On Fri, 23 May 2008 22:05:35 -0500, "Steve R." <srhodes13@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>I've had similar comments. My favorite occurance happened at a fun-fly
that
>was "overrun" with rather agressive 3Der's. I used one of the cones we
use
>for FAI practice and just did some hover exercises around it. I like to
do
>nose-in circles around it and it's fun to knock it over and then used the
>skids to set it upright again. I flew most of that tank of fuel doing
that
>with a few laps around the sky, auto's, etc. when the 3Der's gave me room
>to. After the flight, I was carrying the bird back to the pit area and
some
>guy came up to me and was "singing my praises" on how impressed he was
with
>the flight. It was embarrasing as I didn't think I was doing anything
that
>great but he sure enjoyed it and that was good to know. Anyway, the
funny
>part was the look on all the 3D type flyers standing behind him that were
>looking at him like he was crazy or something. They simply didn't get
the
>fact that he'd never seen a model helicopter in anything resembling a
>precision hover before. I'll always remember their look, it was just too
>funny at the time.
Yep. I know a guy who can Chaos, piro loop, piro tic toc and all
kinds of 3D moves, but can't hover nose-in or right side in. I don't
bother trying "3D" stuff yet and won't until I absolutely nail
circuits in all upright and inverted orientations. Well, at least in
real life.. :)
>Likewise. I'm feeling a lot more confident with sustained inverted
flight
>but I'm still thinking about it too much. I fell out of a kaos the other
>day, got disoriented with it and almost plowed it "big time" until I
>realized I was inverted and punched full negative about 20 feet off the
>ground. The frustrating part is, I can do most of this stuff
>(forward/backwards, inverted and right side up) on the sim. Doing it in
>real life is just not in the works for now, but I'm working on it! :-)
hehe, too many brain cycles jacks me up too.. If I just relax and
plan ahead, I do ok. On the sim, I can actually do a Chaos once in a
while. It's not pretty and I can't control where it goes or how
high/low it goes, but if I'm "on", I can do 'em for 30-40 seconds
before getting "lost" and having to punch out.
I'm hoping to have my circuits down in time for IRCHA's Jamboree in
August.
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