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Old 06-16-2010 | 03:55 PM
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bauerbach
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Default RE: Does this exist?

Sim will give you the feel, but put some training gear on, and slide it around your garage/driveway for a while, wont take long. if you keep it like... 3" off the ground, with training gear on, your pretty much invincible, finger only on the throttle to cut it off, dont give it any more throttle. if it gets away from you, chop the throttle, as its a CP, unlike FP or Coax, theres no residual lift, you cut the throttle, your pitch is gone, its not a slow decrease as the blades spin down, its an instant drop. training gear makes sure you land flat, and you can reset. its not nearly as scary as it sounds.

worst thing that happens is you let it slide into a wall. but bigger the area you can find, the less risk of that, and again... just cut that throttle, it will stop moving instantly.

now, eventually.... you have to go higher than 3" but once you get to that level, you would beyond any sort of training device. and still, 2' off the ground, your escape is the same, cut that throttle.

reccomend you getting some nice landing gear, I got gorilla gear for my trex450, and it takes hard landings like a champ. Ive broken 3 blades and bent 2 main shafts. you wont stop all damage, but this is insignificant, 4$ per crash, 10minutes in repairs, Im not concerned with that. Im worried more about taking it into a tree and dropping 30ft onto the ground and breaking important, expensive things lol.