, bunch of Align & HiTec servos, OBE, VD & Bar.

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