A site dedicated to those who like flying
RC Helicopters in San Antonio!
MURF'S HELI PAGE
(Scroll to the bottom of the page for pictures and videos)
I got into
flying RC helis by first buying a 3 channel
foamy trainer airplane. After flying that for
about a year (and repairing it with over a
gallon of epoxy) I took about 6 months off. My wife
bought me a Blade CX2 for Christmas 2 years ago,
and I immediately got hooked on helicopters!
There were so many more variables that had to be
thought about than with the average 3 to 4
channel plane.I bought a
simulator about a month later and practiced on
that for two months. I thought I had RC helis
down after learning the CX2, but MAN, was I
wrong! It took a lot of patience and practice on
the sim to really be comfortable flying the
"real thing". My wife, being the wonderful woman
that she is, bought me my first REAL rc
helicopter for our anniversary, an E-flight
blade 400, complete with battery and a DX6i
transmitter.The wind in San
Antonio was so bad for the next two weeks that I
finally did my "maiden flight" in the garage
(and no, I would NOT suggest beginner pilots to
do that....what was I thinking!). I did nothing
but hover training for about 20 flights and then
transitioned into forward flight.After another
month of "learning on my own" I logged on to
www.helifreaks.com and met "jondabear" and
we started flying here in San Antonio together.
Flying with someone else is the BEST way to go
if you want to improve as a rc heli pilot!I flew the
blade 400 for over a year before I got the
confidence up to buy a full out nitro. I have been
flying the TREX 600 NSP for 7 months, and I have
to say that it is a thrill to fly! I had my
first crash last week (Nov 09) after 175 "crash
free" flights.... and yes, I'm sure there are
many, many more to come!Enjoy the
following pictures and videos! Click on the
picture to bring up a high quality version.
Here are
just a few videos. The first is a compilation
video of my progress on the TREX 600 NSP, from
initial break-in to now. I've also included a
video of my transition from CX2 to the Blade
400, a video of me "sinking" a TREX 450 into the
gulf of Mexico, and, of course, a video of a LOT
of Blade 400 crashes that Jondabear and I had on
video.... enjoy them all!CLICK HERE to go back to the "About us" Page
