Went for first LOOP today LOL

[p4ddy]

Well done but unlucky, next time go REALLY high & maybe try some flips 1st rather than a loop as they are much easier & easier to recover from.

[dogbiscuit]

now you have put me off ever trying it (not that i am anwhere near trying it anyway, but even if i was i would now be too scared)

[Gav]

nice one for trying.

+1 on going really high for your next attempt.

you want to try a loop with a fixed pitch heli - I did it once - honest lol

[Vic.P]

Nice one for giving it a go!! shame it turned into a fast landing approach :-)

[tiddler]

now you have put me off ever trying it (not that i am anwhere near trying it anyway, but even if i was i would now be too scared)

Yep, I remember feeling like that. The thought of the heli ever going upside down, weather in a loop, a flip or any other way of getting it the wrong way up scared the life outa me But that didn't last too long. The more you fly these things the more comfortable you start to feel. Then one day before you know it, and possibly before you have time to even think about it, you find yourself pulling the stick back and watching your heli go over
Its great fun and the noise from the blades is brilliant, even on a 450

Then, it doesn't take much longer before you cant stop yourself looping, flipping and turning the dam thing upside down. Anything to get it over

I know, I know, your thinking, not me, I will never be able to do that. But trust me, you will Just keep flying and practising. You'll know when the time is right.

[bolders]

Yep, I remember feeling like that. The thought of the heli ever going upside down, weather in a loop, a flip or any other way of getting it the wrong way up scared the life outa me But that didn't last too long. The more you fly these things the more comfortable you start to feel. Then one day before you know it, and possibly before you have time to even think about it, you find yourself pulling the stick back and watching your heli go over
Its great fun and the noise from the blades is brilliant, even on a 450

Then, it doesn't take much longer before you cant stop yourself looping, flipping and turning the dam thing upside down. Anything to get it over

I know, I know, your thinking, not me, I will never be able to do that. But trust me, you will Just keep flying and practising. You'll know when the time is right.

I remember the fear of switching of to idle up when I first started flying which is sort of strange because nothing really happens - you can just fly upside down.

I also remember my first loop - that really made me crap my pants

[Mslater]

Ditched my logo the same way. No worries, they fly again

[p4ddy]

I remember the fear of switching of to idle up when I first started flying which is sort of strange because nothing really happens

That depends on your throttle curves, going from a vaiable speed of 0-50-65-70-70 to 85 flat or striaght to 100 flat is VERY scary for a newbee

[alioth]

My first flip ended up the same way. I used my T-Rex 250 to do that though, because it would be less expensive if it went pear-shaped (which it did)

[BaRoN30s]

your not the first one this has happened to & i bet theres allot more thats done the same.

when i did my first loop it went soooooo well i thought id just got to try it again..

2nd time not so lucky & ended up the same way. pic below


also tried last week for the very first time to hold the 250 inverted for more than a few seconds, LOL ive never seen the wife n mi kids run as fast it didnt go well but i just got away with not smashing it.. its so flippin easy on the sim to do...

[Streetluge Chris]

One of the lads filmed it.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twhtOAzaIBM]YouTube - chris big crash.wmv[/ame]

[LipolyGone]

erm no negative pitch at all whilst inverted & I deffo saw the ground jump up & grab it.

[tiddler]

Having just watched it several times. Its a bit hard to be sure, but it looks like the tail went of to the right. In fact it looked more like a stall turn without the recovery to me.

[wayne123]

Don't worry yes I know it's not nice but we all do it, it will get better and before you know it you will be pulling loops with giving it a thought.

I remember the first time I went inverted, all was OK then it started to get out of shape so I flipped it the right way up and it started to race towards the ground, when I picked up all the bits I suddenly remembered why I was still holding in negative pitch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!