Me with the Vigor CS.

About me...

I'm a New Zealander, raised in the South Island of New Zealand, but I've spent the last seven years in Wellington which is the bottom of the North Island.

I was not involved with the Lord of the Rings in any way.

I do not own any sheep.

I now live in Melbourne, Australia and have been here since March, 2004. Melbourne is great, it often feels like I haven't moved anywhere as Australia and home are so similar. As of 1st December 2004, I still haven't seen a kangaroo in the wild. I think these Aussies just have a few of them and truck them round to the tourist locations :).

I've got three helis at the moment, two JR Sylphide 90's which I use for F3C. One is in a Staysee body, the other isn't. I'm off to Spain next year for the F3C World Champs and am getting the Sylphides (and myself) ready for that.

The other heli is the mighty JR Vigor CS that I've owned for years now. This thing is a legend. We understand each other and it never gives me any crap. I use this for 3D.

I've owned a little Ergo 46 which taught me how to fly, an Ergo Z230 Gasser, a JR Voyager 50, Fury Tempest FAI and a Raptor 70.

Me (left) with some guy who turned up at one of our events with a strange accent and a couple of bright orange Vigors. Seemed to fly pretty good though :)

I've been flying now since about October 2000, and try and fly every weekend that the weather allows. I compete in competitions at the F3C level and I love to do a bit of 3D. I'm keen enough to fly in pretty dodgy weather conditions.

I fly at the Melbourne Radio Controlled Helicopter Club, and my home club back in New Zealand is the Wellington Model Aircraft Club.

I'm a computer engineer by trade, so I thought I'd spend a bit of time documenting some of the trials and hints I've got, and given to beginners I meet. I'm aiming this website to be a comprehensive source of helicopter information and hope to grow it further each month. I'm lucky enough to be able to travel a fair bit and always try and combine work travel with a bit of helicopter involvement where possible.

I often get asked why I love helicopters the way I do, it's pretty simple. I love playing with these things, I love the challenge of building them, flying them, modifying them, figuring out how they work. I love the challenge that there's always a challenge no matter what your skill level. There's always something to be worked upon in your flying.
Then there's the camaraderie of all the guys down at the local field, and further more when you go out of town to a funfly and meet up with everyone else from all over the place. For me those events are all about hanging out at the motels, bars, where ever once the flying is done.
This extends overseas also. On my trips overseas where I've met up with fellow pilots, I've ALWAYS been extended a warm welcome.

It's easy to see why I love this hobby so much eh?

If you have any questions or comments, please, feel free to email me at simon@littlerotors.com. If you've got any content or opinions you'd like published, forward that onto me as well.

Look forward to hearing from you!

Regards
Si

Simon Lockington
simon@littlerotors.com