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Old 11-02-2010 | 09:07 AM
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Default RE: Simple rule for head-in hovering

What I love about the human body is it's ability to learn, adapt, develop muscle memory and overcome challenges..

I still remember as clear as day.. a few months ago, hovering my first CP heli and when I turned it towards me having a HUGE surge of adrenalin as I realised I was on the brink of losing orientation and control...

My fingers felt like they had frozen and were made of lead and it almost seemed overwhelmingly difficultto control this little helicopter..

Today, Flying my TREX 450 Clone, I had no conscious thought of what my fingers are doing... I can just put that helicopter where I want it.. I look at it and it just happens... almost subconsciously..

I hover nose in with noawareness of what my fingers are doing.. regardless of wind direction.. the responses and corrections to drift just come automatically now.

Flying it today.. I realised that flying an RC helicopter has finally become the way I always imagined it would be as a child, just easy and fun...

I learned to fly real helicopters many years ago.. and did all my training in 4 months.. at the beginning I could not even hover... just 6 months later I was flying a high performance Police Helicopter operationally..

It always fascinated me what had changed... There was no physical change in my body, nor was there any chemical change that could be detected by any known measuring instrument..

the only thing that changed was the muscle memories that my body had aqcuired... the same thing happens with driving a car, riding a bicycle and flying RC planes and Helis...

Just amazing... the ability of the human body to learn!