Yeah I know? What is that?? A rare species. I have only seen two to date. I am sure there are more. I am not a RC Heli field lizard. I was out checking out a new field and met Mandy who I think is sponsored by RJX (don’t quote me on that) but she seems pretty enthusiastic. I did get to see her fly on a buddy box today with Doug and she was pretty impressive even when Doug was off of the sticks. I don’t think I would like my GF to be into this stuff as much as I am because then she would know how much money I am blowing on this hobby and not on her.
Here is a picture of Mandy Lee with a Hurricane 50. Ill try and get some video of her flying soon. You can see more of her in the August issue of RC Heli Magazine was well.
It was nice meeting everyone from the Potti Pilots field and hopefully I will see more of you guys out there.
Hi Derrick,
Burt just told us about this article. Very cool. I think it would be very cool if you got a video of her flying. By the way, I was off the sticks virtually the entire flight. That was all Mandy…
Were you there for her new maneuver? I talked her into doing a back flip during FFF without any time practicing it on the sim. She pulled it off nicely. She liked it so much, she kept doing it the rest of the day.
I think it is also cool that last year her goal was to improve her flyings skills to the point that she could be comfortable flying solo and being the only female pilot at the LA Fun Fly. She met her goal. About 2 weeks before tha Fun Fly she did her first solo flight, and she did a great job at the LA Fun FLy. And yes - she was the only female pilot there!