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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / August 2003Why do the top fliers...
dump their helis when they land? When I land I fly to about a foot, hover, then gently, oh so gently, lower the machine to the deck before chopping the collective and power. yet when I see video of the top fl;iers they fly to their feet and keep on going, plonking the machine with a lurching thud. Why? David > dump their helis when they land? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Why? You know, I was just thinking exactly the same thing. I have just watched the 3d masters video, and I was impressed with the flying, but I thought their landings were terrible really. Maybe they're used to trashing their heli's so it doesn't matter to them... or whatever. :) > > dump their helis when they land? > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > their landings were terrible really. Maybe they're used to trashing their > heli's so it doesn't matter to them... or whatever. :) Dump isn't the word, most of the time it is out of the end of a n auto. besides landing is just a controlled crash ;-) Stu > > > dump their helis when they land? > > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > their landings were terrible really. Maybe they're used to trashing their > > heli's so it doesn't matter to them... or whatever. :) Or maybe getting the points for completing the flight in EXACTLY the right number of seconds is more important than a featherlight (tm) landing. Lots of the 3D Masters stuff was done to music and the idea was to land as the last note died away, so that silence prevailed all about. (That makes 'em auto's too) Also there's the fact that most of the auto landings we see these guys doing are being stttrrrrettchedd to the limit of lift just so the heli reaches the exact spot they're looking for. Again, the position is more important than the actual landing. > Dump isn't the word, most of the time it is out of the end of a n auto. > besides landing is just a controlled crash ;-) Every crash you walk away from is a landing :-)))  SignatureBeav Please note my E-mail address is "beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com" (with the obvious changes) Beavisland now lives at www.beavisoriginal.co.uk >> dump their helis when they land? >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >their landings were terrible really. Maybe they're used to trashing their >heli's so it doesn't matter to them... or whatever. :) I think, generally speaking, that 3D pilots are so into throwing the controls all over the place, doing whatever it is they're doing, that they're not into the mind set needed to do a really soft touchdown. Having said that, I've watched the top guys, Jason Kraus, Curtis Youngblood, etc. and I've seen them do consistantly smooth landings, both powered and unpowered. For the "average" 3D'r though, I think my first paragraph applies. Then again, we all plop um down from time to time. I have days I can't seem to set one down lightly no matter what I do. Fortunately, our models are pretty tough. Fly Safe, Steve R. >Subject: Why do the top fliers... >From: "david" david_perry@btconnect.com [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >David Having a V throttle/pitch curve won't help either. Because the control is limited to only one half of the stick movement, any small movement of the stick may cause quite a big movement in the pitch of the blades. It doesn't show up very much when flying, but will do when landing.. > dump their helis when they land? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > David I reckon it's cause they don't give a f**k and they know the realities of what breaks and how. You find it in all sorts.. people sometimes say things like 'god you're not gentle with that computer are you' to computer people when they chuck things about or whack away on a keyboard really heavily. Tried the one on sunday where they touch the ground with the skids between a manourver then spring up off the ground to another manouver . First try , 1 set of stripped tail gears on a raptor 60,heli climbs piroeting as i have lost the tail ..hit throttle hold on way up and do a piro auto only to break skids...All the field laughed out loud , next time i'll go a little bit easier on the initial touch down..... got to progress somehow.. Cheers Ben > > dump their helis when they land? > > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > like 'god you're not gentle with that computer are you' to computer people > when they chuck things about or whack away on a keyboard really heavily. |
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