Folks,

Thought I'd share my VERY simple intermediate training gear with you.

I call it - "Freddys Cross" - as it looks like a Cross when looked down from above the heli...

For the beginners who are feeling a little confident but just not sure if they should remove the full training gear yet or not.. Here is my very simple idea.

It simply consists of a 50cm (or similar) length of 4mm carbon rod, secured to the front landing gear with 2 cable ties.
The rod goes perpendicular to the fuselage on the front part of the skids and forms left/right stability whilst utilizing the tail fin and body balance for the forward/back stabilization.

The rod simply slides out of the cable ties for easy transport and then the cable ties are placed back over the landing gear when ready and the rod pushed through to make the landing gear ready to use in an instant.

I found this method excellent as the rod is above the skids, thus most of the time making me land on the actual skids and building my confidence. Then on the odd time you are a little rough, the rod is there for that unexpected sideways movement.

When you finish with the landing gear altogether - keep the rod and the cable ties in your tool box as you never know when you may need them if you don't trust someone who's about to fly your heli for the first time and the rod comes in handy to push a new tail belt down the tail boom - lol

Anyway - Hope you find it usefull if not already aware of this method...