Ok what's next???

[Jeep_Angler]

I have hovering in all orientations, forward flight, fast forward flight, piros, and 180 degree stall turns pretty much under control with no problems. I am ready to learn the fun stuff now. My question is: what should be next on my list?

- Inverted flight
- Backwards flight
- Loops and rolls

I have been on the SIM a lot lately trying to do inverted hovering and backwards flight. It is getting frustrating!!! PITA!!! :mad: LOL

Anyone have any tips, guidelines or rules of thumb for the flight patterns listed above?

Thanks,
Greg

[fiveoboy01]

Inverted flight, because that's another orientation, and I'd think you should follow that with upright backwards/sideways flight, then inverted flight in all directions.

Get crackin:)

[clicky]

I was told that stall turns (180deg) are just intro into loops: you go into vertical, and... just keep going on keeping forward speed (and 0 pitch). And that is a loop! LOL

What I have done, on the other hand, that I have chickened out and when it was upside down I just punched more negative pitch and made a flip... LOL

Even worse - I couldn't have done proper stall turn without much stress until later...

So, practically I did it in this order:

A flip.

A loop.

and then a nice controlled stall turn! LOL

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When we are talking about inverted flying on the sim - I have noticed I wasn't doing things in the right order: over there flips are so simple and I learned inverted hover only nose in! LOL. Inverted tail in is still very hard for me to stay in for any longer then couple of seconds or so...

[Chinookmark]

Flips and rolls will help you out learning inverted. When you get comfortable with stationary rolls, you can pause halfway through a roll inverted. When your knees and fingers start to shake, just finish the roll. I got real comfortable with flips and rolls in every direction first, now when I mess up my inverted flight, I can punch out in any direction. Start practicing high to give yourself time to recover.

I know a lot of people say practice on the sim like you're really flying, but sometimes cut loose and get stoopid with it. Pretend it's a video game with a reset button and see what kind of crazy things you can make the helicopter do. I learned to recover from just about any attitude. When anyone says I'm a good pilot, I tell them that I'm a bad pilot, just really good at saving it.

[clicky]

Great post Chinookmark! :)