Twister CP V2

[RichQuy]

Hi guys

First post on this forum so bear with me.

Have always had an interest in RC models, cars, hovercrafts, buggys but have recently started with air flight models.

I have a training glider which is pretty simple to master (although hit a fence post at full speed and destroyed the one-piece wing!)

However, my main aim is to learn to fly my Twister CP. This is my first 'proper' heli and finding it very tricky - I think mainly because the rear of my property is quite windy (golf course) which makes it very unstable in my hands...indoors is not an option since nearly killing the now-ex girlfriend and a nice rotor mark in the ceiling!

Any suggestions - should the area be ok - I don't really have access to anywhere big but more shielded without causing a threat to the public!? The grass makes 'hopping' very tricky too.

Whilst practising I have managed to bend two main gear/shaft set, shattered the tail boom and cracked the landing gear!! It sounds bad but I am sure i'm just unlucky! So my other question is that a friend of mine is a very capable model maker and has said that he could probably construct these parts in Titanium or similar to be much harder wearing - would this be ok or too heavy, or put too much stress on the motor, etc.? I have bought all new parts but would like to see if he could make them.

I can fly other 4 channel micros pretty well, and even a RC Dragonfly which the current girlfriend bought me - it may be a toy but is really good fun, especially at night when all you see is the green eyes zipping across the field!!

Any help would be appreciated as I desperately want to master the Twister but it is very frustrating!

Thanks
Rich

[slartibartfast]

Rich, i started with the hummingbird V3 and then went onto the Twister 3D.

the hummingbird got me doing circuits after about a year of almost constant practice, you could get doing circuits much sooner if you can get your head around helis.
heres what i did as practice to get me fully flying:-

learn to hover over one spot, mark a patch of the ground and hover over that

learn to hover over two spots, basically mark two postions on the ground, hover over one spot then slide the heli sideways (left to right or right to left) to the other spot, hover and then slide it to the orginal spot..continue until you can do it without a problem.

the next part is moving on a lot and quite advanced.

when moving between the two spots do it quickly and learn how much it takes to stop it when it slides sideways at speed to the seconds spot.

now do the same but forwards and backwards.
when you've mastered that lot come back and we'll progress onto the next step.

hope this helps

theres some pics and a video of mine
http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/paulj1969/T3...

[Triple7]

I learnt to fly my twister from these lessons. Didn't break anything, that came later! Lesson plans are down on the left side.

http://www.dream-models.com/eco/flying-index.html

They are very sensitive to the wind and really need to be learnt indoors.

Good luck.