well, does anyone? any chance that you'd be interested in giving some lessons? just a few to get me comfortable I think is all I need.

Sure i'll fly one of YOURS! hehehe

take a look at Strictly RC in Norridge. The specialize in electric flight. That's the majority of their customer base. They have a field right next door where they walk out the door and over to run heli's.

http://strictlyrc.net

I'm sure of you called and talked to Jim, mention I told you about it here, he'd set up a special one on one session with you.

Thanks man! I called up there, Jim wasn't in, the guy said he'd probably be good with a hand, I'll check back next week... (if I don't crash it by then)

Strat, Here's a link to a great training site. It may seem very slow and repetative, but it is intended to train beginner pilots to have the confidence and basic skills needed to start flying.

RADD'S SCHOOL OF ROTARY FLIGHT

If this is going to be your first heli, i would recommend the blade cx,
counter rotating blades. much easier to fly.
Plus they are inexpensive, 165.00 rtf. complete battteries charger, are included

he has 1 cx a blade cp and 2 axe cp's (I think)

Newguy - I've been all over Radd's for a couple of weeks, I like that guy calling me a maggot, it reminds me of boot camp

SlowRevo - I started with the CX (don't know if that was good or not) now, I've got that and a couple of CP's that I'm working on... I am looking at the Heli-max 450XS, can you get hold of one?

(I did get a short hover this morning )

What ya not gonna let me fly one?

yeah, I'll let you try the CX.. when I get better, you can give the CP's a shot if you want...

Cool! I'll bring my helmet so I don't put my eye out! LMFAO

Lol!

Wow... i havent been on here for a while... i just took out my tc4 out today because it was nice, so i decided to check out the forum.

I have a blade cp i got it for christmas two years ago. i have gone through a lot of parts but it was worth it. just make sure that you get the training gear, it will save you soooo much money. and just be ballsy with the throttle, and make as little movements as necessary for moving around.

my problem when i started is that i would give it barely any throttle and then make to much stick movement so it would just kinda lean over and the blades would strike the ground and get screwed up(making it even harder to fly lol). I can fly for about 1-2 minutes, which doesnt seem like much, but i'm pretty damn proud of that after only being able to have it off the ground for 3 seconds when i first started.

I'm learning to fly helicopters, because I want it for bash and race video recording. I bought Real Flight g3.5 and it is SOOOOO worth the money! They have lessons to watch and alot of heli's to try out. Breaking the heli on the pc is alot cheaper then real life. The only thing I can tell yo so far from what I've learned is slow stick movements and always piont the tail at you. It's so much easier to control, after you get comfortable with that try taking off with the nose at you and keep the heli low. It gets alot harder with the nose at you, after you get that fly low altitude circles (kind of like circles you would make with your 4 wheeled vechile). After that I'd say you pretty much got it and can try higher altitude fater flight. but if you ever lose it try to bring the tail back at you and correct. Its always the easiest way to control. I've saved it alot of ways on the pc that way. But I was going to buy the cp pro, but I flew a similiar style heli on the sim and the heli is some small and agile it was extremely difficult to control, at last steady enough to get good video. A .30 sized heli was a bit easier, better yet bigger then that was alot easier. The bigger size makes movements slower and easier to adjust for. I think the blade cp and pro are designed to be acrobat specific. Not trainer specific. Also keep the dual rate off, that helps a bit. REMEMBER: tail at you!

Whitey - I'm almost thinking you may be on the right track... my computer puked a motherboard so I've avoided the sim... I'm thinking now, just go buy a damned laptop and the sim and do it there, the money saved in parts should be about the same as I spend on the simulater... besides that, when I get to the 3D part, the simulator will be great for that...

stratcat: your absolutely right, alot cheaper.

you know what dude? I was very frustrated with the heli thing last night, I stopped by the LHS on the way home and shot the shit with Ken... we played on the sim a bit and talked about heli's... last night when I got home, I threw the thing out in the front yard with a do or die 'tude... well, I did.. I put the sob up in the air and hovered wherever I wanted! BAM!!! The T-rex is getting ordered today!

I think my problem was too big a heli for too little room (my living room)... give me some space and I'm doing fine...