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August 13, 2014, 09:32:43 PM »
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Okay, so i can build a plane that flies, have been building for the past 2 years now, but seems i am stagnating in my flying progression. I know people that started way after me and surpass my skills within months, whilst i still battle to keep a plane in the air whilst avoiding trees yet at the same time making more complex builds. how do i start moving forward in this hobby?
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Re: How to move on
Buy a simulator
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On a Simulator i seem to be able to do well, seldom crash.
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Re: How to move on
Dear Namibian,
(Name coined by sanjayrai55, which is probably appropriate)
Scope for progress depends on many things.
1. What are you flying now?
2. What is your skill level?
3. How often do you fly?
4. Do you have anyone to look up to?
I remember Hanno Prettner used to practice 4-8 hours
every day
Here in Indore I found that flyers who learnt from Harveer progressed more in 1 year than me in 20 years!
(Eg, flyingdoc, @@ron, etc who rarely post on this forum)
RC Aunt used to complain that i never let her take off or land. After some time on a simulator, she can now handle hand launches and landings on her own. In wind over 20 kmph.
Target:
Before end of this month, you must land and stop within 10 ft of your position.
This may need 20 attempts.
Best of luck.
Post a reply on achieving this. Then next target
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Namibian
Fly for fun, dont compete with anyone, this is a Hobby, enjoy you flight (Even if ends up crashes) enjoy the company etc, there are people who became world champions in one year
Joe
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How many times you fly in a week? If you fly just weekends, then it's very difficult to move ahead fast. By the time next weekend arrives, you may have forgotten what you learned last week. It is very important to fly frequently at least during initial few months. The more you fly, the better you'll get.
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Fly for fun
Absolutely.
Sometimes, let the fun turn a little aggressive, fly with music, fly high, toss the craft around, kill the throttle; jolt the sticks. fly inverted except for landing and takeoff
. drop from very very high at full throttle but dont ram into the ground. Go high and leave the sticks; blame it on the tree just in case you crash...
Stop when you have goosebumps/headaches
Practice not because you have to, but because you want to
. Let it be a sport, not an exam
. Repeat.
All the best
PS: Goes without saying,
safety is paramount.
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Re: How to move on
Quote from: girishsarwal on August 14, 2014, 11:45:33 AM
Let it be a sport, not an exam
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Not me! The tree did it
How to move on
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"Namibian" is the politically correct name to call me. :-D since i am the only Namibian on this forum i will let it stick, that way i do not need to add numbers to my name. (there are already a couple of Mike's)
Well i have been building for a while now as stated above, but mostly my friend did the flying, he bought the transmitter whilst i bought everything else so it was like a deal, i build he flies, so with building i can build okayish. but as of late after coming second in the BOEING competition i decided to start flying by myself more often, got a Controller(for free by the way, as a gift, SANWA RDS 8000) and i am well sorted on the electronics part, hence the need to start flying only now when i actually got into the hobby a while ago.
my 2 friends and i are the only flyers in Durgapur, I may not go fly at the Field in Kolkata as i am a foreigner and it is a military ground, so having somebody to look up comes up only on YOUTUBE, although this past summer i got the chance to go to HOSKOTE in Bangalore and see how the professionals do it, even though just for one day.
THe idea of flying everyday sounds fun, but then again, coro crashes are not a nice sight to look at, and they are often a pain to fix, what should i be looking towards doing when up in the air? and how do i eventually land up in 3D? ( I love it although i never really tried it ). I started flying because of fun and my passion for airplanes, but now crashing really just gets dissapointing.
Sorry if i showed any sign of despair in this post, It was meant to sound Macho. :-D
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but now crashing really just gets dissapointing.
Flying is like getting married (one does indeed get married to crafts); Crashing, like an argument with the wife, the first year is disappointment, the next two years is heartaches, then you stop worrying about it.
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similar situation was faced by me. Than I purchased a EPP glider as suggested by my an aeromodelar and learnt flying with in a month. If you are using your hand made model as i did, you always try to keep it balance and most of the time will be spent in repair.
so purchase SIM and a EPP glider.
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Re: How to move on
Quote from: girishsarwal on August 14, 2014, 07:30:41 PM
Flying is like getting married (one does indeed get married to crafts); Crashing, like an argument with the wife, the first year is disappointment, the next two years is heartaches, then you stop worrying about it.
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Quote from: Mjet on August 14, 2014, 07:51:17 PM
similar situation was faced by me. Than I purchased a EPP glider as suggested by my an aeromodelar and learnt flying with in a month. If you are using your hand made model as i did, you always try to keep it balance and most of the time will be spent in repair.
so purchase SIM and a EPP glider.
I quite disagree. There are people i have seen and wouldnt like to name who flew bad with a EPP glider and eventually quit the hobby. and there are a lot who learnt flying on hand built coro plane(I still dont know how people could say EPP is stronger than Coro) and still never care to buy a ARF as they are quite satisfied with scratch built ones.
I belong to the second category and for me i would eventually get bored with a store bought model where as i can build an fly different coro models every month and fly with interest.
It varies from person to person. In realty i care less with a hand built coro model since its way too cheaper than a ARF by at least 3 times.
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Quote from: girishsarwal on August 14, 2014, 07:30:41 PM
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but now crashing really just gets dissapointing.
Flying is like getting married (one does indeed get married to crafts); Crashing, like an argument with the wife, the first year is disappointment, the next two years is heartaches, then you stop worrying about it.
Yeah. 50 years in the hobby, 34 in the marriage. Lucky that wife's name is RC Aunt...
@teamnamibia
If you really want go to a pro aerobatics level in a very short period, you should contact Harveer on this forum. Except for me and wife, he seems to have trained almost all the local flyers. Not cheap though, as he provides the model and fuel too...
Happiness in this hobby can even come from a one minute flight of a chuck glider...
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Re: How to move on
the seniors i was in contact at early time was not in contact me right now i also fly alone
but the biggest friend could be Internet we can get all the new information and can move on
frd yesterday my trainer got crashed i was flying inverted , right now i am charging my batteries and i will fly it few hours from now.
see others get inspired do not give up
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Just built myself a simple Avispad, stayed awake the whole night to get it done, and now i have promised myself to fly it as much as i can whenever i can, before i build something else.
Since i am not having much luck finding a wife, I could marry flying for now. would be a pretty mutually beneficial relationship for me i guess. :-D
Will check up Harveer, and by the way, could anybody please link me up to that thread where it shows how to make your own sim cable, cant seem to find it via search.
will go flying now, keep your fingers crossed for this one.
@wingmanbunty, lets see how we do again this time around.
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Just flew now, something went totally wrong in the 2nd flight, will upload videos within the next hour, just came to change my prop and i am going back to fly some more. This surely is the good life.
here is the pic of the trainer i built over night with the help of my apprentice.
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Awesome, went back 3 times, running in between my room and the field to go collect props and rubber bands.
here is the Video link to the first flight, and the plane has lived to see another day, started raining though so will take it up again tomorrow morning, also i have realised that the transmitter batteries do not last very long, although i have bitten the shape out of them.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YssXX14KX1g&feature=youtu.be
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Congrats on first flight. Well done sir
Don't worry about progress, it is automatic.
Just enjoy the flying!
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Congratulations on the maiden. Now concentrate hard....on having fun
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Do you study at nit durgapur?
Great first flight.
Being a beginner i know how flustered first timers can get behind sticks
You were quite calm flying the plane.
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Yep, I am a Scholarship Holder here at NIT DGP, in my 3rd year of Mech now.
Wasnt the first time, been flying for around 2 years, was just the first time i went up in like 3 months,
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