test a new trainer

[dingo]

I have a simple drawing of a new trainer online. I dont have a heli (NOT
YET). But can you give my your comments.
with this sort of trainer i want to learn to hover(in the future ). Without
trashing blades.
With a trainer landing gear it is still possible with my method not cause
the heli never hit the ground.
the helis i have in mind are the indoor models like hummingbird gws picco
etc..
I dont think you can use this method with a larger heli

http://users.pandora.be/arnulf/trainer_hummingbird.htm

TM

[S-Man]

dingo wrote:

> I have a simple drawing of a new trainer online. I dont have a heli (NOT
> YET). But can you give my your comments.
> with this sort of trainer i want to learn to hover(in the future ). Without
> trashing blades.
> With a trainer landing gear it is still possible with my method not cause
> the heli never hit the ground.
> the helis i have in mind are the indoor models like hummingbird gws picco
> etc..
> I dont think you can use this method with a larger heli
>
> http://users.pandora.be/arnulf/trainer_hummingbird.htm
>
> TM

You'ld be much better off learing on a simulator like Reflex or RealFlight.

Then when you want to start flying the real thing, stay away from the
small electrics as they are expensive and difficult to fly. They're not
very stable. A 30 size makes a decent inexpensive trainer.

I think with the setup you suggest, you would find that leashing the
bird would make it very unhappy, quickly resulting in a tangled up mess
the instant your rotor comes in contact with the fishing wire. And it
will happen.

..S.

[Helicraz]

I gave up my micro to get a Raptor 30. Wasted a bunch of $.

Crashing is part and parcel of this hobby.

Kudos to those who can fly a micro... it is certainly not easy.

S-Man wrote:
> dingo wrote:
>
>> I have a simple drawing of a new trainer online. I dont have a heli (NOT
>> YET). But can you give my your comments.
>> with this sort of trainer i want to learn to hover(in the future ).
>> Without
>> trashing blades.
>> With a trainer landing gear it is still possible with my method not cause
>> the heli never hit the ground.
>> the helis i have in mind are the indoor models like hummingbird gws picco
>> etc..
>> I dont think you can use this method with a larger heli
>>
>> http://users.pandora.be/arnulf/trainer_hummingbird.htm
>>
>> TM
>
>
> You'ld be much better off learing on a simulator like Reflex or RealFlight.
>
> Then when you want to start flying the real thing, stay away from the
> small electrics as they are expensive and difficult to fly. They're not
> very stable. A 30 size makes a decent inexpensive trainer.
>
> I think with the setup you suggest, you would find that leashing the
> bird would make it very unhappy, quickly resulting in a tangled up mess
> the instant your rotor comes in contact with the fishing wire. And it
> will happen.
>
> .S.

[Joe Bill]

I learned on Realflight, and then went to a Raptor 50V2 hooked up with a
Rotopod ($60 for the one with carbon fiber legs). The Rotopod was a savior
many times over, probably saving me at least 10 crashes (although I learned
it won't protect you when you crash sideways into the ground after rolling
90 degrees).

With your diagram for a training rig, I think the only crash it would avoid
would be the one where you barrel-roll around the line and end up hanging
upside down, and I doubt you'd run into this much while training. Most of
your crashes while learning to hover I think would result in you crashing
straight down into the line strung between the poles when you chop the
throttle in a panic or tilting one way or another such that your rotor
blades chop the line.


"dingo" <dingo@pandora.be> wrote in message
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> I have a simple drawing of a new trainer online. I dont have a heli (NOT
> YET). But can you give my your comments.
> with this sort of trainer i want to learn to hover(in the future ).
Without
> trashing blades.
> With a trainer landing gear it is still possible with my method not cause
> the heli never hit the ground.
> the helis i have in mind are the indoor models like hummingbird gws picco
> etc..
> I dont think you can use this method with a larger heli
>
> http://users.pandora.be/arnulf/trainer_hummingbird.htm
>
> TM
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