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Article #101: Flying High With RC Helicopters

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For all those airplane aficionados out Gas turbine and electric helicopters are
there who love to fly, radio controlled rapidly evolving, but the nitro types are
helicopters are often just what the currently the most common.
doctor ordered! You can soar high with Learning to fly a radio controlled copter
the controls of RC Helicopters even while isn't as difficult as it is sometimes
on terra firma. Not only is it a growing made out to be. With the latest advances
recreational hobby, it has its uses in in technology, flight simulator software
many professional activities, such as can teach amateur hobbyists to handle
aerial photography, filming, and remote their toy. Starting out on a personal
inspection/observation. Here are a few computer, this flight simulator software
tips on buying the one most suitable to can guide amateurs to learn all sorts of
your needs. aviation and manipulation tricks.
With a handheld transmitter, the pilot is RC Helicopters are complex gadgets, and
able to send signals to a receiver in the the following equipment and tools are
helicopter. RC Helicopters are usually necessary to build and maintain them in a
constructed using carbon fiber, aluminum, flying condition:
balsa wood, foam, or fiberglass, and are * Helicopter
available in a variety of designs. Models * Radio System that includes the
that are more maneuverable, such as transmitter, receiver, servos, and
helicopters with collective pitch, battery
possess greater aerobatic capabilities, * Gyro, or gadgets to control the tail of
but are mostly more difficult to fly. the helicopter
The transmitter allows the pilot to use a * Engine
hand-held radio to control the throttle * Exhaust
main rotor speed, blade angle, cyclic * Field Equipment that supports the
controls for pitch and roll, and the tail machine
rotor for the yaw. When controlled * Tools for maintenance repair or tuning,
together properly, these heli's fly and such as hex drivers, pitch gauge, glow
can perform the very same aerobatic plug wrench, ball link pliers, and small
tricks, including hovering and backward screwdrivers
flight that full-sized helicopters can The most famous competitions where the
do. aerobatic dexterity of these heli's are
Following are the different types of RC tested are the 3D Masters in the UK and
Helicopters: the extreme Flight Championship (XFC) in
* Nitro (internal combustion) the USA. These events showcase the best
* Electric machines and heli pilots from around the
* Gas turbine world.
* Petrol / gasoline






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