My first “flight”….
Saturday, April 7th, 2007:
Today I made my first flight. Unintentionally. Scared the living stuff out of me, to say the least! I was on the front porch at home, and was having a great time watching my little heli go back & forth in front of me on the cement. I was practicing following a specific path in an attempt to get a feel for coordinating the rudder and throttle. I was giving it just enough power (around half throttle) to make it light enough to move. I was trying to have it follow a joint in the walkway, when I accidently pushed the throttle the wrong way… I heard the motor spool up fast, and the heli jumped off the ground! Fortunately I have fast reflexes, and was able to shut it down quickly, before it got more than a few inches off the ground. No damage, thank God! Boy, was my pulse racing! I put it away for the day after that, so that my frazzled nerves could calm down… Lesson learned; *don’t forget which way is off*! Got it!