Rookie

cheers guys, yeah every obstacle seems to be a magnet....i hate the subconcious.   And Dr Who is a personal friend hehe.....the date just wont change even when i save the .txt file to cam....its annoying to say the least. 

Hi all, I finally got the bottle up to try forward flight, tell me what you think.    

Cheers Tim

Sorry i put this in wrong place, please could it be moved to beginners or appropriate section plz.

Hi all here is a video of my first attempt to hover and me now.     first hover.        Yesterday.      Please feel free to let me know what you think, good or bad. Edited By Rookie on 01/07/2010 09:35:09

Fully repairable, cost about £40...your club mate must be very lucky lol  Edited By Rookie on 11/06/2010 23:21:20

Ok i have no PM so if i get told i can try again then i shall.   PS. did u watch the video? Edited By Rookie on 11/06/2010 22:47:17

trust me it is deleted coz i got it bookmarked and when i goto bookmarks its not there and when i use the notification email it says:    Thread Sorry, but the thread cannot be found.    All it had was a video of my brother flying and crashing his heli into a turtle sandpit......we'll see what response if any i get from mods!   

I had a thread called Twister crash...funny! Video included.. get deleted, it was not nasty or offensive? it had 2 replies before it got deleted.   And the deleter did not even give me a reason why!!! if thats how it is here then i will go elsewhere and not buy the magazine anymore! 

Hi there Mark, not that i am an expert, but i always watch the nose when flying which i believe is the correct way to fly heli's.   Cheers. 

Cheers guys, well, i took it out today (without the sponges on the bottom) and had 1 good hover, really nice and steady, then brought it down smoothly.   Second time i took it up it started off nicely, but then both rods of my training gear came off of the right hand side heli started moving left and i tried to counter it, but it was too late, thankfully its only cost me a main rotor shaft, main blades, tail gear AND a new training gear lol     So wont be long till i'm back up and running. 

Hi all, here is a video of me trying to hover....i was only putting little inputs in (that i am aware of) but still it seemd very twitchy) Ps yes my kids were a distance away with my bro in law watching them and wife was filming.       PS the crash half way through was due to training gear getting caught in grass Grrrrr.

Hi all i just thought you guys would enjoy a good story of a noob heli pilot.   Now my brother has only had his heli a short while and with no prior experience has managed to setup and hover pretty successfully....take a look at the video and please please comment on the vid either here or on youtube as he needs a confidence boost lol.       Many thanks guys and gals    Ps. please excuse his egghead impression  Edited By Rookie on 27/05/2010 18:44:55

Thanks Simon, i've registered with that site and awaiting for my account to be fully active.   OMG that guy in the vid was silly...if he caught his leg that would of been very painful.   I'll check the tracking out to see if its ok and i think the gyro is ok.....but then i am a noob lol. 

the tail servo is mounted on the boom so if it needs adjusting i can try that one.   I live in bolton and my local club is about 25 miles away....and as my car is screwed i cant travel there and back...i contacted the club to see if they are accepting members and to see about car share, they said they aren't accepting members atm, but they put me on the waiting list and car share shouldn't be a problem when the time arrives.   I asked if they have a heli pilot that lives in bolton and could assist me in the setup of my heli and they gave me a guy's number.....i spoke to him and he said to call him at 6:30pm...i did and no answer, i have tried him several times to no avail..i even left a couple of polite messages on his answerphone asking him to miss call me when he has the time to chat...still nothing, so it seems i am still alone.   Sorry about the essay and poor grammar, i am tired lol.