What have I gotten myself into

[ChasCS]

Great little heli

I hope you have or Phoenix to help you learn with...? Or a small quad to practice muscle memory with.
You've picked quite a powerful little handful to begin this journey, but if you stay over carpet and grass you should be ok.

Keep a first aid kit and 911 in the speed dial!! Smile
Keep at least ten feet back, tail in... go slow.
Keep your chin up, and stay focused, never take your eyes off it.

You can set your controls dumbed down, right from the manual.

Have fun.

Learn to move those stick thingies in ways that it won't hit stuff.

I love you, but I can hate you too, for making my face ache from laughter,
please stop... hahaha... Oh no, please don't ever stop being you!!

By the way, where are your flying vids Sir?


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Well I got it off the ground for the first time today. It got scared of heights and returned itself back to the ground very quickly and with a loud thud. New tail boom, landing gear, and canopy are now on order.

So at this point I have roughly $450 in this endeavour and I have roughly 5 seconds worth of flight time on the heli. When I said it was going to be expensive I wasn't expecting $90/sec kind of expensive

Imagine my anticipation.
I'm still looking forward to the maiden flight of my TRex 700E...

Not going to think about the eventual inevitable...
But as the say, 'it's not if, but when'

Anyway, it did't cost you the radio or a rebuild...
Smile and get you a SIM bud...
& that model has already been made available for download on www.RealFlight.com website.

Chas

 

[joshman1204]

I dont really want to mess with a sim at this point. I am flying to get out of the house ... If I am sitting in the house on the computer either my wife or kid will be bothering me to go do something else. At least when I am outside flying they leave me alone.

I know I am going to crash and spend more money on parts than a sim would have cost but I dont really care at this point.

I am going to learn as much as I can on the 450x and then I am going to get a trex 550dfc and then when I learn to stop crashing that I am eventually looking to get a goblin 770.

 

[grgbulldog]

Ooohh goblins.. I like those goblins. I'm thinking about getting a little goblins canopy for my BL.

 

[ChasCS]

Headphones

I dont really want to mess with a sim at this point. I am flying to get out of the house ... If I am sitting in the house on the computer either my wife or kid will be bothering me to go do something else. At least when I am outside flying they leave me alone.

I know I am going to crash and spend more money on parts than a sim would have cost but I dont really care at this point.

I am going to learn as much as I can on the 450x and then I am going to get a trex 550dfc and then when I learn to stop crashing that I am eventually looking to get a goblin 770.

I have no sympathy for those family situational roadblocks, good grief!
Well you can immerse yourself in your SIM and not be bothered.
Headset with mic...
Put a Do Not Disturb Tattoo on your forehead!!

Seriously...
Daddy time!! Git!!

Yeah, flying a SAB Goblin 770 without prior experience and SIM practice, that will cost you big time.

Though, the proposed previous practice will help for sure, but a SIM will be much cheaper and likely give you much faster progress, as the between times of repairs is a button press...


Chas