A little hover flight to start my flying at Heli Heatwave at Wagga Wagga.
I leaned the main needle by 8 clicks (half a turn) and it was still nice and rich with a plume of smoke out the back
The heli was flying beautifully, although talking with some of the guys, the main gains could be a touch high
Just the one flight of eight minutes
Nigel has been involved in the IT industry for over 35 years, during this time, he has been involved in most facets of the industry. These include, Software engineering and Analysis, networking, software development, PC and server assembly, Systems Engineering.
Outside of his career, his main hobby is Radio Controlled vehicles. Starting in 2002 with his first Nitro car - A Traxxas Nitro Rustler, progressing to 4wd off-road buggies, Helicopters, boats, planes, gliders and most recently, quad copters. He was one of the founding "resurrectors" of the Radio Controlled Off-road track in Morphett Vale, South Australia where he raced for seeral years.
Currently (besides flying planes, gliders and helicopters), he is building a 77" PT17 Stearman based of plans drawn by Nick Ziroli.