Hah thats showing them @Firstlady1985 I bet they were DOUBLE surprised! How did you get into RC Helicopters? Not too many girls fly over here in .au

 

Nice smooth flying, I must try and fly like that one day


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Thanks Jeff
Smakmeharder: Well I was always into rc stuff even as a young child (I had matchbox instead of barbie, although I had two barbies, but just because of the campervan). I guess my father always wanted to have a son, so he bought r/c stuff for little simone
I soon learned how to charge batteries and how to screw some easy things. I always wanted to have a R/C plane but as my father never was interested in something like that I never had the chance to try it or practice it.

When I was 16 I bought myself a r/c airplane from ebay. It was already used and totally bad trimmed but I didnt know that, nor how to fix it. After two or three crashed I sold the rest and thought I would be too stupid for that without help. The bad thing is that back then I didnt find anyone to help me who would take a girl for serious. They all said "ask your daddy" or "this isnt a hobby for a girl"

When I was in the practical semester during my studies I had a boss who was also crazy about geek stuff He told me that his brother had a tiny r/c helicopter which was flying easily and nearly indestructible, the PicooZ. So my curiosity was there again, and in the evening I bought myslef such a thing. And yes it was flying but not in the direction where I wanted it to fly. So I went again to that shop and I bought a koaxial heli, the Esky Lama. This was already flying better but with the first broken flybar I was again in that situation "Where to get help?" I found a small heli forum near munich, where the members met every month in a pizza restaurant and they invited me. These guys were awesome. They really helped me out and showed me a lot of things. They also had some 450 size helis and a "huge" Raptor 50 with them. They told me that someday I would want a big CP heli, too. Well they were right, two months later I bought myself a used Walkera DF37 (brushed) and started to hover it in the backyard. Here is one battery No #4, if you wnat to see my beginnings:
http://www.rcmovie.de/video/c3807e91be30b3fa0c2d/Meine-Anfaenge-DF37-4ter-Akku

After that I bought a second hand Mini Titan V1 and this time I did everything myself: I installed servos, programmed the TX, the ESC and the Gyro...it was a lot of work and a lot of reading in manuals, forums etc... but I did it The Mini Titan was flying!

When I had a bit of experience I started to write in the offcial Thunder Tiger forum and I tried to help other beginners with my experience. There the team manager of the TT team discovered me. We had a nice chat over telephone and then my career as a team member started. Well thats now 5 years ago... incredible how time is running...

 

Yes that a very interesting story. I had a Esky Big Lama coaxial as well but that was 3 years ago now. You persisted with your flying and now you are flying pretty good. I watched your video of hovering. At 4mins it gets a bit scary then you landed. And you flew for nearly 10 minutes! But it was really interesting to watch. I noticed you had an older radio with a bigger antenna.

Working on helicopters is hard for beginners but you did it very well. @Geena is incredible the way she puts her Helicopter together as well. To put the Mini Titan together and get it flying is a big thing. Your first helicopter is allways the hardest.

Thunder tigers are very good helicopters too. I like how they fly and the lighter weight is something many people underestimate. You also designed the canopy and tshirts I noticed. So you are good with graphics? What graphics applications do you use (illustrator?) . Normally someone who create things like that have many designs..

 

Very Nice flying Simone, love the Rappy E700 a great Heli..