My 1st rolls!

[JettaManDan]

At the end of the fly-in i organized this past saturday i threw down my 1st rolls on a CP heli! Just said "WTF!" and went for it..had been on the sim earlier in the week trying it out..i can do almost anything in the sim..just haven't had the stones to try it for real It also proved to me i need more headspeed and pitch too lol!

But

Video...rolls are near the end...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AumB6G4RmQk[/ame]

yeah baby!!!



Dan

[Oldladypilot]

Congrats Dan!!

[JettaManDan]

Originally Posted by Oldladypilot

Congrats Dan!!

thanks!! my buddy who i basicially taught to program his heli and never flew idel up till he met me is now doing flips and stuff with his 500..and i couldn't take not doing something with him around

so psyched i did it..too bad the video kinda sucks...

[boykintom]

Wow! Nice flying. Maybe now I can work up the nerve to try something similar.

[joyd69]

Now your ready to do flips ...................Where do you fly?

[JettaManDan]

Originally Posted by joyd69

Now your ready to do flips ...................Where do you fly?

they are next on the list! I live in Southern Maryland..Lexington Park..by the Pax river Naval Base...bunch of places i fly here and up in Waldorf...where are you?

Dan

[Luke Warmwater]

Nice m8.....never yet got my helis upside down.....skids always closest to the ground is my plan...lol.

[JettaManDan]

Originally Posted by Luke Warmwater

Nice m8.....never yet got my helis upside down.....skids always closest to the ground is my plan...lol.

The only time before this i got mine upside down was not on purpose and it ended in a crash

i've been very hesitant to try anything..the circumstances were just right..i had practiced it (thank you Phoenix Simulator!!) it was a 450 of mine (and i have 3 flying now) and this was my end of the year fly-in..so got all winter to rebuild it lol! I had mentored a friend a bunch this year about his flying...got him to get a good radio...taught him some programming stuff..and got him to try idle up...he then blew past me in flying real quick...but he tries to fly like every 3 days..and has like 4 500's and a mountain of spare parts..so he doesn't care if he crashes...and that no fear deal has let him progress way faster than me...the time and effort i've put into building stuff has kept me from really going hard and just going for it..and with limited funds a good crash means i'm out of flying for a bit...

so this time was just right..evne i'm amazed i pulled it off....glad i finally did it! I'm hoping by next year to have done more and thrown another one or 2 manuvers into it....i still suck at nose in...and invert even on the sim is like a disaster lol!

[NinjaPlease]

Originally Posted by JettaManDan

they are next on the list! I live in Southern Maryland..Lexington Park..by the Pax river Naval Base...bunch of places i fly here and up in Waldorf...where are you?

Dan

Where in Waldorf do you fly, I'm in Hughesville.

[JettaManDan]

Originally Posted by NinjaPlease

Where in Waldorf do you fly, I'm in Hughesville.

do some flying at the Blue Crabs baseball stadium from time to time...do most of my flying where i live in lexington park...

[spoonerrw]

that was awesome Dan! congratulations

[JettaManDan]

Originally Posted by spoonerrw

that was awesome Dan! congratulations

heh..thanks..was last year.....haven't had much time to take my heli's out this year yet....sold one of my radios and have had to re-set up most of them on a new radio...so taking some time to sort it all out....will try again at some point...

[spoonerrw]

i guess im a day late and a dollar short, lol... didnt realize what the date was . still... it was awesome and i enjoyed seeing it . i have been working on flips and rolls with my mcpx2 on the sim, but not quite yet ready to give it a try for real. im having too much fun zipping around my flying area with it and learning collective management .

[JettaManDan]

Originally Posted by spoonerrw

i guess im a day late and a dollar short, lol... didnt realize what the date was . still... it was awesome and i enjoyed seeing it . i have been working on flips and rolls with my mcpx2 on the sim, but not quite yet ready to give it a try for real. im having too much fun zipping around my flying area with it and learning collective management .

it's hard..i can do all kinds of stuff on the sim..but when it comes to real life and real $$...well....i'm chicken....really i am...the rolls were just the last GTG i had last year with a whole winter ahead to rebuild it if i crashed it...lol! thankfully i didn't....been busy chasing my 4 year old around so time has been short to practice in the real world..i may try them again....i need to do a flip at some point too....what i really need is a better tail gyro..well 6 really! lol!