I've got no balls, help..

[LipolyGone]

I dont think its so cut & dry with these autos at phoenix mfc.
Both Mark & I used to do tank after tank of autos when we were flying at another site which we unfortunately lost.
Not with 700's though as Ross implied it was with trex 600 pros both torque tube driven.
It was open & with no imposing limits on where you could fly short of a smallish hedge row on two sides to negotiate
in the glide path. The patch was also 4 to 5 times the size of the patch we now have to land & take off from so hitting it was fairly easy & we hardly ever
over shot into the rough grass. I havent done one succesfull auto at our new site!
Every time I've ended up with damage to my model either uindershooting or over shooting into the rough.
I feel its like trying to aim at a postage stamp & you cannot fly in from anywhere but a slightly nose in or side in atitude with your auto.
You are also landing the model extremely close to where you are standing & I think this kind of makes you more worried about the whole thing.
This is due to having a set of allotments not more than 30 feet to one side behind of you & a radio control car track 40 foot to the other side slightly behind you.
On top of all of this you have Ross's much loved oak tree about 150 foot directly infront of you & thats over 40 foot tall so the site is rather intimidating for learning autos,
Well it is for me so maybe I just need to grow a pair too Graham but I do see why mark doesnt like to try autos at phoenix

[Rctintin]

O sweet!! Is this not the place the xmas grassroots is being held at?

By this, I mean that an Auto was going to be one of my set moves, and I have not practised them much since doing them at Jamies field because of the exact reason mentioned above. I fly of a mowed square of about 15ft, and around it is 12" grass. I do not yet feel comfortable flying into such a small landing area. Hopefully the farmer will get sheep in there soon, so I have a larger area to play with!!

[LipolyGone]

Dont get me wrong Rob It's not that bad for flying as there's plenty of flying room out front. It's just daunting for Mark & me to do autos which is what this topic is all about.
Ross manages them perfectly well as does james & plenty of others.
I think its more likely that I'm not fully happy with my control in all of my orientations
I tend to only be happy doing rolls once past myself to the right I can't do them easily going to the left from the right etc

[tomatwalden]

O sweet!! Is this not the place the xmas grassroots is being held at?

Yup! - that's it . You get a nice view of the patch in this vid of Ross'

[moonmanflyer]

O sweet!! Is this not the place the xmas grassroots is being held at?

By this, I mean that an Auto was going to be one of my set moves, and I have not practised them much since doing them at Jamies field because of the exact reason mentioned above. I fly of a mowed square of about 15ft, and around it is 12" grass. I do not yet feel comfortable flying into such a small landing area. Hopefully the farmer will get sheep in there soon, so I have a larger area to play with!!

Don't panic Rob, we are moving the flight patch and making it bigger for the grassroots event to open up the flying area alot more and allow for autos etc and keep away from any trees etc, I went down to Phoenix yesterday to sort it all

[Rctintin]

Cheers James, from the vid posted, it looks like a great little place to fly, especially with the hanger just behind to keep warm!!

How many points for flying around the back of the tree then?

[Boggy]

One Rob, but get it in the tree and out again and watch em rack up!

[moonmanflyer]

Cheers James, from the vid posted, it looks like a great little place to fly, especially with the hanger just behind to keep warm!!

How many points for flying around the back of the tree then?

Ron beat me to it :-)
Ross is the man to ask about tree points, it's his favourite place to land.
And as for judges scoring, since Pedro is a judge he will only be happy with maximum distraction, he has his own to compare too, a canopy in any more than a thousand pieces will not qualify for points :-)

[xygax]

Ohh and you dont want to be in the hedge at the end... its got a moat on one side and heavly populated with Bramble and nettle..... They misplaced the quad into it yesterday and had to use extreme ladderage to resolve the issues...

Steve

[Aidi]

A bit more footage showing the Phoenix flying site

aidi habu WMV V9 - YouTube (wont let me embed for some reason)

[Boggy]

id forgoten about that Aidi it didnt show the landing! That was classic