Stall Turns Banked Turns Getting started with piroflips Rule number 1 Basic survival Non-piroing "piro"flips Survival part II Survival part III Putting the "piro" back into the flip slowing down the sim How to proceed what's next? piroing loop Piro stall turn Chaos and piroing globe Piroing globe Kaos! Practising efficiently Making the most of the simulator Exercises Under construction Drill Instructor
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Build up your confidence
Now you can proceed in several directions:Gradually increase the amount of rudder
Try to connect several half-flips in a row
Try faster / slower flips (the amount of cyclic input)
... and don't listen to what they say.
At this point, I'd like to tell you something like"Congratulations. Now you're almost a 3D god. The other guys at the flying field will bow in awe".
Unfortunately, I'd be lying. If you've followed my plan, you'll have more or less consecutive flips to show, with a little bit of piro.
Not really 3D and not very impressive. More like "your heli has had a couple of beers" :-)
But, that's not the whole story.
The point was to lay a solid "foundation" on which you can build your piroflips. Without crashing.
Now the question is, how to go on:
One strategy is to increase piro- and flip rate in small increments. It does have its benefits, because you can proceed in small steps with almost zero risk. But there is an alternative, where you may progress faster:
... and don't listen to what I say :D
At some point, you'll notice that progress comes very slowly. There is no real excitement, no real surprises but no substantial improvement either.Let me introduce you to "plan B":
Forget it all,"stir the sticks" and let things fall into place
Approach the problem from a different angle. Give the skills you've learnt a chance to "click" into your flying.
And then, or in parallel:
Continue to work on carefully controlled, slow piroflips
We'll need them for what's to come.
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