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first9tries to fly a Mosquito Ultralight Helicopter
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Trying to fly my new Mosquito Air Ultralight Helicopter. Notice the last clip my right leg got stuck to the ground! Turns out the builder put the rivets that hold the pads on upside down so it’s like cleats instead of being smooth bottoms like the instructions call for.
25 Comments
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
I watched the other vids first. You really have come a long way. Congratulations. I wonder how many builders have a pile of useless parts because they weren’t as cautious as you.
I think it keeps going to the rear because that’s where the bug light is on your porch. Turn that thing off and it will go forward. hahaha
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
woooooooooooow!!! i want oneee!!!
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
I’d have had it tethered; it worked well for Igor. Have fun.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Every flight I have so much more to learn there is no way I’ll ever learn it all – which I like, the more I learn and try, the more fun it is to not die (just a rhyme:-) Have 17 hours so far, lots more videos to look at – hope they are not too boring, I try to make ‘em interesting and short but …
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Looks like a helluva lot of fun, and challenging! Did you ever get the hang of it yet? Man I want one!
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
i hope u make it someday and fly smoothly.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Thats the way to do it, by little baby steps and setting goals.
not bad for your first try, considering people have crash on their first try.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
just dont die larry
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
LarryCanFly,
You got a flying machine all you need now is a big clear field and most of all trust in yourself that you can go it. The bigger the field the better off for you to feel the helicopter movement and how it hover. You can do it. Just trust in yourself.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Fear and lack of faith in my ability to control an untested machine.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
What was the reason you couldn’t take off?
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Okay, I wanna build a home made helicopter but what engine is required and how do you make it turn?
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
@LarryCanFly so you dont crash your expensive flying machine and break your even more expensive body!
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
@b101aa2 Yeah, #9 was because the pad was assembled with the pop rivets in upside down and not recessed so stuck to the pavement like cleats, plus the pilot (me) had too little experience and too much fear to lift it up (already) at least a foot or two into a hover… but hey, this aircraft had never flown, and it was built by a total idiot crazy man (I hired, ugh).
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
@verdemanthe1 Why simulate something you can do for real for the real love of God.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
@BEA36000 I want to do all of them!:-))
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
@danny2mil Yes.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
@usernametakenthis Ha! Me too! More than “just doing…”
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
@ding0925 Hi Ding, well no, learning to fly is a life long never ending (until it ends) kind of thing that some people try to do (run). Others sit the risk.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
@HarryHydro good question, they say this engine MZ202 is 60HP. GASMAN said 40HP would fly. After flying this thing over 17 hours I have yet to pull max power and am almost afraid to… It might just shoot me to 2000 feet before I know it:-))
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
this scares me just watching…
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
Cool! how much engine power need on a helicopter this size?
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
i want one..how much is this thing. does it come with two seaters..cheers
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
First tries in the Mosquito, not first time flying a helicopter, though almost as 10 hours dual training with instructor is not a lot. There are some people who are 100% self-taught and still alive, but not many:-))
March 11th, 2010 at 2:59 pm
that was my friend on my account. sorry guys