Wayne Mann
Senior Heliman
Location: United States of America
| Hi Shawn,
I used to do quite a bit of 3D, but I flew very smooth graceful type 3D that was very flowing. I still do 3D stuff with my Stay See bodied Calibers at the field occasionally. Sometimes when I get bored with F3C practice I will catch myself doing really big multiple backwards loops and cuban eights which I try to make look perfect, just like I would if I was doing them in a contest. I have even tumbled my machines down the length of the field at a hight of about 30 feet, which is very cool with a full bodied machine which is worth probably five grand. And usually at some point I catch myself and think, you idiot. I actually have two Caliber 5s, a Caliber 3 and and Caliber 30. Unfortunately I never fly them because I hate the way small helicopters fly.
I personally don't think that I could ever punish a machine the way that today's 3D pilots do. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with the hard jerky motions that you see today in most of the 3D flying. I just can't bring myself to abuse equipment like that. I won't even do that to one of my little plastic Calibers.
Wayne Mann |
