ORIGINAL: BarracudaHockey
Some. The concept of control reversal while its coming at you will be second nature and that will be a big help. Realizing your left thumb controls more than the throttle will help set you apart from most fixed wing pilots as well
Haha. I've been running cars for decades so the concept of control reversal is second nature in my mind. I am finding some difficulty in getting the heli to do what I want when it's facing me though, something that doesn't happen with my cars. My thumb seems to forget entirely about that when there's no wheels on the vehicle.
But you should definately get help, there's quite a few differences, the cost of driving there and back will still probably be less than taking a 40 size plane home in a dustbuster when the realiazation hits that no matter how good you are at flying around, you have to land at some point.
Well of course. I wasn't suggesting I could completely replace buddyboxing with a micro heli.
I'm just curious as to how much I'm learning on the heli will translate into when I first fly the plane.