Heli-Chair helicopter flight training device

"B4RT" wrote in message
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"Jim" wrote in message
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It helps to have one of the RC helicopter distributors be a sponser too.
When a single light crash cost over $600 you tend to be a bit
conservative.
I don't fly RC any more, the real thing is cheaper and easier.

Don't know where you get that cheaper stuff., it probably costs $800 just
to start the one I fly.

Bart


Agreed! I've looked into the full size birds, would LOVE to get a
rotorcraft add-on to my fixed wing Private pilots license but just can't
afford it. :-( Or at least I'm not willing to forgo other activities and
interests in order to afford it. I could do it if all I wanted to do was
sit around the house and eat PB&J sandwiches for the duration. ;-)

I guess it depends on what he's calling a "light" crash. I'm flying top
line models and what I call a light crash will cost me "maybe" $200. A $600
crash would be a pretty big deal.

Fly Safe,
Steve R.

"plasticguy" wrote in message
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`Hi Steve,
Once you got over the fear of paying for parts, it wasn't that tough.
The sad thing about it is having a 14 year old punk kid show you how easy
it is.

It is humiliating to have them show you what they can do, I saw this kid
do a rolling
circle for a warm up.

Scott.


I know what you mean! :-D

Fly Safe,
Steve R.

"Heli-Chair" wrote in message
ups.com...
you are right, but not 100%. it isn't the ONLY attitude that works
with the chair, it's just that the nose-in attitude is impossible
without lots of practice!

I hovered nose-in on about my fourth or fifth tank. Not a pretty hover mind
you, but a controlled one. But then I'd invested many hours in a PC r/c
heli sim that I'm convinced saved me thousands in newbie mistakes. I found
it's just a conceptual thing, and I quickly learnt to disassociate myself
with the model, and be able to think from the model's perspective.

Nice idea for the chair, something I've wanted to do for PC flight sims for
a long time. But I have one reservation: when flying my r/c helis I never,
ever sit down. It would be the worst feeling in the world knowing you have
to move quickly to get out the way if something breaks, like a servo horn or
a push rod.

Si