| Copyright 2006 Michael Cottier
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| | chopper is perfect for realism, building,
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| RC helicopters have become a very common
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| | maintaining and flying! You will be able
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| RC toy lately and come in a variety of
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| | to personalize your chopper exactly the
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| prices and types. Many problems that
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| | way you want it, like hover time and
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| beginners face are what type of
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| | rotor speed. Once you get a feel for your
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| helicopter to choose, power source for it
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| | helicopter, and have everything adjusted
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| and whether they want an indoor or
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| | perfectly, your helicopter will fly just
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| outdoor one. With many more options on
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| | the way you want it and not the way some
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| top of those you can imagine how
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| | factory decided it should.
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| difficult it is for beginners to take
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| | The next challenge beginner helicopter
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| off, literally. First let's talk about
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| | pilot's face is learning how to fly their
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| the different power sources that a RC
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| | chopper. This is a big problem since a
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| model helicopter can have, and which one
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| | helicopter is the hardest aerial vehicle
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| will best suit you.
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| | to fly and having a miniature version of
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| If you are a beginner RC helicopter
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| | one doesn't make things easier. If you
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| pilot, then the best power source for you
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| | have no helicopter flying experience and
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| is electric. Electrically powered chopper
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| | you try to fly it, most likely it will
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| engines are still very fast, but yet
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| | crash into the ground. To save yourself
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| still quiet, and can maneuver just as
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| | frustration you need to learn how to
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| good a full sized fuel powered one!
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| | properly put it together and fly it.
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| Another main attraction to electric
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| | I recommend that you read the instruction
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| helicopters is the fact that you don't
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| | manual, front to back, before you attempt
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| have to deal with messy fuels or with
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| | to put it together and when you actually
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| tuning the engine at all. Plus fuel cost
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| | do, make sure you tighten every bolt and
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| money and electricity is much cheaper. If
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| | include every screw. One missing screw or
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| you are a beginner then I definitely
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| | loose bolt can throw the whole helicopter
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| recommend that you get an electric
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| | off and send it crashing to the ground
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| powered RC helicopter and then progress
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| | because it is unbalanced.
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| your way up to a glow powered one.
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| | Learning how to fly a RC helicopter is a
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| Glow engines have been used in RC
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| | challenge within itself, and could never
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| airplanes for some time now, and have
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| | be fully taught over the internet or
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| made there way over to helicopters. Glow
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| | through some book. The best way to learn
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| engines have a simple ignition system
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| | is to get real flying experience with an
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| that uses a glow plug rather than a spark
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| | instructor at first, and then on your own
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| plug. The glow plug is heated by a
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| | later. You can find an instructor at a
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| battery operated glow starter, and
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| | local RC airplane and helicopter club. RC
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| meanwhile the modeler uses a starter to
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| | airplane clubs are most common and exist
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| turn the engine over. When fuel enters
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| | in just about every state and country,
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| the combustion chamber, it is ignited by
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| | and since most of them will have
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| the heated glow plug and the engine
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| | experience with planes they most likely
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| starts up.
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| | will also know how to fly RC model
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| If you want to seriously get into the RC
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| | helicopters too.
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| helicopter hobby, then a glow engine
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