Finally, a smooth hover

This weekend had multiple opportunities to get the bird out. Unfortunately, I only took advantage of one of them. Seems I am a little rusty at hovering, so I am mainly working on getting that going again. I noticed that the control seemed to lack after a few minutes, I think I need new batteries. I have also made another decision, the little copter is fun, but I think it is time to migrate up to a larger model. Am I ready for the extra control? No, but here is my reasoning. First; my heli is so light, that it gets thrown around at the smallest of breeze. Second; The fixed pitch is driving me nutz. It really limits the altitude control. You have to wait for the head to spin down before you start to lose altitude. Third; I just want to, and that in its own is good enough for me. I have plenty of other toys and bills to take care of, but I think I will try to up the priority level of this one.

O.K. enough heli talk, have stuff to do.

Laterz,

-JbJ

First a hop, then a skip, then...

...Floating through the air with the, well, wobbly wings and rough landings to please. But it sure felt good.

The bird is air worthy again, and up she was. The first flight since forever. I stopped by Hub hobby on a whim a few weeks ago, not expecting much, but finding a wonderful surprise, they had my heli chassis. I didn't hesitate, I grabbed it and ran. Yes, I could of ordered it months ago, but I didn't, so there.

I felt a little rusty, but it came back quick. I figured I would keep it simple on my first flight in forever so I just hovered a little bit. Besides, since I changed out the main chassis I need to shake out the loose parts. Turned out to be the landing gear. So eventually it was crash as usual.

Keep tuned, I will be updating with future flights.

Ready to resume the crash training,

-JbJ

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The bird is alive
Broken parts replaced
direct tail drive installed
all motion tested
awaiting calm day
another broken bird awaits