Flight exercise #3 - practice pitch:
This exercise is very similar to what we just did in exercise number two except we’re
primarily using pitch to change our position moving forward and backwards over the
course.
• Keep the helicopter at chest height and hover over the center cone
• Hold hover position for thirty seconds
• Slide the helicopter forward over the far middle cone
• Hold hover position for thirty seconds
• Slide the helicopter left back over the center cone
• Hold hover position for thirty seconds
• Slide the helicopter back over the rear middle cone
• Hold hover position for thirty seconds
• Slide the helicopter forward to get back over the center cone
• Hold hover position for thirty seconds
• Return and land
Flight exercise #3 - practice pitch & roll:
It’s now time to combine the two movements of pitch and roll to move around the
training course. Do your best to maintain a constant altitude, take it slow and hold your
hover position over the cones always flying in the safety position at all times.
You can fly several different patterns in different directions so have fun with this but
again, always hold your hover over each target cone. If you just go sailing past a cone
you’re flying the helicopter but you’re not developing the skills required to control the
helicopter. There is a big difference between just flying and really being in control.
• Keep the helicopter at chest height and hover over the center cone
• Hold hover position for thirty seconds
• Slide the helicopter forward over the far middle cone
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