Did my first piro

[mightyxxwhitey]

Was out flying my G2 today, on my 3rd battery, I decided to try a piro. Well did one one way and almost the other way. I had to stop cause I thought I was going to loose it. But I still did one...... ;D ;D ;D With each flight Im getting better. woot woot

[beedm]

Isn't it great when you finally get to the point of being able to catch and devert a catastrophy ;D I've been doing presice hovering...the box, piro's usually 90 degrees at a time. And I even get some altitude. Whitey, sounds like I said before....I've got some catching up to do. Good flyin

[Gabe]

Nice! Just a hop skip and a jump from 3D! ;D

[McKrackin]

Or a flip,roll and a flop

lol.... ;D

[BTCat]

May 15, 2009 17:24:56 GMT -6 McKrackin said:

Or a flip,roll and a flop

lol.... ;D

Mine is more like a "OOPS" "SH/T" and a CRUNCH

Mighty, nice work. I'm getting there, but still driving the granny lane ;D

[Solitaire]

Good work, whitey.
It just takes a lot of stick time...something I can't seem to get these days

[mightyxxwhitey]

Thanks everyone...... Im working on better stick control. My thumbs seem to wander a lot. ;D ;D And im still trying to find a good hold for the TX...I keep moving my hands...

[McKrackin]

Great job ;D

Stick time ::)lol....
The weather is so beautiful here that my thumbs are actually sore.Seriously.Right at the point of blistering.Yesterday I taped my left thumb because it really hurt.I'm going to pick up some tight fitting gloves today.lol...That's awful from a construction worker huh....

I've been flying more than ten batteries an evening lately.

Keep on practicing mightyxxwhitey,everybody....there comes a time when you just won't be able to stop.It's an addiction ;D

[kiwi1080]

I've been trying the thumbs compared to the finger hold lately and found that the finger hold is really more precise, at least for me anyway. Even though I use a Playstation 3 controller with my thumbs I still find it easier with the finger and thumb grip for heli flying, just gives me finer control. Good work with the piro, now try to get 4-5 in a row as the next challenge!!

[BTCat]

I was watching a Nightflyyer YouTube the other day and noticed he used thumb and finger grip on one side and just thumb on the other. Can't remember which side was which. I think it was throttle/tail with the thumb and finger and just thumb on elevator aileron.

[Tony]

Great job whitey. keep it up!

May 16, 2009 8:14:28 GMT -6 BTCat said:

I was watching a Nightflyer YouTube the other day and noticed he used thumb and finger grip on one side and just thumb on the other. Can remember which side was which. I think it was throttle/tail with the thumb and finger and just thumb on elevator aileron.

I just noticed that on one of his videos too BT. I use thumbs only, the other way is uncomfortable to me. Plus, the way I hold my Tx I can reach both the idleup switch and the throttle hold switch with out moving my hands. I actually fly with my index fingers on these switches. I have also been using a neck strap lately...kinda like it.

[McKrackin]

I use a neck strap to carry my stuff out of the house but don't let it support the TX while flying.

[Tony]

The strap seems to help me not use so much "body english" which I used to do really bad when I first started.

[rtfheli]

Can we get a video of the Piro ?

[mightyxxwhitey]

May 16, 2009 16:02:26 GMT -6 rtfheli said:

Can we get a video of the Piro ?

Sorry. I do have a small video camera that I use for my motorcycle and jeep, but cant figure out how to mount it on the heli. Its a go pro Hero.......
Oh Did 3 piros in a row one way. Well..... gave it about 2 sec pause in between each piro. A wind gust cam along and almost had a nose dive like that heli pic. Pulled back hard and a quick throttle burst and hit hard on the training gears... dodged a bullet...