Practicing power loops, some proximity tree dodging

Yah stinger swarm guy I linked in your thread is/was a professional commercial pilot. Have seen good fpv pilots from all sorts of backgrounds though so don't think it's impossible to get that good.
 
wafflejock said:
Yah stinger swarm guy I linked in your thread is/was a professional commercial pilot. Have seen good fpv pilots from all sorts of backgrounds though so don't think it's impossible to get that good.
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Yep it's like playing guitar lol anyone can get as good as Eddie Van Halen if you're willing to put in the time to practice.
 
You would probably find that a lot are younger video gamers that grew up with a game controller in their hands. When you put the goggles on how different is it from a game?
 
mdm said:
You would probably find that a lot are younger video gamers that grew up with a game controller in their hands. When you put the goggles on how different is it from a game?
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This probably helps some people with regard to the hand eye coordination, but for me was basically like learning from scratch. I played a ton of Halo growing up so first person shooter style controls were very familiar but when flying I prefer 'pincers' (using pointer finger and thumb) over just thumbs so it's pretty different.

The flight simulators are pretty good and a good way to build up some skills but gravity/drag is always a bit off in the sims compared to reality so most of that knowledge transfers, but still need stick time with the real thing to get smooth/fast with the real thing.
 
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