Doinked the Venture
06-18-2002 | 12:46 PM
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From: Central (Farm Country),
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Doinked the Venture
Finally got the courage to try an auto last night.
The first one went ok, I actually did it. I put it up a few hundred feet, hit the throttle hold,put full down collective in, kept my forward speed up just a little, brought it straight in, flared at the bottom and landed. I still had just a little forward speed when I landed but she didn't tip, no damage; Success !!
Well, I decided I better try one from the other direction. But, this time I thought I'm going to flare a little sooner and bring it straight down. On my first one my blades still had allot of energy in them I didn't use ( still spinning hard ). I came in did ever thing the same but, I still didn't flare enough and hit the ground a little hard. The blades came down and hit the tail boom.
Damage: tail boom $12, Main blades $30, one of the FLYBAR CONTROL ARMs cracked $13, Horizontal fin $3 Total = $58 . I had all this stuff in the $50 crash kit from heliproz except the Flybar control arm.
This was probably the first time I REALLY wished I had another (more experienced) heli pilot there to talk me through the maneuver.
OH Well, at least I did one correctly.
The first one went ok, I actually did it. I put it up a few hundred feet, hit the throttle hold,put full down collective in, kept my forward speed up just a little, brought it straight in, flared at the bottom and landed. I still had just a little forward speed when I landed but she didn't tip, no damage; Success !!
Well, I decided I better try one from the other direction. But, this time I thought I'm going to flare a little sooner and bring it straight down. On my first one my blades still had allot of energy in them I didn't use ( still spinning hard ). I came in did ever thing the same but, I still didn't flare enough and hit the ground a little hard. The blades came down and hit the tail boom.
Damage: tail boom $12, Main blades $30, one of the FLYBAR CONTROL ARMs cracked $13, Horizontal fin $3 Total = $58 . I had all this stuff in the $50 crash kit from heliproz except the Flybar control arm.
This was probably the first time I REALLY wished I had another (more experienced) heli pilot there to talk me through the maneuver.
OH Well, at least I did one correctly.
06-18-2002 | 02:45 PM
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From: PasigMetro Manila, PHILIPPINES
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Attaboy!!!!
As soon as you get the heli back together, don't stop now less you lose your nerve to try again.
As for trying autos from either side, best stick to a headwind auto first. Doing autos with a tailwind will definetely be harder and may result in a "ooops" if you're not ready for it.
As soon as you get the heli back together, don't stop now less you lose your nerve to try again.
As for trying autos from either side, best stick to a headwind auto first. Doing autos with a tailwind will definetely be harder and may result in a "ooops" if you're not ready for it.
