found a interest, strange for me could be fleeting

[cornish]

i had a feeling you would like it, glad it made you laugh

[Zaf]

it did, I like your sense of humour 

I honestly dont think Ive laughed like that for months and months 

[cornish]

it can be a little twisted and abstract at time though

thats wonderful my dear, glad i could do that for you   really made me feel better about my self knowing that,  thank you

[Zaf]

I have a strange sense of humour sometimes :)

Thats great,  you've made us both feel better  %$%

christ you wouldnt think I'm a touch typist with all those typos!

[cornish]

 

suppose it is.

if it wasn't for spell checker every other word for me would be a typo 

[Zaf]

Ive been a touch typist since the early 80's so I ought to be able to do it OK!

I wouldnt know where to start with anything electrical, we all have our own skills :)

[lost rolex]

Blar for the rain had a little fly this morning with the small one but a gust of breeze blew it into next doors garden and i had to ask for my helicopter back !!!, it was handed over and they glanced at the patio table table and spied the biggy sitting there, anyway the sock on the washing line dropped, green for go, the big bird took off i was trimming like mad but the bloody thing would not hover still, donned glasses re read the instructions took off again and for some unknown reason managed a full lap of my garden and a bit worryingly there garden and the other neighbors as well.

hell knows how i did it it was all over in a flash from take off to landing. our poodle was trying to attack it while it was in the air but as soon as it landed he shot off like a worried french ponce he is,


good job that throttles trimmed otherwise it would have been on the roof, next door popped the heads out to have a look and shot back in,

not only have they got a large helicopter flying around there garden, but it's operated by the guy they affectionately call psycho.

[Zaf]

that does sound fun :)

[cornish]

getting the initial set up is always the worst thing about them. occasional re trim and general maintenance and she will serve you well

if that was your first proper flight with the biggie outside then you did bloody well, there not easy to fly.    well done mate i think you might just be a natural,  question is how was the landing, i always found that interesting to say the least
love the dog description :)

i bet there loving you now then, the noise is enough to scare most people.
all you need to do is buy a huey chopper, get a bb cannon for it and play ride of the valkyries nice n load. haha

[lost rolex]

getting the initial set up is always the worst thing about them. occasional re trim and general maintenance and she will serve you well

if that was your first proper flight with the biggie outside then you did bloody well, there not easy to fly.    well done mate i think you might just be a natural,  question is how was the landing, i always found that interesting to say the least
love the dog description :)

i bet there loving you now then, the noise is enough to scare most people.
all you need to do is buy a huey chopper, get a bb cannon for it and play ride of the valkyries nice n load. haha

that's right about the set up a real pain, you have to be in the right frame to try it, luckily i am in methodical mood enough to drive my wife mad, i check and re check she has said that's she's taking the remote to work for her morning job just to be safe, you never know with me. the landing was a bit like cut power &$%+e it's falling push on and caught it just at the right moment almost on it's own cushion of air, it landed square on it's rubbers, i think i may invest in a Xcross take off and landing aid, sit's like a big cross under the undercarriage with 4 orange plastic balls on each corner, only 2 flights today that came to anything but i have the 3 channel to play with indoors  ,


Have you seen the Tanks they look very well urm a bit boring but strangely alluring to me as they just trundling along, a kind of mellow moment in the world of RC, in fact there a RC for most moods,

Thanks for the + comments Cornish you are inspiring me  />.

that does sound fun :)

Zaf get the small indoor one they do distract for a while and there so small and cute you tend to nurture them while flying around, in fact for me it's great therapy 6 mins max concentration or less if you want, i just keep it fully charged off the USB and off we go when i feel a black cloud approaching,

LR 

[Zaf]

I think the dogs would either be terrified or try to catch it 

I'll leave the excitement to you guys but will love to hear the details of the next flight :)

[cornish]

that good that your methodical.  the learning cross will take a lot of the beating out of your learning landings,  they way i learnt to land was to put down 4 metal disks i made up at work with the centers marked and then have those lined up to the training balls, land as close as possible to havein them lined up, then take off and  do a little manouver, mine was a figure of 8 around the bloody huge washing line pole and then land at 90 degrees to the take off and keep going round like that, make the flights inbetween a bit longer and more complex each time, try and include a stationary hover ever so often,  just get the basics mastered.    then change it up to a large disk with the H  helecopter sign and be a bit geeky  

sorry dont want to try and tell you what seems like stuff you already know


i brought a damaged tank and took the gun off that and attached it to my chopper.  when it arrived from ebay i was in awe, just a shame nothing on it at all worked,  got the gun going though .
i also made a small latch system from a servo moter from the tank that would hold a little bomb on the bottom of the chopper, ready for me to drop i did intend to make a little winch for the bottom of it too but never finished that project

from my limited play with the dead tank it did look like far too much fun, irresponsible fun     the only things that seem tame rc wise are the sailing boats.

[lost rolex]

Well a nice controlled sort of lap of the living room and a figure of 8 ish that was more like a 6 you draw in reception class, landings are getting better, still buggering a little with the trimming, but i need height because of the downdraft, all in all a good days flying, and it even doesn't bother me when i get it wrong like i will try try again, but it's channeling this through the copter instead of pushing my body to it's limits.

LR

[Zaf]

Sounds good :)