But it is a picture of my mechanical pride and joy

 

Learning to fly one myself.

 

What model you got?

www.rchelizone.tk

If you need any useful sites I am sure I can dig some links out.

 

I have 2, Hawk sport and just bought a Hummingbird (which is excellent fun).

Haven't flown the Hamk yet (had it over a year), bought the HB to practice.

Have a look at a vid (no bad comments), taken a few weeks ago, getting better. Absolutely superb fun and very challenging, much respect to all you 'proper' flyers.

Hummingbird Video

 

Top bit of flying there mate seems to me you are doing pretty well, I know from my experience of flying electric helicopters that they are very difficult to control due to them being light weight and small. I am sure you can appretiate there wioll be a lot of turbulance buffing off the helicopter flying in the relatively small space.

Are you a member of a club? If not I suggest taking a look at the club I belong to's web page. They have a lot of useful resources/links

http://www.naheliclub.org.uk I am sure you will find there site a lot more helpful then my forum link I posted earlier.

 

"A beginner crashes and wonders how much it’s going to cost him. An expert crashes and he already knows!"

 

Thanks, took me about 2 weeks to get it off the ground LOL, it is quite hard to fly, and I've been told my Hawk will be easier. I can hover tail in for a battery now fine, just trying to learn nose in, it's like learning all over again. Once I can fly it in all orientations I'll go for the big one.

Yours is a Raptor, yes?.

 

Yes mine is a raptor, I have two but one has been stored in the garage for a year and not seen the light of day for ages lol.

I will see if I have any video clips of me or other people flying and will post them later. Either that or I will take some more shortage shortly.

Keep an eye out on my forum because I am planning some larger promotion soon and will try to get some more content there.

 

they look pretty hard to control

 

Get a bike, ffs.....

 

No this is waht you want really, really want.....

 

Shall I do that again. Nick

 

Bit lardy for me Nick do miss 2 wheels though

 

Oh S*d it Look it up yourselves Nick

Have to say I'm ashamed of all that unblemished rubber near edge of tyres!!


http://gallery33634.fotopic.net/photo.php?id=2490760.JPG

 

The Hummingbird vid looks like hell of a way to trim your eyebrows (or leylandii).

 

Wicked!

Always wanted one but have never bothered after hearing that they are supposedley really hard to control and end up costing a fortune in repair bills.....is this true?

 

Always wanted one.

But didnt get past the model plane phase. I had an Acro Wot, and a Wot4 Classic. I was on the 'buddie lead' for a few weeks then went solo. My Acro Wot lasted three flights, then went in.
And my Wot4 lasted for a good while maybe 10-12 flights with only a few misshaps, like broken undercarrage and wingtip damage.

The Acro Wot took ages to build, everthing was brand new from the engine to the servoe's, profilm Marlboro graffixs the lot.

I was coming in 4 landing, and was a bit over cautious so I took the plane along way off 4 its approach. It went'dead stick' about 200 yrds from where I was, I thought I could get it in the field but I never made the fence.

Bin bag job.

Ive never built anymore. Sold all the good bits and my radio gear too.

 

me too!, crashed the wot4, then sold them both

 

I really really wanted one of these, then i looked closer and decided that its basicly and upside down flymo without the saftey guards, add to that i have been told the ones without the super gyro thingy-ma-jig are hard as hell to fly, i think the comment the guy in model shop made was "like trying to balance a ballbearing on the tip of a needle" lmao


looks great fun though....

all the best

jay

 

Yeah they are extremely difficult to fly, yes they will cost a lot to repair, but I know people that have been flying for years without crashing and then I know people which crash 1 a week.

Now a days gyros are hugely import with the growing trend towards 3D (Extreme Aerobatics e.g. death spirals, inverted backwards manaeuvers) They have developed a technology called "heading hold" which rather then stopping tail yaw when it occurs actually locks the tail in a fixed position, allowing you to fly backwards diagonally at full speed (which is extremely difficult)