A tip I might give to someone reading this who is learning a tail rotor heli is to use Newton's first law, an object in motion continues in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. With a tail rotor heli this is important because as the heli is in a hover its next move can be in almost any direction but if the heli is moving it takes more force to change the direction of the heli.... an object in motion tends to stay in motion. If you are flying in a straight line the movements are more predictable then if the heli comes to a stop and you then try to continue in a straight line. So when learning to bring a heli nose in it is much easier if you can keep the heli moving forward. Once you come to a stop it then can easily go in a different direction which might not be the direction one intended.

Flying in a figure 8 is good practice but depending on what way you complete the figure 8 is a big difference on how difficult it is. In the picture below if you follow the path of the arrows you will notice that the heli never quite reaches nose in to the pilot. But now fly the same figure 8 backwards and look what happens. Not only does the heli nose in but in does a complete wrap in prospective to the pilot. At first this does not make much sense. But if you take your finger around the 8 and pretend it is the heli and then do it the complete opposite you will see what I am talkintg about. I would recommend someone to practice in the directions of the arrows first. Once mastered than practice in the opposite direction which is a lot more difficult becuase of the position of the nose. Flying in the figure 8 keeps the heli in motion which does help.




-Jamie
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