Been flying RC for 30 years and helis for 20 and despite having a lame routine, Bert's video's are showing me for the first time I don't even have half of the fundamentals I would need to be a fourth as good as he is. As the skies become crowded with soul-less Amazon robots and we come into an age where the tech we have watched or helped develop over the last 100 years ends up biting us in the ass, it's great to see someone with Bert's skills still dedicated enough to take the time to do these. Support BKhobbies!
My kids literally grew up watching At you guys as I was learning rc heli my son is now 18 and remember this show as I’m looking at this a few years later for helping me restarting in the hobby more than ten years later. Thank you so much guys!
please let the all learning videos stays on the you tube, even after all this time. As you know there are lots of people wants to learn the perfect way to fly. Thanks very much again for your perfect learning lessons. Im doing very well so far..
Thanks for these great vids Bert. I've been flying for many years but now I'm taking my flying more seriously as I want to learn more advanced maneuvers and get more out of the hobby.
If you think you can tell someone how to fly a helicopter you’ve forgotten what it takes. And that is hands on practice practice. You have to train the brain for eye hand coordination. You can teach nuts and bolts, but that’s it. It takes a commitment in time, money, and patience. The learning curve will depend on the size of that commitment
So true. I am spending massive amounts of time on Realflight 9. It takes a ton of PRACTICE. If you don't know the basics of flight. Who the hell is going to know how to set up a radio. You stressed a very valid point.
Wow, so happy I found this series. Just getting back into RC helicopters after being out of it for almost a decade now. Had a beautiful Furry Tempest back in the day, and a nice raptor 50 v2 to zing around. It's crazy to see how much has changed since then. Thanks for taking the time to do this series!
I also came back after a long layoff during COVID. This time around, the simulator is saving me a lot of money. I've been flying again about a year, my main bird is a TREX 550X. I am tracking my brand new 800 Pro with UPS now. Damn, flying backward is brain bending. Inverted is coming way easier. I cannot say how the good the CGY760R FBL unit from Futaba is (and the receiver is integrate, so one box). My flying totally doesn't deserve a big 800 yet, but they are so majestic in the air and so far as I've seen, the bigger they are the easier they are to fly. Easier to see and everything happens slower. (just gotta forget the $) Anyway, getting all this stuff dialed in on a simulator and crashing a lot less is my plan. It is working great so far. I've put a couple hundred sport flights on the 550X with minimal repair. It's just so relaxing to fly to compared to smaller helis. (which is why I am really looking forward to the 800) I am adding maneuvers from the simulator once I am confident with them. I hope you get as much out of it as I have been.
@@stevebarrow3042 It is much more expensive than crashing the simulator. I have XK110, E160, and an OMP M2 V2 besides an Oxy 2, TREX-550X and 800E Pro. I get WAY more out the simulator than I do the micros. The micros are toys, and not a great way to practice or learn new things.
@@yzScott I agree the simulator is the cheapest crash, in the past I haven't had much faith in the sims as the physics were frankly terrible and I didn't learn but with a MCPX and long grass crashing cost nothing and I learnt heaps. Going to try a newer generation of sim to see if they are better. With respect to the smaller helis being toys, I think they are all toys right :)
Omg Bert! Didn't recognize you with your glasses and hat. Thanks so much for the videos on 3d its really handy and means alot because I find them very informative and educational.
Love your videos good tutorials indepth one thing that has helped me big time is have a heli like the goosky s1 over a blade mcpx bl2 what a difference it makes to have a machine that is so dialed in compared to blade micro . The reviews dont do a goosky or m1 justice till u fly it .
Great videos and explanations! I have an M2 and can do the basics like hover and fly in all orientations right side up, forward flight and do figure 8, circuits are not 100% but I can do them slowly, counter Clockwise is more difficult. Sometimes if I don't keep 100% focus, I may lose orientation for a moment. Is that normal, or does that mean I still don't have 100% control yet? I can do flips relatively easily on the simulator. I tried them on the M2. I managed to flip twice but didn't take long to crash it. So I am following your video here to ensure I am ready before moving to 3D. I can not hover upside down at all on the simulator. Is it just a lot of practice, or is there a better way to learn it? Thank you so much!.
To learn all sorts of hovering, should we learn in 3d Mode (stunt 2) or should we learn in safe mode? thanks for your replies. When you say we should know all types of hovering, does it mean it should be in 3d mode, right?
hi Bert, is it possible to do all these maneuvers in Mode 1 ?? I learned to fly in Mode 1 with airplanes !! can I fly in Mode 1 with the heli and learn all the maneuvers in Mode 1 ???
These videos are Excellent. I have been flying RC planes since HS, flying Helios for the last 15-20 years. Never intense, mostly forward flight like a plane. I am practicing your vid 1 constantly but it is tough, feels like I am not making much progress. I have most success flying behind the helicopter on the flight sim. Is that ok to train?
Thank you for the kind comments. Practicing in the sim is very useful, but generally because it is such as "sterile" environment, I like to crank the wind up and practice with a 10 mph wind for a few minutes, then switch the wind direction completely and keep practicing the same maneuver you're focusing on, this teaches you corrections. Otherwise the sim feels to synthetic, but for sure it will help you develop the muscle memory.
