Nose In

[amf]

I've been in to heli for almost 6 mos now. I can fly comfortably in all orientations except nose in. I can do fast forward and backward flights, figure 8s and circles. I can put/fly my heli to specific spots where I want it to go.

For about a month now, I've been learning to hover nose in. I bring my heli to about 20 ft., make sure I'm in a stable tail in hover then slowly bring the heli nose in. I can do that for about a minute each pack, at the most.

Last night, I sat down in front of my Mac. Fired up Reflex XTR (using Bootcamp) and hovered and flew nose in only for about 2 hours!

This morning, I used 5 packs to hover nose in only. On the 6th pack, I was very comfortable with it that I was able to turn my heli nose in at about 4 ft and hover almost endlessly. I was very comfortable doing it that I can do a forward flight, slow down for a very quick hover, turn the nose toward me, hover nose in and bring the heli close to me (about 10 ft).

Another good thing is that my knees no longer tremble when I'm doing this routine.

[bullaculla]

Cool. :thumbup:
I am totally comfortable nose in, but i still have a hard time keeping a stable hover while side in. I can do FFF, but thats mostly flying by feel for me. trying to keep it in one spot sideways is still tough. I'd get bored hovering for 2 solid hours nose in on a sim. I'd have to throw in some stationary tumbles to keep me awake :YeaBaby:

[amf]

I find my self a lot more comfortable with side in hovers with the nose pointing left. With the nose pointing to my right right, my hovers are not as stable. The same is true with forward flights going from my left to my right. It is not as straight as the other way around.

As for the stationary flips on a sim, I can do that well too! I just don't want to do it on a regular basis coz I'm afraid I might try it in real life :)