Whew! I finally figured out how to stay safe.

You have no idea how intimidating flying this is … this is Tommy, one of the local experts, doing a gentle test flight with my heli. (You need to open the pic attachment ’cause it’s a widescreen photo)

I couldn’t wait any longer. I had a successful first hover with the Trex 600 in my driveway! It’s awesome!! The power and stability is phenomenal. My wife was watching. I have to admit that I backed away from it as it spooled up, it was so intimidating. I was thinking that I’d only spool it up. But as it came up to power and was so smooth … I just had to take her into flight. And so I brought her up into a stable hover. What an adrenaline rush! Two stable hovers on a Rotopod training gear with no crash.

This was only possible due to ….
- my mentor, Rick Copeland in Huntsville
- lotsa’ simulator time
- the Finless videos
- all the great advice from helifreaks

Is this hot or what?

Check out these two beauties …

rel="nofollow"> rel=”nofollow”>the Heli Wasp - can’t you just see the parents when their kids tell ’em what they saw?

Bob
Fides Quaerens Intellectum

Check out this cool Japanese rel="nofollow"> rel=”nofollow”>indoor helicopter competition. Watch the pilot starting at 2:08 into the video and finishing at 7:40. Phenomenally incredible skill. Apparently he gets all the way through this insanely difficult course and wins the grand cash prize (900,000 yen which I believe is roughly $7800 at today’s exchange rate.) Check out the person I assume to be his wife leaping with jubilance at 7:15 and crying for joy at 7:30 - deliriously happy I’m guessing because her husband finally won some $’s as opposed to buying never-ending expensive repair parts for his crashed helis.