Stall Turns Banked Turns Getting started with piroflips Rule number 1 Basic survival Non-piroing "piro"flips Survival part II Survival part III Putting the "piro" back into the flip slowing down the sim How to proceed what's next? piroing loop Piro stall turn Chaos and piroing globe Piroing globe Kaos! Practising efficiently Making the most of the simulator Exercises Under construction Drill Instructor
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Getting started with piroflips
Much has been said and written about piroflips. It is the 3D move to learn and makes a pilot's street credibility go up a hundredfold. All it takes is a piroflip or two and you'll hear awed whispers "...he's doing 3D!". Never mind that I haven't figured out nose-in hover yet - why waste time, it's not 3D and therefore uncool.We teach piroflips in the same way as skiing: Once the student has learned to stand without falling over (and this won't take long), we point him down a nice, steep black slope. And give him a shove. Don't worry, he's a bright guy - yea he'll crash a couple of times but he'll figure it out eventually.
Oh, I haven't introduced myself. My name is Markus and I'm your skiing instructor from hell.
Stop.
Don't worry. I'm just kiddin'. I don't teach skiing. Really (snowboarding, if you ask nicely).My little "skiing lesson" above is totally absurd. But curiously, this is more or less how many people approach piroflips - with varying levels of success and often to the delight of the spare parts industry.
The purpose of this chapter is to get started with piroflips, ultimately with the real-life heli.
If you can do them already and want to improve, have a look at the material in the Kaos-chapter.
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