Rusty C Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Hey lads. I have been learning to fly heli's in my recent model flying quest. And have been getting on pretty good. I have only been hovering but i am up to nose in, also side's are not a problem, But......... I seem to have bother with a nose in which is at a 45 ie not square at me if that makes any sense. I can nose in for ages on my little mini zoom, But when it gets round a bit I seem to panic a touch. obviously I could just rudder round, But I feel maybe I should learn this orientation? Rusty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bran Posted August 22, 2012 Share Posted August 22, 2012 Posted by Rusty C on 22/08/2012 21:31:12:, But I feel maybe I should learn this orientation? Rusty Well, you could crash a lot instead........................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bran Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 EVERYONE has an Achilles Heel in orientating a heli at some point. In my case it was hover nose 90 to right. (about a year into flying them, oddly!) THAT is where a simulator helps a lot.................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty C Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Cheers dave, I will just have to work on my phoenix more at this one. I a wee bit strange, total mental block and its only 45 degrees Rusty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill @ Elite Workwear UK Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Sim Sim Sim - that's what I found worked for me. If you can manage circuits flying out of trouble should be simple enough. I'm lucky, where I work I can Sim all day long if I want (almost) I have been "learning" for 12 years and its only in the last year or so it all clicked into place. When I got Phoenix and the time to practise. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Kearney Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Rusty, I sympathise. I could side in my 120R for an entire battery, but switching to the 450 I can't for the life of me hold it steady. As Rusty says, more sim time I think r. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty C Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Have been on the sim alot last night and tonight, And I think I am over doing it and getting worked up, Might lay off a couple nights. I think its going to be one of those "click" moments when it all seems so easy so what was the big deal! Rusty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bennett Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 I've been flying a 500 for over two years. I can hover in all four orientations, and most points between them, but I still can't transition from nose-in to side-in or from side-in to nose-in, so can't do a full 360 pirouette. Like you say, it'll "click" one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gliggsy Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Hi fellas, I came from helis into planes although I can only 'sport' fly, flips, rolls, circuits and 8's etc and was quite comfy on the sticks, no 3D for me. decided to get into planes cause' helis were just too intense concentration and no relaxing and taking your eye off the thing. I personally feel there is too much pressure on learning the hover orientations, especially nose-in. What I did was to progress into lazy 8'S, gradually making them bigger and more 8 ish and actually flying the nose-in until all felt natural. A heli will fly very much like fixed wing apart from rudder response, which, in a heli is far more responsive.....G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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