!2Old2Fly
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Location: Mill Creek, Wa.
My Posts This: Topic Forum | I'm just posting this to keep myself motivated. 
I've gotten in 1/2 dozen flights over the week-end, all in the living room.
I put a small foot stool in the middle of the room to use as a landing pad. It keeps me honest. If I miss, I'll hit the blades on it. So it makes me work harder to be on target.
I can now hit it most trys (although sometimes it takes a minute..).
I probably spend about 1/3 of the flight shooting landings, 1/3 on spot hovering (trying to keep it right in front of me in a stable hover), and about a 1/3 on ...
Staying about a foot off the floor, I go straight out, between a couch and the foot stool, then turn, and go past the coffee table. Once I'm about 5 feet past the coffee table, I stop, hover, then bring it back "tail first". If I mess it up, I'll run the blades into the coffee table, or the foot stool, or the couch, etc.. Good motivation to be careful, and concentrate.
It's good control exersize. I'm not up to nose in, or side in hovering yet, but I'm starting to feel a lot more comfortable with nose out hover, and going around objects. I'm even getting used to the effect of being sucked into a close object (that's where I lost it going through the door the last time! No more doors for a while! lol ).
By the end of this week, I'd like to start working on nose in hovering. I used to be very comfortable with all orientations with the planks, but it's been a long time, and this is definitely different. It's a lot more critical, and things happen a lot faster.
Anyway... The more progress reports I put in, the more it keeps me motivated.
All the work on the CX-2 the other day has paid off. It's flying better than ever now! I finally have it dialed in to where the hovers can be very stable (depending on how close it is to another object! If it's out in clear air, it will almost hover hands off!).
Just gotta remember: "Little baby steps.. little baby steps.. no more doorways!"
Helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission. |
