I am starting Tony's training course for flying heli's... But here is an issue that has plagued me most of the summer....Has anyone else had this problem?
I have the training gear on my heli (and I think this is part of the problem), and if I move it away from me, tail in... and start to gain altitude.. I "see" the the copter kinda flip.... I does not flip, and I know it doesn't flip... but my eyes see it as an odd attitude. A lot of times I can compensate by ignoring my eyes input, but boy it is hard to fly and ignore what you are seeing. It looks like an Optical illusion, once the training gear bars reach a certain angle....I lose the ability to determine if the heli is nose down, or nose up, and at that point, the elevator becomes my enemy.
I have been told that white blades instead of black would help.. Tony mentions bright colors on the canopy, however, in this attitude, I don't see much of the canopy... but maybe if I crab the copter a bit... this may help.
Maybe I just have to go a bit slower... Practice landings and get rid of the training gear and then move on to moving away from myself after that... I will be checking this theory on the sim....
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated
Thanks Steve
I have the training gear on my heli (and I think this is part of the problem), and if I move it away from me, tail in... and start to gain altitude.. I "see" the the copter kinda flip.... I does not flip, and I know it doesn't flip... but my eyes see it as an odd attitude. A lot of times I can compensate by ignoring my eyes input, but boy it is hard to fly and ignore what you are seeing. It looks like an Optical illusion, once the training gear bars reach a certain angle....I lose the ability to determine if the heli is nose down, or nose up, and at that point, the elevator becomes my enemy.
I have been told that white blades instead of black would help.. Tony mentions bright colors on the canopy, however, in this attitude, I don't see much of the canopy... but maybe if I crab the copter a bit... this may help.
Maybe I just have to go a bit slower... Practice landings and get rid of the training gear and then move on to moving away from myself after that... I will be checking this theory on the sim....
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated
Thanks Steve