Any tips for flying backwards?

[leslie]

Hi All,

Since I'm grounded, one slightly mashed trex and it's pouring out. I working on the Sim. I have a serious right/left brain issue with flying backwards. Anyone out there have any tips?

Just curious! I working on all orientations before trying inverted :wink:

Cheers,
Leslie

[Al Austria]

For backwards upright coordinated turns, you'll find moving the sticks in OPPOSITE directions is a good little trick to keep in mind until the movements become natural.

[Malorie]

Lead with T/R in the direction you want to turn and as Al said, coordinate opposite roll cyclic from there.

Malorie

[RobRoy]

Sim time, Sim time, Sim time. Eventually it will come more naturally. Large slow circuits at first helped me, but then again, I'm still no expert by no means.

[leslie]

Hi All,

Since it's raining AGAIN!! I've but in some serious sim time. Thank all for the tips, leading with T/R helped a ton. I've got things going pretty well with the sim. I'm doing pretty well with real low and slow circuits. If I get to high, I seem to get disoriented.

practice, practice, practice! If the sun ever comes out, I can try it for real.

Thanks All!

Cheers,
Leslie

[aaronredbaron]

first off, sim, sim, sim... but when you are ready to try it for real, try flying out tail in and then back and stop in a hover still tail in, then try it from the left or right. when I first started flying backwards I found it fairly easy to bring it to me, but passing myself and going from tail in to nose in was tough. I started by just flying from the left or right and stopping or doing a piro before it got to me, eventually I started flying full circuits backwards. Although its all the same to me now, I found inverted backwards easier to learn than upright...but thats another story

[leslie]

Hi arron,

I guess that is what threw me. Becasue of the rain, I'm pretty much sim-ing it. I can fly all over place inverted. But when I concentrated on flying backwards, I was surprised at how tough it is.

I have a good habit of really trying to work on the things that seem tough. I makes real flight much better.

On the sim, I'm showing improvement with slow circuits. Progress is good :arggg:

cheers,
Leslie