startin comps next year?

[chris jones2.4]

hi guys, i want to start competing next year, i can do tic tocs sideways and tail down and nose down, pie dish, hurricane, death spirals , most autos, flips, rainbows any some more,

i was just wabdering, what do you guys think i should enter, ive been told by a freind not to enter grass roots, what do ya think?

[raptormark]

go for it what you going to lose

[Sesame]

best way of judging what level you should be flying at is to look at the set manouvers and see what you can do correctly with ease, if your able to sustain a decent static chaos or any pirouetting manouvers then no perhaps grass roots isnt for you. you may have to look at the intermediates.

if in doubt have a word with Rob or Edders

[chris jones2.4]

thanks guys, all the things that will get me high points i can do with ease but im not surte what one of them is, its a vertical triangle with 180 piro

[Sesame]

I did that one basically you hold the heli side on at eye level then fly forward a few yards, stop hold, then upwards at 45deg backwards and stop turn the heli 180deg then fly down forward at 45deg stop then backwards to its origional position

[Geek]

look forward to competing against you next year then :)
Chris you coming to watch 3d champs?

[chris jones2.4]

i hope i can come to champs, im gonna try and kick ur ass paul. i just gotta hope i dont crash a few weeks before cus i wont have a model to fly

[rachel]

no fly at the "Grass Roots" you won't be last , That's reserved for me :)

[chris jones2.4]

you should be alright, who cares if ya dont win, at least you will of had fun, unless you do a charlie cave

[alex]

lol Chris- would that friend be me :D Don't want you in any competition with me- you would wipe the floor with me- I need some people who fly CX2s so I can beat them :P.

I know nothing about comps, but said what I did purely based on the 3d Format lists and knowing what you can do with a helicopter, including tumbling autos from out of sight and 3D ing a 500 in a sports hall!!!!!

[chris jones2.4]

you should be good alex, ive noticed you a while back, a little bit eratic but you have smooted out since youve got the 700

[robgt]

It sounds to me like you might already be above the grass roots level, which is intended to give beginner 3D pilots a platform to enter the crazy (but fun :D) world of 3D competition, without having the added stress of competing against pilots that easily out class them.

What you really need to try and do is consider where you will be a year from now in terms of flying skill. From what you're saying currently, I imagine that you would probably fit right in to the Intermediates group at 3D Championship.

Based on that, my suggestion to you would be to skip the Grass Roots level completely and take a look through the 3D Championship set manoeuvres list. Pick four manoeuvres that you want to fly and practice them like crazy while building up a freestyle repertoire and a flight to music, in preparation for next years event.

Or do like most others do and wait until about this time next year before starting to practice :D

Hey, it's just a bit of fun :D
Cheers,
Rob

[chris jones2.4]

hey rob, this weekend, ill get some video of me flying nd post it so you can see wether you think im grass roots or higher, cheers chris

[alex]

[quote=chris jones2.4;529849]you should be good alex, ive noticed you a while back, a little bit eratic but you have smooted out since youve got the 700[/quote]


Erratic is rather flattering- I prefer thumb wiggling randomness to describe my flying :P

I have a lot of practice to do given that I have only just learned to do some of the moves in the bottom third of the Grass Roots, but I like the idea of trying and having a laugh.

[chris jones2.4]

your doing bloddy well for the amount of time u been flying, at your stage i was only doing figure of 8s and passing my A. your doing flips, half cubans, inverted hovers, well done m8!