Edwinssiv
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Joined: 12/29/2007
From: Rio Rancho,
NM, USA
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Well...ok....I planned on getting out to some open space so I can really fly a little harder than my backyard...I wanted to work on my FF and FFF...maybe attempt a loop and some rolls in FF. I pack up all my batteries, pack the heli in my mini tote, check the radio, pack it, load up all my tools in my field box and head out the door.
So I cruise up the road about 10 minutes from my house where there is lots of open space out on the mesa. I look for a nice place to park, see there is a woman with her 2 dogs so I continue on down find a nice little crossroad where I can park, have a level take off point and not block any possible traffic if for some strange reason it comes out here in the middle of no where... I unpack my heli, radio, do my pre-flight check, and load up a battery on the heli. I lay down my welcome mat that I fly off of...look to make sure the woman with the 2 dogs is no where in sight. I hear calling her dogs but she is headed the other way...good  I can fly with no problems from her or her animals. Up I go! I start with one of the 12C packs just to warm up and fly some circuits, check the breeze conditions, etc...they can't handle idle up but they fly in normal fine.
So here I am...the middle of the desert. 10 city blocks from civilization, having a good ole time flying back and forth, small stall turns, a little hovering...I am getting toward the end of my pack when my peripheral vision picks up a mini van driving on a dirt road in front on me...still a ways away but just in case I decide to land. And...of course...this person decides to drive right down to the area I am flying in. Good thing I landed. So I pick up my TRex and move back to my SUV while I wait for them to pass...I start getting a second battery ready and I hear the van come to a stop...Well...this woman gets out with her 2 dogs and starts telling me "Oh don't worry. They're friendly" They do what dogs do and come bounding over to me, sniffing every thing, me my vehicle, trying to sniff the heli...I gently nudge them back and put myself between them and my precious heli...I turn around and she has parked right where I am flying from...not a foot from my welcome mat landing pad...I can't believe this!  This idiot chooses this spot, in this huge, wide open space to park and walk her dogs!!!!! 
Ok...no biggie...I pack up and decide to move else where. I drive back the way I came in....the first lady with 2 dogs is now on her way right near the second area I was going to fly...no biggie...I just keep going. I get a little closer to where I live and find a great hill that is being worked on for a future development and decide this is a great spot to fly from...I can fly with my heli in front of the mountains and be able to see the whole city of Albuquerque in front of me. I get out and start unloading when I see a small burrowing owl on a bush not to far from me. She takes off and flies away. Good, I don't have to worry about her thinking my TRex is fair game to bomb out of the sky.
Then I hear it...a baby owl calling out for it's mother. Oh Great!  I decide to have cigarette and go see if it is really a baby owl. So I walk up the hill to the bush and sure enough...it starts calling out again....this time momma sees me and starts trying to distract me and make me follow her...so I walk toward her and get about 5' and off she flies farther down the hill and starts with the follow me call she has. I walk back to the car and decide I am going to fly out another pack any way. Load up another one and up I go...now this did not sit too well with momma owl. She came flying back up and started circling the area I am flying at. I am a big animal lover so I did not want to injure her if she decided to attack the TRex and I sure did not need to have my RC heli covered in blood and feathers...so I packed it up and came back home...just not my day
Hope you all are having better luck than I am  Sorry about the long post...
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RE: Member Daily Flight Rreports - 
The sun was out early.. 4am in the morning when i saw a glimpse of sun's rays outside. I snoozed for a little bit and finally got up at 6 am... hmmm its suddenly cloudy outside.. I did more hovering with my BH and felt really good without training gears.. I decided to flip the switch making sure i got my pitch to at least zero.. up my BH went after applying a little bit of positive pitch.. Wooooohhh! i was hovering on idle up! 
my last 2 packs lasted 7 minutes each on idle up, not bad time don't you think?..