Feeling a bit chuffed :) (Thanks Satch)

[Tim Procter]

Well done Graham.

[BaRoN30s]

well done m8.. i was only asking about this last night in a post.. what would be the easiest 3D manoeuvrer to try.. ive been out today & was very tempted but didn't get round to it.. BUT hoping tomorrow will be the day..

[tiddler]

well done m8.. i was only asking about this last night in a post.. what would be the easiest 3D manoeuvrer to try.. ive been out today & was very tempted but didn't get round to it.. BUT hoping tomorrow will be the day..

Well I always thought that if you can do it in Phoenix, then you can do it for real, and now I'm convinced
I have felt reasonably confident with normal forward flight for a while now, but have just never felt brave enough to go for anything that involved turning the heli upside down. But I have to say, that it was every bit as easy as doing it in the sim. It was just a matter of going for it, and making that leap of faith
I went for a backwards flip as this just seemed to be the simplest move I could think of. I'm sure you'll be ok too. Just make sure you have enough height before you go for it.

[VVazzo]

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Still well impressed with your smooth FF I witnessed a few weeks back. Maybe F3C at IRCHA is on the cards...

Still not smoking

Oh, and just bought a Raptor Titan 50 SE

[tiddler]

GET IN!!!

This year: Clapham Common

Next Year: 3D Masters

Still well impressed with your smooth FF I witnessed a few weeks back. Maybe F3C at IRCHA is on the cards...

Ta

Still not smoking

Well done. Keep it up

Oh, and just bought a Raptor Titan 50 SE

I hate you




Only kidding Hope to see it over Croydon sometime

[EtheAv8r]

Well done Graham. Is a backward flip essentially a tight backward loop? An are you going all the way round back to upright, or stopping at inverted?

I am not sure I will ever get inverted (and stay there...)

Anyway, congratulations.

[Nick B]

I said that this time last year

Back flip to inverted,then if it goes pear shaped,flip back over and your back to tail in...Dont know about others but thinking too much makes my flying ugly.

[Mart61]

Nice work!

[tiddler]

Well done Graham. Is a backward flip essentially a tight backward loop? An are you going all the way round back to upright, or stopping at inverted?

I am not sure I will ever get inverted (and stay there...)

Anyway, congratulations.

Thanks Edmund

Yeah it was a simple backwards roll without stopping, and all the way back to right way up and tail in. The manoeuvre its self wasn't particularly scary tbh and I was more relieved that the negative pitch did its job and held the altitude.

If there was a scary moment, it was the fact that the roll rate was a bit slow, so it felt like it took an age to go all the way over. Looking back, it really wasn't that slow at all, it just felt that way at first.

As for stopping half way, well that's on my soon to do list

[Weebl]

Excellent! I am still trying to get up to deliberate forward flight but posts like this show that you can steadily improve and eventually get where you want to be

I cannot even think about deliberately putting that much cyclic input in yet without breaking out in a cold sweat.

[MartinH]

Heya tiddler ive responded to your pm.
Congrats again on the rolls buddy.

Try inverted aswell, its a little strange but a good feeling.

Then onto the chaos


Went out flying with bolders earlier and did a piro in inverted, it didnt feel like I was flying it lol :/. crazy stuff.

[tiddler]

Heya tiddler ive responded to your pm.
Congrats again on the rolls buddy.

Try inverted aswell, its a little strange but a good feeling.

Then onto the chaos


Went out flying with bolders earlier and did a piro in inverted, it didnt feel like I was flying it lol :/. crazy stuff.

Cool,
Your obviously progressing in leaps and bounds. Well done m8 .

Ive just got back from a quick outing, but the wind was very strong and really gusting. Got half way through my first pack and then it started to pi*s down

Oh well next time eh

[MartinH]

Ahhh gutted nothing worse than rain halfway through flying :/.

tbh I need to nuckle down and get the circuits, lazy 8's nailed, its alot of fun doing rolls etc but thats not going to help with the above lol.

But as it stands with the weather a 500 maiden could be tomorow .

[Nick B]

tbh I need to nuckle down and get the circuits, lazy 8's nailed, its alot of fun doing rolls etc but thats not going to help with the above lol.

Im still fairly new and have found basic flying in all orientations before rolls,loops and 3d will save you alot of money and you get to fly more

[MartinH]

I really am going to concentrate on the basics now, I was eager to try rolls but now its time to get on .