| If you or your child is looking for a hobby that you can | | | | turbo powered RC helicopter. This is considered the |
| dive into on several levels, consider flying RC | | | | pinnacle of the sport, but you better have deep |
| helicopters. The radio control hobby has grown in | | | | pockets and a lot of experience before moving into |
| recent years a technology allows more advanced | | | | the turbo area of this hobby. |
| engines and electronics in airplanes, cars, boats, and | | | | For a beginner, a smaller, electric powered RC |
| helicopters. | | | | helicopter is probably the best way to go. You have |
| The really neat thing about RC related hobbies is you | | | | more options on where you can fly, and you can have |
| can choose one niche, or explore everything. For | | | | fun while going through the learning curve of flying. |
| example, with RC helicopters you can buy one that is | | | | Start slow, stay low, and master as many flying |
| ready to fly, or you can buy a kit and spend months | | | | techniques as you can before branching out and |
| putting it together from nothing but very small parts | | | | challenging yourself with more height and tricks. |
| and elaborate plans. Some people love the building | | | | As you gain experience you might want to start flying |
| portion of the hobby, and don't really want to fly, while | | | | nitro powered RC helicopters. These machines are |
| others do not have the patience for putting intricate | | | | more realistic in flight, but they are also generally harder |
| kits together and would rather just go flying. And of | | | | to learn and master and also tend to cost more |
| course, there are many RC hobbyists who love to do | | | | money. |
| all of it. | | | | When starting out, do yourself a favor and take some |
| If you want to fly an RC helicopter, you have some | | | | legitimate flight instruction either from a member of |
| choices to make. This type of aircraft is available in a | | | | your local flying club, a computer flight simulator, or |
| lot of different sizes and power choices. You can go | | | | both. This will save you time and money and keep you |
| electric and rely on battery power. Or, you can choose | | | | from crashing so much in the beginning that you want |
| to go with nitro power and have a model that behaves | | | | to quit the hobby. Take your time, learn how to fly the |
| much more realistically in the air. For those more | | | | right way, and you just might find yourself enjoying the |
| advanced in the hobby there is the option of flying a | | | | RC helicopter hobby for years to come. |