Starting with radio control helicopters

By: andysmith1035@googlemail.com
RC Radio Control helicopters have become a very common remote control model lately and they can be found in a variety of prices and types.

Some of the problems that new users face is what type of remote control model to start with, gas for it and whether they want an indoor or outdoor one. With many more options on top of those you can see how difficult it is for new users to get going.

The first thing we have to look at is what type of power source is best for you.

If you are a new remote control model pilot, then the most sutable power source for you is electric.

Electrically powered chopper engines are still very fast, and yet still quiet, and can manoeuvre just as well as a full sized fuel powered one! Another major attraction of electric helicopters is the fact that you don’t have to deal with messy fuels or with tuning the engine at all. in adition fuel is more expensive and electricity is much cheaper.

If you are a new pilot then I definitely recommend that you get an electric powered remote control model and then progress your way up to a glow powered one.

Glow engines have been used in RC airplanes for a time now, and have become more popular in helicopters.

If you want to seriously get into the RC helicopter hobby, then a glow engine chopper is perfect for action, constructing, maintaining and flying! You will be able to modify your chopper exactly the way you want it, change things such as hover time and rotor speed.

When you get a feel for your helicopter, and have everything set up perfectly, your helicopter will move just the way you want it and not the way some factory decided it should.

The next challenge the new helicopter pilot will face is learning how to fly their helicopter.

This might be big problem since a helicopter is the hardest air borne vehicle to control and having a tiny version of one doesn’t make things simpler.

If you have no helicopter flying experience and you try to fly it, most likely it will hit the ground. To save yourself frustration you need to find out how to properly construct and control it.

I would recommend that you devour the instruction manual, front to back, before you try to construct it and when you actually do, make sure you tighten every bolt and include every screw. Remember that just one missing screw or loose bolt can throw the whole helicopter off and send it crashing to the ground because it is unbalanced.

Learning how to fly a helicopter is a challenge within itself, and could never be fully taught remotely.

The best way to progress is to get real flying experience with an instructor at first, and then on your own later. You can find an instructor at your local helicopter club. RC airplane clubs are most common and exist in just about every place, and since most of them will have experience with planes they most likely will also know how to fly RC model helicopters too.

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