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- Subject: Re: Beginner
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.032445.1371@bclwn.wn.bcl.co.nz>
- From: dave@bclwn.wn.bcl.co.nz (Dave Green)
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 03:24:45 GMT
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- sbixby@cup.portal.com (Steven W Bixby) writes:
- [...]
- : A heli typically takes a lot longer. Some people will be doing hovering
- : practice for 6 months before they progress to moving around (intentionally).
- : Personally, I started forward flight preparations after 4 weekends of flying.
- : Unfortunately, I crashed and burned, decided to hold off on re-building and
- : haven't flown since... But that's something that will happen, like it or
- : not.
- :
-
- .. I'm interested to know if the crash has put you off of flying, Steve.
-
- I use the "pick yourself up, dust yourself (or rather heli) off, and start over"
- principle myself.
-
- Granted, it may take a little more than a dusting to get the heli back in the
- air ... my Shuttle has had multiple tail booms, fly-bars, skid sets etc (reminds
- me of the axe I've had for the last ten years, good as the day I bought it ..
- it's only had three new heads and five new handles :-) Anyway, after 12 months
- of flying_when_I_can, I'm flying circuits and stall turns and working up to my
- first full auto.
-
- Stick with it ...
-
- Dave
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