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Does anyone know where i can lear to fly the helicopters, i want to fly them but they are so hard i think.

Thanks

Iain

Hey Britannia

Welcome to the world of heliopters.

I've being working on the same thing myself.  For start make sure you read the aircraft handbook for the jetranger well.  That will show a lot of key concepts.  There also so tutorials on the internet to help learn it.  I'm sure someone else knows the exact website.

Hawk

Well guys you've asked at the right place!!! Check out http://members.shaw.ca/hoversafe/Hoversafe.htm for a full set of tutorials and great people (many of whom hang out here) to help.

Ozzy

I was in the same position a few months ago.  The closest I got was taking off and then landing again at the end of the airfield.  I've never tried a long-distance flight in one, which would be REALLY hard for me.

I just have one piece of advice: small corrections, small corrections!

Just remember that it takes a LOT of practice before mastering a helo

.....I just have one piece of advice: small corrections, small corrections!

...second piece of advice.... ...!
Stick to aircraft with wings, and fitted with a propellor up at the pointy end.... ...!
Flying a device with no wings and a vertical propellor will always end in disaster...trust me... ...!
LOL...!

Paul.

Paul stop being a big girls blouse
Choppers are easy with a little practice and dedication. I love to go for a turn and burn in my Huey or Gazelle!

Mark

Paul stop being a big girls blouse
Choppers are easy with a little practice and dedication. I love to go for a turn and burn in my Huey or Gazelle!

Mark

Hi Mark... ...!
I've tried the old "turn and burn" routine...many times... ...!

I "turn" round and round until my flippin' eyes pop out of my head, and then I "burn" a big hole in the ground... ...!
...never fails... ...!
LOL...!

Paul.... ...!

...I can't get insurance cover any more... ...!
LOL...!

Look,I gotta buy into this!! I went and did the dual on the R22 Beta after looking at the thing in FS and after being at the controls of the real thing I don't have a problem with FS.

Well,I do! It's called money

I lived for 12 months in Hueys .. more than a couple of days ago, and for my money, which I have very little, there is nothing like a Rotory Wing Airplane.

They don't go real high, they don't go real fast, vibration from the Huey and the pop-pop-pop of the rotor blades as they chop a little air.  They're loud, they shake rattle and roll and were easy targets.

But they brought me back day after day after day, and without reserve I say that if any aircraft were to have come from Heaven, it was the Bell Huey.

Rotary wing .... the only way to fly

Third piece of advice:  Forget EVERYTHING you ever knew about fixed wing aircraft.  

TURN TORQUE OFF TO START WITH. Then slowly bring it up if you have rudder pedals or a twist joystick. AND REMEMBER, the power is much more effective right above the ground, so when descending the power you descend with will not need to increase much to hover near the ground.