Can't get the hang of nose in.

[ShinOBIWAN]

Its rough as hell and I lost it once but I'm getting very slightly better at nose and am learning forward flight at the same time. Only had around half hour on the sim learning this since my new copy of Phoenix arrived.

I think part of my problem is I move the heli around too fast and can't react quick enough sometimes.

[machasm]

Thats not looking too bad Shobiwan.
Your turns are nice and smooth using both sticks together well.
Best thing to do to crack the nose in hover is use the training tool in Phoenix.
Just select hover nose-in!
Adrian.

[Tim Procter]

WTF happened when it disappeared over the hedge..

You pulled that out of the bag eh..

As Adrian says practice the nose in and get your orientation sorted out then the rest is much easier.

[ShinOBIWAN]

Thats not looking too bad Shobiwan.
Your turns are nice and smooth using both sticks together well.
Best thing to do to crack the nose in hover is use the training tool in Phoenix.
Just select hover nose-in!
Adrian.

Thanks for the encouragement Adrian. I feel like I'm doing my A-Level all over again whenever I get on the sim to try something new. I'll say this though, even on the sim I get a high when I pull something off. I dare not try any of this at the field though, its just too soon.

BTW Training tool? Where do I download that?

[Twister3D]

Practice Hovering side on left and right then slowly move the Heli round as you get better, you just have to be a bit disciplined watch my recording to get the idea. mine aint that great tho

[ShinOBIWAN]

WTF happened when it disappeared over the hedge..

You pulled that out of the bag eh..

Ha, I'd hoped nobody would notice that

I freaked a little as the heli slowed with the nose slightly in and pushed the aileron the wrong way.

[ShinOBIWAN]

Practice Hovering side on left and right then slowly move the Heli round as you get better, you just have to be a bit disciplined watch my recording to get the idea. mine aint that great tho

Thanks for sharing the flight,

I'll give that a go. I can do side in OK, its just anything past that where brain fade sets in.

[chemicalbro]

You can also try puttinging dual rates on your transmitter for aileron and elevator (say about 60% input when you flick the switch) that way the heli will be way more stable in a hover and much less twitchy. (only downside to that method is if you need to get out of a situation quickly you're screwed )

[ShinOBIWAN]

I don't like the feel of expo so don't use any but might give dual rates a go and limit the ATV. I've already done it with the pitch -3/+11 and I like how that feels for a beginner such as myself.

Had an hour bash on Phoenix this evening and I'm getting better with nose in. Also figured out the hover training thing folks were talking about, didn't realise you could change the orientation using that - VERY handy.

With this one I tried a to speed up the turns, more practice needed but forward flight is coming along nicely.