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Drivinfast247 · 06-26-2012, 06:55 PM

I fly with friends that are worse than me. Makes me look good. Therefore I suck less.

BrettOssman · 06-26-2012, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Drivinfast247

I fly with friends that are worse than me. Makes me look good. Therefore I suck less.

Flooznie · 06-26-2012, 08:45 PM

I've been practicing with RF6 religiously. I can nail the hovering down, both nose in and tail in, but I am still real squirrelly with the MCPX. I guess even the flight simulator is a bit different than the real thing. It's probably the real life pucker factor. I started doing forward flight and I've been trying to smooth out the turns. That is harder than I thought it would be.

Paul

carman336 · 07-05-2012, 12:54 PM

I went from a cheap coaxial to a 450 acrobatic. It was a rough transition but I'm comfortable now. It sounds like you are already doing this but I'll say it anyway. Learn your orientations until you can do them in your sleep! I can't tell you how many crashed that has saved me.

As for your question about nose in, try to think of it like this... (I can't take credit for this answer as I got it from a local flier. 30 minutes later I was hovering nose in) When you fly tail in, the helicopter follows your stick movements for corrections. If it drifts right you give left input and the helicopter follows. Now for nose in that's all reversed. Instead of giving input in the direction you want to go, think of it as following the helicopter with your stick. If it drifts right slowly, give it right stick slowly. If it drifts away from you, push the stick away from you to correct. Tail is still the same and pitch is the same so no need for anything fancy there. Also make sure you have a bailout planned. If I got in trouble I would give it hard right rudder to get the tail facing me ASAP. From there I could usually correct. I'm by no means a 3D pilot but that's what worked for me when I was struggling with nose in.

Thomasbn · 07-08-2012, 06:09 PM

As a fellow newbie (2 months flying) my hat is of to you for starting with a trex 450

gutsy move , i ordered the walkera 400d after a small 4 ch fixed pitch but while it was in transit i watched all the heli crashes on youtube and ran straight down to my local hobby store and bought an mcpx

yes its squirly and has a few other flaws but with a few spares and batts i fly almost 1 hr a day and with that kind of flight time you learn real fast and if you can master that the bigger birds are so easy to handle.

now i spend most of my time on the trex 250 with full confidence after a month with the mcpx

as for tips on the different positons --- practice practice practice

question : is it me or is hovering way harder on the sim and 3d way easier ? (phoenix)

06-26-2012, 08:45 PM	#23 (permalink)
Flooznie Registered Users Thread Starter Join Date: Jun 2012	I've been practicing with RF6 religiously. I can nail the hovering down, both nose in and tail in, but I am still real squirrelly with the MCPX. I guess even the flight simulator is a bit different than the real thing. It's probably the real life pucker factor. I started doing forward flight and I've been trying to smooth out the turns. That is harder than I thought it would be. Paul __________________ SAB Goblin 700 Silver V-bar Pro Gaui X5 Blue V-bar Pro DX9

07-08-2012, 06:09 PM	#25 (permalink)
Thomasbn Registered Users Join Date: Jul 2012	As a fellow newbie (2 months flying) my hat is of to you for starting with a trex 450 gutsy move , i ordered the walkera 400d after a small 4 ch fixed pitch but while it was in transit i watched all the heli crashes on youtube and ran straight down to my local hobby store and bought an mcpx yes its squirly and has a few other flaws but with a few spares and batts i fly almost 1 hr a day and with that kind of flight time you learn real fast and if you can master that the bigger birds are so easy to handle.now i spend most of my time on the trex 250 with full confidence after a month with the mcpx as for tips on the different positons --- practice practice practice question : is it me or is hovering way harder on the sim and 3d way easier ? (phoenix)

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06-26-2012, 06:55 PM	#21 (permalink)
Drivinfast247 Registered Users Join Date: Jun 2009	I fly with friends that are worse than me. Makes me look good. Therefore I suck less.

07-05-2012, 12:54 PM	#24 (permalink)
carman336 Registered Users Join Date: Mar 2012	I went from a cheap coaxial to a 450 acrobatic. It was a rough transition but I'm comfortable now. It sounds like you are already doing this but I'll say it anyway. Learn your orientations until you can do them in your sleep! I can't tell you how many crashed that has saved me. As for your question about nose in, try to think of it like this... (I can't take credit for this answer as I got it from a local flier. 30 minutes later I was hovering nose in) When you fly tail in, the helicopter follows your stick movements for corrections. If it drifts right you give left input and the helicopter follows. Now for nose in that's all reversed. Instead of giving input in the direction you want to go, think of it as following the helicopter with your stick. If it drifts right slowly, give it right stick slowly. If it drifts away from you, push the stick away from you to correct. Tail is still the same and pitch is the same so no need for anything fancy there. Also make sure you have a bailout planned. If I got in trouble I would give it hard right rudder to get the tail facing me ASAP. From there I could usually correct. I'm by no means a 3D pilot but that's what worked for me when I was struggling with nose in.

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