Tristan Buhler
04-08-2005, 05:55 PM
My friend and I took our intrepid to gary's house to start it up for the first time yesterday. Wow. She started on the second or third pull. It was amazing. We had a few minor problems at first but nothing bad. The gyro was reversed and the tail torque tube slipped so gary did one of his mods that made it work great. He took it up and go the throttle curves and everything right and it flew so smooth. There was about 10-15 mph winds and gary could let go of the stick for about 5 seconds before having to give a little to keep it in place. Gary and his wife, Tina, (sorry if i remembered the name wrong) were an outstanding crew. Got the headspeed measured and everything flawless. So after gary flew it for a while he asked me if I wanted to try. So i though we were going to put the training gear and possibly the buddy cord, but he just handed it right to me. 00. My wise went wide open. My hard was overheating and ready to stroke. So I spooled it up getting to feel for it. I was getting ready to fight and wrestle with it too keep it in place with the wind and small space we were at. So I took it up a few inches held a hover for a few seconds and brought it back down. I barely had to control it at all. It flew so SMOOTH. I am still in shock how smooth it was. I was expecting to have to fight with the tail and the ground affect and it just went straight up. I am sure Gary's trimming skill had to do most of that but it went were I told it to go when I had it. Gary told me I was standing like a break and I didnt blink at all. We let it cool down and my friend, Tyson, co owner and pilot in this project, did the same thing, took up for a little and brought it down. I cannot wait tell this weekend. It was a long day in school today. Its all I could think about. The weather is looking bad though, rain and snow.
I will try and get some pictures and maybe some video of it up.
And for anyone out there that thought a you cant learn on a bergen, my friend and I are living proof. My friend and I have tried littler, cheaper helis, and could not even get it to fly under control, even with no wind, sim time, and more.
Thanks Gary, Tina, and Bergen for the great oppertunity.
Tristan
I will try and get some pictures and maybe some video of it up.
And for anyone out there that thought a you cant learn on a bergen, my friend and I are living proof. My friend and I have tried littler, cheaper helis, and could not even get it to fly under control, even with no wind, sim time, and more.
Thanks Gary, Tina, and Bergen for the great oppertunity.
Tristan