Ollie’s Hangar

After yesterdays attempt of some loops i had to higher the gyro gain to stop the tail yawing to the righ so i spent 15 mins fiddling with the gyro and i couldnt get it to go away so i alterd it one last time and put it into idle up (big mistake now that i think about it) i took off and gave it full throttle and it wagged all over the place i panaked like hell and brought it down it went on its side and did the funky chicken i gave it full negative then turned it in to idle down heres whats damaged
Blades £8.99 (one has a bit missing off the end and a crack in it the other is ok)
Shaft £3.99 (bent)
Servo linkage £3.99 (to swashplate)

Main gear (theeth gritted and shaft gear totaly knacker )
Washout arm £2.99 (one linkage arm is missing)
Total £19.96Fly bar is bent but i could bend it back in to shape quite easily. Few!

Heres the damage

A very slightly bent flybar

A very bent main shaft

Today i went down to my local field telling my self i’ am going to do a loop or roll and if i find it easy enough see how long i can hold it inverted for so i got some height (about 40ft) and gave it full throttle and i was about to give it full forward stick when the tail voilenty yawed 90 degreeses to the right so i had to pull out i tried it several times and the same thing happend so i tried and alieron tic tac toe with the same problem i have now had enough opinions to think it is the gyro gain not being high enough so i will lower it tommorow if the weather is good enough i had one last go at a loop i managed to get the whole heli vertical in the air then the tail yawed agian so i pulled out but pulled out in a stall turn it felt so good that i have finaly done one make me happy i achieved somthing new sorry but i had no video camera or digital camera on me so no evidence but when i get the gyro sorted i will do the whole loop cant wait!!

Here are some pictures of what i have and what i have seen at my club

 

My Helis

The Fleet

My Best Picture Of my Twister 3D On it Maiden Flight

 

Here are some of my Videos

My second flight with no training under carriage

My best nose in flight and first circuits!

My best outdoors flight with figures of 8 and backwards flight on a windy day

Me flying a Raptor 90 on Clearview RC Simulator flying really 3D

Another clearview vid with music

At Turbine powerd glider flying at my clubs field at the annual summer display

Hello Heliguy users and bloggers My name is Ollie West i’ am 15 years old and i have been flying RC Helicopters from September 2006. I started by getting FMS (a cheap simulator) i practised on that for a couple of weeks then when i got the money together i bought a Lama V3 and flew and crashed it for a couple of months then when i could fly it confidently i bought a Twister 3D i made my own training under carriage and practised on it for a few weeks then i found an indoor club and went there and took some videos here is the first one (the quality isnt very good it was done on a mobile phone)  HERE  that was the second flight i had with no training under carriage then i progressed to this  HERE  i improved my nose in skill and circuits then i took my flying outside and recorded  THIS  i flew this at my clubs flying field  Redruth District Model Flying Club  i havent crashed my Twister 3D once in 5 months of flying and dont plan to i will be flying 3D soon and want to get a sponsour (if you are some one who could sponsour me i would be happy if you could). My next heli will be either a Trex 600 or JR Vibe 90 i havent decided yet. Then people saw i was a skilled pilot and let me have a go on there heli here is one of me flying a Twister Bell 47G I fly my Twister 3D of the following electroincs: GWS 8 channel reciever, a GWS gyro, and Flight Power Evo 20 Battery 1500mah 11.1 volts and the standard servos and brushless motor supplied with the Twister 3D Expert Version

 Ollie West