waimate

I've been learning on a Dragonfly 2004 for about 4 months, and after much pain and angst can now take off and do a reasonably controlled hover for a few minutes at a time. I can land in whatever corner of the room I want, and sometimes even land on (or near) a mat placed on the floor.

My question is exactly how controlled you guys have been able to get? My hovers tend to stay within a box about 2-3 feet on a side, except sometimes when an air current grabs it, then it might swoop 3-4 feet outside of the box before I wrestle it back in. With practice, how closely controlled should I be aiming for? Is there a limit below which it's always going to wander? If I keep practising practising practising, where's the asymptote?

Thanks

-- W

speedpro 1

ive had a honeybee sense sept.can hold steady hover indoor within a one foot box (my honeybee is very stable) can land pretty much anywhere i want. can also land on a bar stool. can do forward flight outside with banked turns. working on nose in hover at this time getting ready for eco8 for christmas.

Sabot

when i had a hummingbird it took me about 2 weeks to learn to hover and land on top of my computer screen ( had no previous experience)

Try: make sure the heli is balanced properly
also when you get close to the floor ("sometimes even land on (or near) a mat placed on the floor." ) hover as stable as you can about 1 foot (or as low as you can) above the mat then drop the throttle quickly and it'll land strait on the spot you were trying to get

good luck

Sabot