So you wanted to fly but your stuck in hover
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I've been having such a blast flying lately...but, I keep thinking of some of the comments about crashing and all the stuff we've been talking about...I remember when I was very content to just hover my Eco's..I would watch the 3d pilots and think..man theres just no way I will ever do that...Since my new feelings on the joy of crashing I look back and really wished inside that I could have flown out of the parking lot...but just the thought of it getting turned around on me made me stay right where I was....I know that there are tons of people out there just like me...wanting to build scale heli's cause you just cant see yourself hitting full throttle and yanking it back into a stall turn...not to mention 3d???? But I can honestly say now that I can fly my gas heli's and ECO's at full throttle and feel totally in control...If I can.. and I am still amazed because I never even knew Helicopters could even do these kind of maneuvers..so can you...If your worried about the cost of your heli or waiting for parts to rebuild it....dont worry... I've been thinking how to get us all flying without crashing all the time and letting it all hang out ...Anyone interested? If Not...I'll just fly off.....takes allot of nerve just to say YES !! Radd...( the cowardly Lion) It's two in the morning I hope this comes out alright?? I can't be the only one surprised at Helicopter pilots that don't use simulators and progress faster than those with simulators.This doesn't make much sense to me but it happens all the time..You can spend 4 or five hours a week on the computer and some guy fly's twice a week and progresses much faster? Why? Another strange thing I've seen is a guy that bought a helicopter at clearance sale for $200 and the next week he's flying it all over the place..That confused me to say the least, and.. made me feel less than average .You can give any reason you want..talent, natural ability, blind recklessness? But I think it boils down to just two things...Either they simply believe they can do it, or want to fly helicopters badly, and will fly no matter what it takes.I suppose our personalities reflect clearly in the way we fly.But..If your not currently flying like you thought you would by now don't let it get you down until you've tried a few different ways to break through the walls..And walls are what they are..Fear, Money, Pride,or your wife's ridicule.What ever your wall is it is still based on a fear of some kind..The best motivator at the field is your friends pushing you to the limits they believe your capable of.(not the kind of friends that want to laugh at your stupidity) If they can encourage you to stretch past a wall or a rut, they usually feel just as good as you. But, we can't do that here can we?..Well, We can if we are honest about where we currently are and where we want to go and if we share our progress. We can encourage each other..This board is famous for the way we support each other.. The real problem is that it's not very macho to admit your not Curtis Youngblood and that you may still be in the hover mode? I my case I was quite happy hovering around my yard,work shop, and parking lot.. But...brother when I finally started flying I couldn't believe how much time I wasted..I could have been flying the way they were meant to..banking, stalling, tail whipping..I always wanted to land like I saw the Hueys in Vietnam, coming in hot with their tails practically dragging in the grass.Then lifting off nose down and tail high banking hard and pulling out in a hurry.That's no problem for me now and that doesn't include what I can do in the sky...I am not into 3d yet but you can't do a flip or roll and consider yourself to be into 3d..That's heavy duty stuff and we are suppose to be honest here?? Ok.. with all that out of the way are you ready? I hope you put your name up and your progress will encourage us and you'll help push us all to the level we can be at.. Unfortunately this applies to those who are stuck in the hover mode, if you can't fly (hover) out a whole battery pack (tail in) your not ready for forward flight anyway..sorry, but you can't run if you cant walk..there is not 12 easy steps to forward flight, only three rules and they are so simple that it's gonna make you sick. They are Discipline,Boredom and the third is this:( You'll get there faster if you slow down). If you cheat your only wasting your own time...But If you want to fly your gonna get there faster than you ever imagined and your gonna feel great about yourself and flying.. Your going to do one of two things. You are either going to give up or your going to get better. The speed that you do either is up to you.. When you get bored you will either want to try something new or you just peter out move on to a new hobby..right? well, what if we set out to get bored a little early? Two things will happen.You'll start to relax and if your relaxed long enough you'll get bored and of course if your bored you can't be afraid... Finally..Here's how you do it... Second thing you have to do is know what your going to do and how to recover if you get scared. The main reason for helicopter crashes is usually because pilots have combined a combination of moves and loosing the orientation it takes to recover. Combinations are the killers. So If you practice one movement at a time and it's recovery your crashes will become less frequent especially if you know the recovery when your going in.
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