Stoked :) First Loops!

[Balders]

Just needed to tell everyone (I'm just about calming down now), had a brilliant afternoon's flying...haven't flown in about 3 weeks so wasn't sure how it was going to go. I've only ever hovered and done a bit of orientation work, but "went for it" a bit more. Did a few lazy 8's, a few high-ish speed passes, and then on one downward leg thought "sod it", pulled hard back on the stick, and smooth as you like, over she went, not the tidiest, but my first ever loop! Piro'd her round, downhill leg and another flip at the other end! All of this with two cameras on board. Footage isn't brilliant, but I'll process it and post it up in a bit.

Managed probably 6 or 7 loops all told over the course of 4 or 5 flights. Couple of times thought it was going a bit Pete Tong, but rescued it each time (Thank you Phoenix!!)

Have to admit, I stayed in "normal" mode throughout, throttling down at the top of the loop. I did go in to idle-up once, for a few seconds, until my 3-year old leaned on the car horn (right behind me) and I switched it off again.

Rounded off the day with a couple of battery's worth of orientation work, absolutely chuffed to bits.

[rachel]

Well done enjoy the feeling

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[Jamin_00]

Awesome stuff, well done mate

I love the buzz you get during those moments.

[higgsy09]

well done! i made a breakthrough today too, im buzzing still!

[Rsformatc]

Well done sounds like great fun. I still have all that to look forward to, can't wait!!

[tiddler]

Well done m8. Sounds like you've taken a big leap forward
Reckon now would be a good time for you to get in the habit of flying in idle up Nothing worse than flipping into inverted and suddenly realising you've got no throttle or lift

[Nick B]

Good stuff,great to see such a positive post and well done on your big step

[Balders]

Thanks for the comments. Yup, def want to get into the idle-up habit that's for sure Trying to sort video's now. Missus took some nice outside footage which shows the camera up nicely.

[Vic.P]

Nice one Balders....it's a great feeling having all that extra adrenaline coursing through your veins
I'm not much of a 3Der myself......yet...... but i did get round to looping my 600 today and i did some vertical climbs with fast full rudder piros which wasn't quite as terrifying as i imagined ......and........i rolled it for the first time today .........now that really did get the old ticker ticking faster especialy as it was more like a clumsy barrel roll....... too much pitch i think

[Balders]

Footage from the camera:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eHIufu1RnM"]YouTube - Trex 600 with Casio 10.1mp camera[/ame]

[tourerjim]

Awesome the buzz will last for days!!

[carper2k]

those treetops looked really close at 2:06
congrats one the flight

[Balders]

Err yeah, they were a little on the close side. Wondered if anyone would spot that

Having movie maker problems tonight so will publish video of the camera setup tomorrow.

[Balders]

Finally managed to upload a copy of the external video. For some reason, Windows Movie Maker insists my camera winds the tape back to the beginning and records the whole sodding thing. Of course, this footage was at the end of a 1 hour tape so it had to process nearly an hour of hi-def video before I got to this 90 sec clip Any recommendations of something free I can easily do simple video capture and basic edits? Played with Sony Vegas Trial Version (a bit complicated) but don't want to shell out on something I'm hardly going to use.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4COhhe-125g]YouTube - Onboard Trex 600 camera mount[/ame]