04-13-2007, 11:27 PM
I'm learning to fly helicopters, because I want it for bash and race video recording. I bought Real Flight g3.5 and it is SOOOOO worth the money! They have lessons to watch and alot of heli's to try out. Breaking the heli on the pc is alot cheaper then real life. The only thing I can tell yo so far from what I've learned is slow stick movements and always piont the tail at you. It's so much easier to control, after you get comfortable with that try taking off with the nose at you and keep the heli low. It gets alot harder with the nose at you, after you get that fly low altitude circles (kind of like circles you would make with your 4 wheeled vechile). After that I'd say you pretty much got it and can try higher altitude fater flight. but if you ever lose it try to bring the tail back at you and correct. Its always the easiest way to control. I've saved it alot of ways on the pc that way. But I was going to buy the cp pro, but I flew a similiar style heli on the sim and the heli is some small and agile it was extremely difficult to control, at last steady enough to get good video. A .30 sized heli was a bit easier, better yet bigger then that was alot easier. The bigger size makes movements slower and easier to adjust for. I think the blade cp and pro are designed to be acrobat specific. Not trainer specific. Also keep the dual rate off, that helps a bit. REMEMBER: tail at you!