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

"Steve R." <srhodes13@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Beav" <beavis.original@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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!  :-)

When you see a world class 3D-er stick the heli in the deck within half a 
second of the tail rotor failing, it becomes obvious that simulators pay a

MAJOR part in developing the head/stick movements, but does **** all for 
those "what if" moments.

I can honestly say that every manoeuvre I've ever flown was flown in real 
life first, and then "sweetened" with a simulator. As it happens, I've had
a 
few spectacular smacks too :-)

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Beav

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