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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 8/17/2007 1:17:36 PM

LDGILLS

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ORIGINAL: Jaymango

I taught myself. Started about a month ago with trex 450se 401 gyro hs-50 tail servo and Hs-65hb servos 430Xl and 35a. It took me about a week to hover and another week to hover nose in. The next week circuits and week 4 yesterday I did my first loop and roll and didn't crash. Today I did. I need to change set up. I think I learned so quick as I have over 6000 hours in real Heli's though I must say it is alot different

Hm, I think they fly darn close to the real thing. I am dying for a cyclic stick with a twisty throttle for the trex...LOL

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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 8/17/2007 6:03:32 PM

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I taught myself back a few years ago like 1983. I started with a GMP Cobra 50 size nitro, i was able to hover ..fwd flight ..and do loops and rolls. now the chopper is on a shelf for the past 20 years with a broken main gear. NO PARTS TO BE FOUND LOL ... now i am getting a T Rex 450se V2. should be ezer now to relearn with SIMs and online blogs like this. were I live there is not alot of flighers and the clubs are small and mainly all airplanes but i like a chopper so i can fly at home when i have time.

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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 8/17/2007 6:10:44 PM

LDGILLS

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Russ look into the diablo, nice chopper and less money than the trex. I personally think the quality is better.

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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 8/17/2007 6:30:15 PM

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I basically started this hobby not knowing anything about it. I basically taught myself how to fly and hoover. Up to this point I am still on the learning curve of knowing everything. I fly my Trex and 2 of the Falcon 3D's. Just like anybody on this thread I don't know anybody around my place who flies rc heli.

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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 8/19/2007 3:39:58 AM

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i also taught my self with the trex 450 i got it about 4 months ago i also got the g3.5 about 3months ago witch really helped i can now do flips rolls loops inverted hover inverted piros flip roll combos and other low level 3d tricks more than anything it was the sim iwent from a hover to circits in a day with it

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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 8/19/2007 5:02:43 AM

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Count me in on this post. I'm still learning to fly, but can't get anyone else to join with me. Anyone I do know, I never seen them fly. Finally got G2 & now G3.5 with a lot of addons and been working the FF flight with correctly learning to turn. The sim helps a lot. Can't see trying this for the first time on the real thing now. First time was on a Blade CP. Talk about baptism by fire. Made learn me how & what is what on a helicopter. Now assembling and building a Trex 450 SE. Can't wait to fly it, but I ain't rushing it either. I had/have my experience with the 2 current helis I have now. At least from the posts, I can somewhat timeline myself on how far most take to learn. I been at for about 2-3 months now. More into right now then a few weeks ago.

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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 9/17/2007 2:52:51 AM

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i got my first heli at Christmas time. i got a blade cp pro but had NO idea how to fly any type of Rc thing

Coast me about $200 in parts before i got the concept, Sims where too much money for me (i am only 14).

Now i am pushing a honey bee king 2 with the B/L upgrade to its limits.

My next investment will be a trex 600

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That’s my story and im sticken to it.

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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 9/17/2007 2:58:53 AM

shadow flyer

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hay russ, check this out

http://www.1017.org/competitor/cobra.html

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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 9/17/2007 10:08:27 PM

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I saw a cx2 being flown around my LHS. Purchase one for my dad for x-mass, then got one for my self a few weeks later. I taught my self to fly the cx2 & taught my dad as well. He gets a little overzellous at times & a tree has been cut down to get his back(wish I had that one on video). The cx2 is a great trainer in my opinion & other than an early 4 in 1 failure, It's been a great bird & still get a blast flying it around,over,under. So I got the bug, My ground based RC's just set on the shelf collecting dust. I went straight to the T-rex 450 sa w/ a dx6. Based on the advise of others. WOW, what a learning curve. A 3d heli is a different world, ccpm/pitch/etc. I sware my brain hurt for three days just trying to get a grasp of what does what. FINLESS & his video's were a great help to me. (heli freaks is a great web site to check out & join. I have not had an idle-up flight yet, but I am getting their. Every flight I learn something new about my self & the bird, with a smile on my face. Even when the ground gets in my way. Just gives me a chance to drink a beer in peace & not have to think about all the other crap the world has to offer.

God give me the strenght to accept the things I can not change.
The courage to change the things I can.
The wisdom to know the difference between the two.

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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 9/18/2007 2:37:50 PM

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For me it's been two years self taught, three helis and dozens of crashes and rebuilds!

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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 9/18/2007 3:37:19 PM

theDonDon

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I am self taught as well, been in this for about one and a half years. I have a friend a few blocks away who fly's helis but we don't go out much, everyones busy with kids and work. He is the only person I have met that flys helis. My sim aerofly pro is priceless, it seems that once you nail the basics your away. I started on DF4, then walkera E22, now the Trex XL upgraded to all SE components over the last year. Things at this point are getting really cool, I just got inverted hover nailed and am doing quite a bit of FF inverted. It's bizarre that after about 60 hrs sim time you start recovering the heli by instinct. I mean completely bent out of shape, lost your orientation, its upside down spinning on two axis and you move the sticks and there she is in hover-- for me this is when flying really became "fun", where before I was always a nervous wreck. Last week I had the REX in inverted hover 20 feet away and started a fast piro then nailed the collective and off she went sraight up spinning inverted, I think thats when a person says"I can't believe I just did that and didn't crash", a year ago I could barely manage FF. So it's all about time and patience, do what you feel comfortable doing and if you want to push it keep it high.
best of luck

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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 12/6/2007 2:39:11 AM

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Self taught, started with a coax, went to a fixed pitch, about two months I wanted bigger. I can hover and minimal controled forward flight. Bought a Belt CP ,and contrary to many reports it is awesome, crashed and rebuilit with fairly little swearing, Im building a Swift 16 for my X-Mas present. The batteries are a pain in the A#$ though. I really cant compare to nitro since I have no experience but this charging balancing stuff is driving me crazy!

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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 12/6/2007 5:30:54 PM

gixxernoob

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I started a year ago w/a Blade CX2 then after 2 weeks I bought the CPpro then after spending a lot from upgrades, and crashes. My .02 kick in and got the Trex 450SE and V2's and after that I finally sold all of them except for the Cx2. Now I have the Trex600e which is in my opinion is a bit slower than my 450's. It took a while from me to learn but I'm still learning. I'm not planning on doing 3d since I know it will cost a lot of $$$.. for now I'm happy with sport flying...

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RE: Who all taught themselves how to fly? - 12/14/2007 6:07:11 AM

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Probably a typical story. Spent all winter on the CSM flight simulator while at the same time rebuilding a used X-Cell 60 helicopter I bought. When spring rolled around, I did some hovering and setup for the first 6 flights, then transitioned to forward flight and circuits on the 7th flight. I only had two incidents in the first 70 flights. One an auto rotation and the other a botched attempt at a loop with insufficient head speed.

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