T-Rex 500 First Real Flight

[Pipes]

I have been practising inside the house with a Hirobo Quark, Now I have a T-rex 500 and have been hovering a couple of times> I have been doing left to right right to left back and fourth with now problem. Now I want to Idle up and start flying in circles but am nervous. Does anyone have any advise to help me over come this fear. The heli has been set up at 50% throttle then I can switch to idle up.
Thanks Newbie

[jeffk]

Do you have a sim? If so, practice hovering in all orientations - left/right nose in, tail in etc. This will help you get accustomed to controlling the helicopter no matter what direction it's pointed in. I can't stress enough how much this will assist you as you move to FF.

If you don't have a sim, get one. Seriously. Even if it's a free downloadable sim. Anything that will help you learn your orientations will be of great use. You WILL save money in avoided crashes, and even an expensive sim will soon pay for itself.

If you really don't want to bother with a sim, check out Radd's School of Rotary Flight: http://www.dream-models.com/eco/flying-index.html

[Pipes]

I was practising on the Sim Real Flight 3.5 I did OK just that it is hard to judge exactly where the Heli is. I have been hoovering now and going left to right right to left back and fourth spinning on axis left and right but I need to practice nose in still. I been doing the above with the T-Rex 500 fou four batteries so far. Now I want to go into circles and coming around again to the left then to the right .Do i need to do this with the Idle up to give me more speed and more control.
Thanks

[zeese5]

In circle, at one point, the heli will be nose in. Since you haven't learn nose in, it's not a good idea.. Better if you do figure 8.. or should I say, figure "infinity".. where nose in is not really required..

Anyway, whatever maneuver you start with, do it slowly in the beginning.. as slow as it almosts seems like hovering. Or.. you can.. well.. there are many ways too learn anyway..

[Augman37]

Are you using any sort of training gear? That is something that has helped me avoid crashes while learning simple low hover orientations and simple low flight patterns. You can even "drag" the training gear on pavement so you are barely off the ground while getting used to muscle memory training. The flight sim is a great help also. You can see the training gear I made on my thread:

http://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=78731

Good luck and take it slow or it will be expensive and frustrating.