..The sun is out!...Let's go FLYING....False alarm...
Heli-Log 5:29:2012
The start of the three day weekend…Saturday was a mixed weather day, cool and rainy in the morning, windy and warm early afternoon, cooler and calm early evening, then back to windy…35+ mph! I Managed to get out flying Sunday after church, and only one flight yesterday…too windy again!
I worked with Greg for a good portion of Sunday, hover practice. And we did make some progress after his training gear started failing! Greg bought this 5 legged, cone type training gear for learning to hover with. I was expecting two sticks criss-crossed, and strapped to the bottom of his heli. Well during Greg’s third flight, the “leg’s” of his training gear started dropping off in flight! This started bothering Greg’s concentration; he kept loosing focus on his hovering skills. I affirmed him that I will take care of the landing situation and continue to practice.
But no such luck, Greg just couldn’t take it any longer, so I took over and started flying crack style trying to shake off the two remaining leg’s. But as one would expect, the last two leg’s remained attached, so I was forced to land this way. I wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be, basically the two remaining leg’s were easy enough to bend and I landed Greg’s heli without any damage. So the remaining flights, I gave him control while the heli was in the air.
I managed to get some much needed practice myself. I’ve been working on four point tic-toc’s and getting better acquainted with flying right side up backwards. Mind you, I can fly backwards…but never felt truly confident with it. While working with flying backwards, I’ve been performing them in a large circle, with reversals (figure 8’s).
As I get better and better, I’ve added slow pirouettes rotating with the circle…even on windy days. It helps to keep the heli in one spot. Early this morning, I started practicing everything I did on Sunday inverted…that was interesting! However, it is progress and my new trainees are witnessing first hand at the process it takes to break down cool looking maneuvers and learn the parts that becomes the whole.
The Align motor has a hole in the piston, so I will need a new piston and ring. My 3D+ tried to eject the carburetor once again! Not sure how to fix it this time…maybe some red loctite and a locking nut!
I worked with Greg for a good portion of Sunday, hover practice. And we did make some progress after his training gear started failing! Greg bought this 5 legged, cone type training gear for learning to hover with. I was expecting two sticks criss-crossed, and strapped to the bottom of his heli. Well during Greg’s third flight, the “leg’s” of his training gear started dropping off in flight! This started bothering Greg’s concentration; he kept loosing focus on his hovering skills. I affirmed him that I will take care of the landing situation and continue to practice.
But no such luck, Greg just couldn’t take it any longer, so I took over and started flying crack style trying to shake off the two remaining leg’s. But as one would expect, the last two leg’s remained attached, so I was forced to land this way. I wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be, basically the two remaining leg’s were easy enough to bend and I landed Greg’s heli without any damage. So the remaining flights, I gave him control while the heli was in the air.
I managed to get some much needed practice myself. I’ve been working on four point tic-toc’s and getting better acquainted with flying right side up backwards. Mind you, I can fly backwards…but never felt truly confident with it. While working with flying backwards, I’ve been performing them in a large circle, with reversals (figure 8’s).
As I get better and better, I’ve added slow pirouettes rotating with the circle…even on windy days. It helps to keep the heli in one spot. Early this morning, I started practicing everything I did on Sunday inverted…that was interesting! However, it is progress and my new trainees are witnessing first hand at the process it takes to break down cool looking maneuvers and learn the parts that becomes the whole.
The Align motor has a hole in the piston, so I will need a new piston and ring. My 3D+ tried to eject the carburetor once again! Not sure how to fix it this time…maybe some red loctite and a locking nut!
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