ORIGINAL: heliaction
Why is it a common mistake? I am the only one around this neck of the woods that has r/c anything. I bet 90% of people here have not even seen a r/c aircraft. I taught myself to fly, a 22e of all things. I never did the radds, just spent time on the sim and flew the 22e for 7 or 8 months, now i have a V2 Trex and i can fly 3d and hover inverted. I have not crashed the Trex and most of the crashes in the 22e were due to stupid elecs and glitches. So did i make a mistake?? Did it take double the time?? I don't think so but if i took longer SO WHAT!! i and a lot of others here do the best we can and honestly that's why we are here, because we don't have people "at the field" to ask. And as for choice of bird, well it is up to the individual and there requirements, needs, availability of places to fly and not to mention personal choice.
whats funny is because of me more people on my block are starting to purchace Helis and trying to fly, mostly toys but its a start, seems like I have become the expert in the area. Every Sat I go out fron of my house fly up and down the street...do some inverted and I guess a few neighbors have been watching. just the other day I spoke with a guy for over an hour about the bad ass Trex...I have enjoyed learning by myself...