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Steve R.

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

Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 22:05:35 -0500

Local: Fri, May 23 2008 11:05 pm

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

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"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" <skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net> wrote in
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> A lot of times the guys I fly with will say something like "That was
> some pretty agressive flying, but pretty smooth too.." when I land..
> I like to be as precise as I can.. Loops are pretty round on a
> consistent basis and I can hold altitude through 6-7 consecutive rolls
> (which are pretty axial to both sides FINALLY!)

I've had similar comments. My favorite occurance happened at a fun-fly that
was "overrun" with rather agressive 3Der's. I used one of the cones we use
for FAI practice and just did some hover exercises around it. I like to do
nose-in circles around it and it's fun to knock it over and then used the
skids to set it upright again. I flew most of that tank of fuel doing that
with a few laps around the sky, auto's, etc. when the 3Der's gave me room
to. After the flight, I was carrying the bird back to the pit area and some
guy came up to me and was "singing my praises" on how impressed he was with
the flight. It was embarrasing as I didn't think I was doing anything that
great but he sure enjoyed it and that was good to know. Anyway, the funny
part was the look on all the 3D type flyers standing behind him that were
looking at him like he was crazy or something. They simply didn't get the
fact that he'd never seen a model helicopter in anything resembling a
precision hover before. I'll always remember their look, it was just too
funny at the time.

> My inverted circuits are still a bit "fuzzy" but I've been doing
> pretty good on my outside loops and "inside outside" cubans 8s..

> Backwards inverted is still befuddling me, but my invered hovers are
> pretty solid now... Still haven't got the "brass" to cut grass, but I
> will at sometime this summer..

Likewise. I'm feeling a lot more confident with sustained inverted flight
but I'm still thinking about it too much. I fell out of a kaos the other
day, got disoriented with it and almost plowed it "big time" until I
realized I was inverted and punched full negative about 20 feet off the
ground. The frustrating part is, I can do most of this stuff
(forward/backwards, inverted and right side up) on the sim. Doing it in
real life is just not in the works for now, but I'm working on it! :-)

Fly Safe,
Steve R.

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