Don't know whether to cheer or cry.

[whtmex]

Well, it took some time to finally grow enough b@11s, but finally decided to try my hand at some inverted work.

I'd been doing stall turns for about a week now to get a good escape plan for an aborted loop, and today even started going about 45* past vertical before spinning out and diving back in. So I decided during my final flight for the day it was time to loop it.

Nailed 4 beautiful loops, and even held inverted for about 20 seconds on the final one.

Feeling a bit cocky, I decided to try a roll on my final pass.....Didn't work so well. I don't know why, but I completely disregarded everything I'd learned on the sim, and didn't juice the collective a bit before starting the roll. It was a close one, and I almost pulled it off, but the end result was a shattered head. Moral of the story....practice on the Sim until it's 2nd nature.

On the plus side I now have an excuse to upgrade to the all metal head, which has already been ordered and should be enroute soon.

[Funky]

I have read so many posts just like this. I think everyone wrecks there 1st or 2nd day doing loops/flips/rolls. After practicing on the sim when we finally do the first one it almost seems easy. With confidence high we try another and another... then it gets a little sideways or whatever, we panick and wreck. I did the same thing. Just keep it up. They only get easier with practice. I say its time to cheer :thumbup:

[nwtampaguy34]

time to cheer

[Finn Erik]

Experience is the name we give our mistakes.

[Gimbal Lock]

:woot
Time to CHEER!


I did my first loops and rolls today, scared shiatless, but it felt so good to actually be doing it for real...I wish it was as easy to stay frosty with the real thing as it is on the sim, I get exccted and nervous.

"experience is something you don't get until just after you need it"