went to my first real organized fly-in last month, one of those IMAC affiliated events or something like that, and i genuinely did not expect it to be that chaotic. like evreybody was cool and helpful but there were maybe 30 people flying at once and i just kind of froze up. ended up hovering my freestyle quad about 10 feet off the ground for like 20 minutes because i was scared of getting in someones way. the experienced guys were doing proximity passes and all kinds of stuff and i was just sitting there. still glad i went though, talked to a few people who gave me some good tips on my build

that feeling is completely normal dude. first time i flew with a group i nearly binked into a tree because someone flew close and i panicked. you get used to it after a couple times, most pilots are pretty aware of whos around them especially at an organized event

the social part is honestly the best thing about those events, even if the flying itself is stressful. i mostly just hang around and watch now tbh, sometimes its more fun than actually flying