justin, yep, you might better try another motor first, especially if it goes hot on spoolups.
Copperdudes
(and anyone else who can help),
how did you move out of hover into FF. I have heard of slow ff to one side the a half piro and back and forth progressing farther, faster and wider until your fly big fig 8's....alternatively I have heard to fly in a circle around yourself in one direction and then the other before doing fig 8's....I have flow pretty far and fast forward and backwards away and twords myself, but i am nervious about incorporating turns into FF. How did all of you start out with FF...any advice would be gfreatly appriciated.
i started ff by flying circles around myself, more or less tail in at first, then turn the tail to follow the nose. then i actually started turning by doing a semi-stall turn. it'll fly from left to right in front of me (master side in first), then pull up to about 30~45 degree, and swing the tail around, no collective change, no aileron control, much easier, since a turn needs all 4 controls.