Full scale training

[Andy Fell]

Ey up,

Have any of you R/C heli folks here completed a PPL(H).. Or perhaps
already have a PPL(H) and taken up R/C helis.?

I just had a go in an R22 and had the ride of my life! :-)))

Got it into a successful steady hover (all controls) after 5 mins of
trying so was very pleased with myself... now I've got the bug :)

Is it worth taking up properly, or should I forget it now - if I
respect my bank balance? :) it's probably about 10k UKP worth of
training.

What are the experiences of you guys out there who have done it? I
realise this is a very open ended question... but lets face it there
haven't been very many interesting conversations on here recently :)

Andy F

[Roy]

"Andy Fell" <andy_fell@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> David,
>
> Believe me I'd love to..... Just one problem (as you're not aware) I
> live in Cambridge in the East Anglian fenland area... if you can find
> a hill here to jump off, please tell me where :-)

There is a hanggliding school in your neck of the woods,
they tow / aerotow.
check out http://www.bhpa.co.uk/menu/index.htm
(from http://www.bhpa.co.uk )

Have done PPL D/A, have share in a Duo Discus, have to agree, Hanggliding,
you just can't beat it.
(16 years, 600+ hours in HG)
Roy

[Boo]

> The buzz is not quite the same a heli but it's not far off (in terms
> of pleasure per pound).

I want one of those Moller Supercars :-)

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Boo

[Andy Fell]

>
>They're also only good fun when you're down low and "playing". Tootling
>along at 80mph is about as boring as things gets and the Robbie is pretty
>restrictive when it comes to take off limits. IIRC, it's about 28knots max
>and we get a LOT of days when the sind is stronger than that.

What, you mean you can't do a chaos launch and a drunken sailor? :-D

Andy

[Beav]

"Andy Fell" <andy_fell@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >They're also only good fun when you're down low and "playing". Tootling
> >along at 80mph is about as boring as things gets and the Robbie is pretty
> >restrictive when it comes to take off limits. IIRC, it's about 28knots
max
> >and we get a LOT of days when the sind is stronger than that.
>
> What, you mean you can't do a chaos launch and a drunken sailor? :-D

You can try, but only if the wind isn't blowing harder than 28knots :-)



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