So who flew this weekend?

[Pitch-Itch]

Originally Posted by Trexwilly

Moby, and the second sound is a remix of castles in the sky... The video is blocked here? you can still view it in Europe?

Yeah it's blocked here, strange.

[Trexwilly]

Originally Posted by Pitch-Itch

Yeah it's blocked here, strange.

Naw not strange, that's how they roll there at you tube... I posted a second flight should be viewable by US users. I did more reversing piro flips on the first video...

[Pitch-Itch]

Originally Posted by Trexwilly

Naw not strange, that's how they roll there at you tube... I posted a second flight should be viewable by US users. I did more reversing piro flips on the first video...

Often instead of just outright blocking the video they will provide a monetized link to itunes, that way you still get the views and the artist gets a chance to make some money from their music also.

When the video is blocked completely no one wins.

[highflyer1]

Yes I did. It was warm and gorgeous out on Saturday so I went down to the elementary school and flew. No one was there except for a family of 3, and they were enjoying the slide so I was not bothered at all.

[sierracharlie]

Saturday was a weather perfect day. I took my 130x to my club field where I was able to open it up a bit. I have been flying the 130 in my back yard. Having some space to really let go I was surprised at how much my flying had improved over the past few months. 3 packs through the 130x.

[dedados]

Oh yea! Confidence level rocketed this weekend! I was piroflippin all day!

Do you guys find that all moves, especially circuits are MUCH easier in RL than in the sim? I found it easy doing a inverted backwards hurricane 50cm off the ground whilst on the a 600 in the sim it is much harder??? Must be because of the attention levels in RL vs on the sim.

[mhills51]

I am going to try and get out and maiden my X3 today.

[Cmiller]

Some drone racing with pool noodle air gates in 25mph winds. Today would have been the better day to fly.

Drone Racing High Speed Air Gates! / ZUUL ZMR BlackOps / Boise FPV (5 min 14 sec)

[CAP21]

Originally Posted by Cmiller

Some drone racing with pool noodle air gates in 25mph winds. Today would have been the better day to fly.

Drone Racing High Speed Air Gates! / ZUUL ZMR BlackOps / Boise FPV - YouTube

[Bergersen]

Been flying my trex 250 dfc in the backyard the whole weekend

Ended the weekend today witch smacking it in the ground in idle up

[mhills51]

DID the X3. Wow what a fast heli! I converted a 450 to 480 with the 6Cell and it in no way took off like the X3. I did convert mine to belt right away. All I can say is Wow!

[Blayd]

Liking that X3...

[mhills51]

Originally Posted by Blayd

Liking that X3...

May---beee! lol!

At least I can say I staid at the same hotel as the owners lol! Holiday INN at Ircha.

[Trexwilly]

I was flying bare footed all weekend... Our field was pretty well flooded so I figured wear my sandals but they were flipping mud up on me while walking so shoeless is was!

[mhills51]

OK got my son to film with the storms coming.

Gaui X3 maiden flight (1 min 34 sec)

[Ron_R]

4 packs on Saturday and 3 today.

The wind really picked up today so I didn't want to push it. I was seriously stressed flying today lol. VERY windy for me. I didn't want to risk the "one more pack" syndrome lol.

[DCflyer]

6 blissful hard flights this weekend. Simulator training over the winter helped a lot. I was able to try new moves with confidence and the winter builds are really tuned in now. At the local park once again with the 4S 300, 6S 450 stretch, and 500. I maiden'd the 550 on the new setup that I installed over the winter last weekend, just breaking in the gearbox running a few packs through it, so i'll be getting that tuned in next time out.

The 500 is a wild machine to fly. It is a Walkera 500 airframe I chose due to its extremely light weight design. Using a Scorpion 3226-1400kv / Castle Edge 75 / 2700mah TP 70C setup on it governed at 2800rpm. It is wicked powerful and a pretty unique machine to fly.

The girlfriend was there taking pictures and enjoying the nice outdoors weather with me. It was quite gusty today (15mph winds) but perfect weather and the 300 seemed to handle it so we kept at it.

Also as a quick sidenote - the houses in the background look like they are really close. They are not - my gf's camera has a high zoom lense making it seem that way when in reality they are about 150 yards out.





















And the airforce guys decided to show me up by buzzing the field......

[Ed Olson]

Finally got my 550 back in the air. A full negative collective at max rpm from about 30 feet up dirt nap caused me to be down for a few weeks. I fell face first into the "Align parts trap" and ordered a few wrong parts, but all is good now.
I even put a pack through with a basic night rig on last night.


Nice to be back in business.

The planes, after filling my r/c void since the crash, will now get a break....hopefully I don't hurt their feelings too much....heh.

[leadmonster]

Got 6 packs in sat all was good then a tail fail. Thought it was the servo but seems ok. Guess the belt could have slipped. But.. Got her back up today feels good. Ya know after today I think I'm ready to go full neg pitch. I've had it at only 4* neg . I'm very comfortable with my collective at this point. Also big step in how natural nose in stick commands are going. Always a good weekend when both helis on the shelf in flight ready status

[CAP21]

I was cruising down Long Island City,
still work in progress but came a long way and found this spot.
Awesome for a 450.
But gotta show up early before the crowd show up.