Re: what's the history of 3D flying?

"Beav" <beavis.original@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> I think a LOT of 3D flying is nothing more than a series of
pre-programmed 
> stick movements which result in a particular "display" If ANYTHING
happens 
> to disrupt the flow of those stick movements, the heli lawn darts with a

> vengeance. I've seen too many REALLY impressive crashes because
something 
> didn't work "quite" right and the flyer had no time to straighten things

> out. Simulators are magic for working out those "pre-prograsmmed" stick 
> movements, but they're not much use for "failures in the system"
training.
>

I can vouch for that!  I can "sometimes" do a pretty decent kaos but it 
depends on the day.  The frustrating part is that I have "moments of 
clarity" with the maneuver.  There are times when I can see what it's
doing 
and what my control inputs are doing and I can actually make the  bird
move 
one way or the other or climb or descend.  The problem is, those moments
are 
always fleeting.  I need a LOT more time with it.  In the mean time, I've 
totally trashed two 90 sized birds in the last year and a half.  I mean to

the point that it was cheaper to just buy another kit than try to buy all 
the parts.  OUCH!  I'm not worrying about that as much any more.  It's
just 
not worth the hits to my budget!  :-)

Fly Safe,
Steve R.