[wingtipper]

Hey guys.

I'm a self-taught RC helicopter pilot (initially following RADD's online flight school, plus sim and practicing on smaller heli's).
I now have a modest fleet of heli's with the Blade mSR, Blade 400 and recently added mCP X v2.

It took a while but I am getting pretty confident with the Blade 400, can hover in all (upright) orientations, fly CW/CCW circuits, figure 8's and recently performed my first "3D" manoeuvre (simple forward rolls) with success.

I'm doing pretty well on my own, but I want to take my skills further and I know I would benefit from the vast knowledge and experience of people like yourselves (especially on the mechanical side of things, which I have limited experience).

I would also really love to meet other people who have a passion for the hobby, since most of my friends, while politely interested, I think may be a little sick of hearing about RC helicopters

Also I'm further motivated to have someone more experienced take a look at my helicopter after a repair job I am just completing. Unfortunately, I believe the cyclic servo gears stripped mid-flight, causing a very uncontrollable chopper resulting in my first crash

I have read that you like to get to know people before considering new applications and I am also aware of the posts regarding the conditions of the flying field thanks to this tremendously "wonderful" weather we've been having.

Nevertheless, weather report shows we may actually have some sun from Friday, so if it the field is not under a foot of water and there are people out, I'd love to come down and meet you all.

Patrick

your in the right place patrick . WE have some very good heli pilots in the club , i'm sure if you take the time you'll get to know a lot more about helicoptors and flying them from what i've seen . helicoptors being potentially lethal . seek the instructors out before any flying , they're a good bunch . you can talk about all aspects of the hobby here , we're all nerds of flying and very interested .