Blade 300CFX Flight log 11/100

Blade 300CFX Flight log 11/100 - Failures 1/100

It's been a while (over three weeks to be exact) since I've flown the heli. I must say I was quite nervous at first knowing that it's the first few minutes of flying after a long time that are quite critical. I also acquired a headset for my gopro which also worked quite well.

But none of that mattered because many headaches have taught me to not have a big head in things that I'm still learning. So only after the third battery did I start with Nose-in maneuvers and a bit of slow circuits. Now that the holidays are upon us (and I still don't have a carry case), I will have to repeat this flight when I come back. I was tempted to take it with so I can get some nice shots of nature and the sea side. But I realised that I can't afford to loose this airframe as when I come back the instrumentation of the IMU will begin.

Accumulated flight time: 84 min

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