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Pirouette!
Posted Tuesday February 27, 2007 at 12:25 am
(4 years ago)
We had a test this morning, which more importantly means that I had the whole day off from 10:00a.m. onward. Naturally, I've been using that time to fly my helicopter around the dog yard. After two months of flying (about fifteen hours in the air, if I'm figurin' right), I'm finally starting to feel comfortable at any orientation. My side-in hovering isn't great yet, but it's passable (about like my tail-in hovering was at a week). I can hover nose-in without having to think at all, but I'm still more adventurous with the tail in. I was able to do my first intentional pirouettes today. Nothing fancy, or fast for that matter, just slow revolutions about once every five-to-ten seconds. I figure slow is probably a little harder than fast since inputs must be given from every orientation. Something is starting to click where I don't have to think about orientation; I just know what to do regardless of which way it's pointed. I'm certainly not there yet, but I'm starting to see glimpses of that.
Better look out, I'm gonna need some extra batteries and a park before long. :)
| Comments: | |
| chad (wewillrise@gmail.com) | 28-Feb-2007 at 1:17 am |
| hey cory, this has nothing to do with your helicopter -- which sounds incredibly fun, but also difficult -- but i saw this picture and it reminded me of you:
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w184/cavebears/JeanCoulontubadetail.jpg take care dude | |
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