To keep going after a scare, or call it a day?

[clough42]

Originally Posted by drakonis

did you do a stall turn right up in front of yourself? i would only do them at the ends of my flight area im using. never in front of myself.

Two answers: 1) yes, and 2) not intentionally.

The heli was past me and heading downrange when I pulled it up, but evidently not far enough. I was looking into a single-digit headwind at that point, so that contributed some. As soon as the rotor disc is vertical, a 450 can cover a lot of ground downwind in a short time. I'll judge it differently next time.