Blade 300CFX Flight log 4/100

Blade 300CFX Flight log 4/100 - Failures 1/100

So after the crash from the previous flight, I received a new set of landing gear. Given that I was on daddy duty this weekend, I didn't get to do any flying. So today during lunch I decided to get over my fears and get going with my flying.

One thing that got me quite nervy (as if I wasn't apprehensive enough), was that the wind was quite gusty today. Windsurfer reported about 7 m/s (25 km/h) winds gusts with roughly 6 m/s (21 km/h) wind speeds. But in my mind (call me foolish) I thought this would be a good test of my hovering skills in the midst of all disturbances.

After binding the heli, I took to the skies with the thumping heartbeat. The wind gusts in the open field started becoming more evident in the control of the heli. A couple of gusts even elevated the heli a few meters higher eventhough i had reduced throttle. Then a sharp gust almost caused the heli to barrel roll into the ground. But i kept my cool and decided to persevere through. I was tempted to allow the heli further away from my sight after two minutes but go over that urge.

All in all, the heli was very robust even in windy conditions. I can only imagine if I was flying my tiny mCPx micro heli how many crashes I would have witnessed. There's still quite a bit of jitter on the gyro which should be fined tuned. Overall managed to clock 4:45 min in the air and land the heli successfully. Brilliant!

Now I'm looking forward to getting a video cam attached to the heli... #justdoit

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