murankar
Staff member
Boy last evening was rather nerve racking. I actually said "OK, I quite"; for the evening that is. The wind was not really conducive to flying but I want to anyways. I got the tail shaft fixed, new main shaft and got the gyro reset for the new tail shaft. I still have a slight shake in the tail at 55%. So I continue with working on the mechanical zero for the tail. I got it close I think, but with all the wind I don't think it is a true setting.
Anyhow I finally decide to fly, put the nose into the wind, spool up to about 45% throttle and hit the fun switch. She started to react to the wind just as she started getting light on the skids, so I jumped it up to about eye level. Got it back under control and just doing basic side to side moves and kicking the tail to the left and right. Had a few close calls on the first battery but nothing to write home about.
It was during the second battery when I started growing some stones and decided to do some pitch pumps towards the end. I had about 2 minutes left on the timer when I did my last pump and almost decked it nose in and leaning to the right, it's right. Before I knew it I was pulling back and to the left on the cyclic, while at the same time pushing on the collective to get it up in the air. Once I got clear of that I had to get back to tail in but that didn't go as planned. With he wind gusting and my lack of skills, which I think is a figment of my imagination due to my recovery, I managed to get it right side in and it was rolling and pitching violently. Took a breath and finally got it to tail in and under control; thank you wind for dieing down, and landed it while still in ID mode. I hit the TH switch and set everything beck to normal and packed it up for the night. By the time I got to the bird my timer starting beeping meaning I had a minute left. I spent almost a minute with a bird that was out of control. I was shaking at the end. Anyhow its work time.
Anyhow I finally decide to fly, put the nose into the wind, spool up to about 45% throttle and hit the fun switch. She started to react to the wind just as she started getting light on the skids, so I jumped it up to about eye level. Got it back under control and just doing basic side to side moves and kicking the tail to the left and right. Had a few close calls on the first battery but nothing to write home about.
It was during the second battery when I started growing some stones and decided to do some pitch pumps towards the end. I had about 2 minutes left on the timer when I did my last pump and almost decked it nose in and leaning to the right, it's right. Before I knew it I was pulling back and to the left on the cyclic, while at the same time pushing on the collective to get it up in the air. Once I got clear of that I had to get back to tail in but that didn't go as planned. With he wind gusting and my lack of skills, which I think is a figment of my imagination due to my recovery, I managed to get it right side in and it was rolling and pitching violently. Took a breath and finally got it to tail in and under control; thank you wind for dieing down, and landed it while still in ID mode. I hit the TH switch and set everything beck to normal and packed it up for the night. By the time I got to the bird my timer starting beeping meaning I had a minute left. I spent almost a minute with a bird that was out of control. I was shaking at the end. Anyhow its work time.
