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Steve R.

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From: "Steve R." <srhode...@comcast.net>

Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 21:51:26 -0500

Local: Fri, May 16 2008 10:51 pm

Subject: Re: what's the history of 3D flying?

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"Beav" <beavis.origi...@ntlwoxorld.com> wrote in message

news:2RLTj.98374$h65.58920@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net...

> No, but they did do "conventional" aerobatics. Loops, rolls, stall turns
> and a combination of the three. The main "thrust" was for people to fly a
> helicopter as a close emulation of a fixed wing plane as possible, so
> perfectly round loop (at a constant speed) and perfectly axial rolls (at a
> constant altitude) were deemd the pinacle of control and in lots of
> people's eyes, still are. there's a majesty and grace seeing a helicopter
> fly the FAI manoeuvres that can't possibly be copied in a 3D
> demonstration.

> --
> Beav

There's a precision to FAI style flying that "most" 3Der's never achieve.
However, I've seen a "few" 3Der's that did their routines in a relatively
slow and much more controlled fashion that were a true pleasure to watch.
The hard core stick bangers have their appeal at times, just from a thrill
point of view, but I'm much more impressed with whose who are obviously
"flying" the bird through it's paces in a manner that I can actually see
what it's doing.

The funny part for me is, in the past few years, I've had several folks come
up and compliment those of us that fly more of an FAI style on how smooth
the bird looks or how fast they were flying, etc. It's not that I'm that
great of a pilot but I am competent within the limits of how "I" like to
fly. It's just that these folks had never seen a helicopter do anything but
flip and tumble around. Seeing one flying flat out in forward flight and
stretching out a series of rolls across the full length of the RC field was
totally different for them and they were unaware of just how fast a model
helicopter can fly. I guess it all depends on what you're used to seeing
but it almost feels sometimes like the pendulum is starting to swing back
the other way a bit!

Fly Safe,
Steve R.

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