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Choosing A Good Helicopter

Well, that's debatable. For one thing, thehelicopters are for the most part are harder
inexpensive electric helicopters are veryto  fly  than  fuel  powered  helicopters.
difficult to fly in the wind. Yes you can buy
a pretty good one for around $200. The CX isThere are several different people who are
the easiest to learn to fly as compared toconsidered to be the inventor of the
the CP and the equivalent, but allhelicopter. I could write a book explaining
helicopters, fuel powered or electric, areit in detail, but I'll cover a couple of the
difficult to teach yourself to fly. Chancesprimary contributors to the development of
are good you will break many parts in therotary wing aircraft. The ancient Chinese
learning process and most likely give upinvented a toy for children that you can
after spending too many hours fixing,still see today. It consists of a propeller
practicing and/or tons of money in theand a shaft through the middle of it. If you
learning process. Hate to discourage you, butspin it quickly in your hands or with some
this  is  the  reality  of  RC  helicopters.other force such as a rubber band you could
make it lift up and hover briefly before
People seem to think because the helicopterscoming  back  to  the  ground.
are electric and cheap; it will make it
easier to learn how to fly. I've trainedThe first recorded depiction of a possible
something on the order of 300 people to hovermanned helicopter is a diagram drawn by
and fly helicopters over the years and I knowLeonardo da Vinci in the 1400s. The knowledge
for a fact that is the safest, easiest andof physics necessary to successfully build a
cheapest  way  to  learn.working model did not yet exist, but he
understood the concept of an "air screw" that
Fuel powered helicopters are difficult toif turned fast enough would be able to drive
learn to hover and fly, small electricthe  machine  and  a  pilot  into  the  air.
helicopters are even harder and the tiny ones
are worse. You will need a large open area toOver the course of the next few centuries
practice hovering and even then, chances aremany other people toyed with the idea of a
you will break things. This is something youhelicopter, but again the amount of power
will unfortunately find out after you spentnecessary to drive such a machine into the
quite a bit of money on your helicopters andair was not possible to generate. The
replacement  parts.invention of the internal combustion engine
made the power requirement a reality. The
If you haven't already, tried installing anext hurdle that needed to be overcome was
new and/or different type of glow plug. It isthe concept of torque - the phenomenon that
possibly there is a hole in your fuel linecauses the body of the helicopter to spin in
inside of your tank where the fuel line isthe  opposite  direction  of  the main rotor.
attached to the metal pick up. That would
cause it to stall when the tank is halfPaul Cornu invented a working piloted
empty. The engine might be overheating due tohelicopter in 1907, but it was not a
the lean mixture caused by the possible splitsuccessful design. It only generated enough
fuel line. There are so many electriclift for about 7 seconds. Another Frenchman,
helicopters out there and it depends on whatEtienne Oehmichen built and flew a working
you  consider  is  too  expensive.helicopter  for  about  1  kilometer in 1924.
Save your $100 because buying thoseAs early as 1910, Russian born Igor Sikorsky
helicopters would be a total waste of money.began working on development of a manned
As the saying goes, you only get what you payhelicopter. By 1940, his working design had
for. The same goes for the cheapest electricbecome the model for all modern helicopters.
ARF airplanes. You will need a proper trainerIt consisted of a main rotor and a tail rotor
airplane, and any RC warplane is well beyondthat is used to counteract the torque
any  beginner's  abilities.generated by the main rotor. This design is
still used in a vast majority of helicopters
Learning to fly RC airplanes is somethingtoday, which is why Sikorsky is considered
that is possible to learn on your own, butthe  father  of  the  modern  helicopter.
definitely not recommended. If you ever get a
chance to find a club or an experienced flierThere are many other men who contributed to
who will let you fly a proper trainer, thenthe development of rotary wing aviation - too
you will see what I'm talking about. Imany to list here, but a thorough search of
believe collective helicopters are easier tothe library and/or the internet can give you
fly than fixed pitched helicopters. You aretons of insight into the development and
correct about the CP. The small electricdesign of all different types of helicopters.



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