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I have been suffering from the old 'confidence' problem since getting back into Heli flying.
This year has so far been a mixture of frustration with the Trex and panic with the cost of crashing the Shuttle.
Hence my flying has been poor to say the least. One good buddy session at our club showed me that I can fly but without the safety of the buddy lead I have still been slow getting into fff and other stuff.
Steve (The Manager) has been very supportive up the club but I still have not 'let go' in Obi-Wan speak.
That was until I went to the 3DX funfly on Friday.
I drove a round trip of 240 miles for one fly of the Shuttle. (Weather was rubbish)
I don't know what it was, maybe the limited 3D air space, or maybe the gusty wind conditions, or maybe the croud of 3D experts watching as an old Shuttle took to the air
, that kept my small left right circuits tight and small, but all I can say is that I could not wait to get flying today.
I took the Trex to my old flying field and basically have had a GREAT days flying
(relatives from America meant I could not get up the proper flying field)
The Trex flew faultlessly to such an extent that I was piroing the thing with abandon and circuits were actually FUN!!!
At the moment my confidence has returned and I am looking forward to flying tomorrow and putting the Shuttle through its paces.
The reason for this post is simply to say to anyone in my position, go for it, you know you want too
What a fab hobby
Cheers
Mark
PS. Hope I don't ding the Shuttle having said all this waffle.
PPS. For those on a budget, the CSM LW200 and Futaba 3110 Gyro/Servo combination works very well
I have been suffering from the old 'confidence' problem since getting back into Heli flying.
This year has so far been a mixture of frustration with the Trex and panic with the cost of crashing the Shuttle.
Hence my flying has been poor to say the least. One good buddy session at our club showed me that I can fly but without the safety of the buddy lead I have still been slow getting into fff and other stuff.
Steve (The Manager) has been very supportive up the club but I still have not 'let go' in Obi-Wan speak.
That was until I went to the 3DX funfly on Friday.
I drove a round trip of 240 miles for one fly of the Shuttle. (Weather was rubbish)
I don't know what it was, maybe the limited 3D air space, or maybe the gusty wind conditions, or maybe the croud of 3D experts watching as an old Shuttle took to the air
, that kept my small left right circuits tight and small, but all I can say is that I could not wait to get flying today.I took the Trex to my old flying field and basically have had a GREAT days flying
(relatives from America meant I could not get up the proper flying field)The Trex flew faultlessly to such an extent that I was piroing the thing with abandon and circuits were actually FUN!!!
At the moment my confidence has returned and I am looking forward to flying tomorrow and putting the Shuttle through its paces.
The reason for this post is simply to say to anyone in my position, go for it, you know you want too
What a fab hobby
Cheers
Mark
PS. Hope I don't ding the Shuttle having said all this waffle.
PPS. For those on a budget, the CSM LW200 and Futaba 3110 Gyro/Servo combination works very well
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