| Everyone from child to adult has I'm sure at one time | | | | Blade mSR or the Walkera 4#3b. With these |
| or another had the dream of flying a helicopter. With | | | | helicopters you will begin to really get a feel for what |
| the advances of battery technology and smaller | | | | it's like to fly a helicopter. You can go from a basic |
| cheaper manufacturing of the parts required that | | | | hover to zipping around the living room and landing on |
| dream is now possible. Now anyone from kid to adult, | | | | just about any flat surface and before you know it |
| beginner to expert can fly there very own RC | | | | you will start to see everything as a helipad. |
| helicopter without breaking the bank. Everything from | | | | After your finished landing on just about everything in |
| your basic hover to full 3D maneuvers can now be | | | | the living room you may be wondering about the next |
| preformed in your living room! | | | | step up. Well this is where once again modern |
| Before you jump right in and go by the first RC | | | | technology is your best friend. You can now go out |
| helicopter you see there are things to be considered. | | | | and purchase a fully capable 3D helicopter that fits in |
| The most important thing is to get a helicopter you will | | | | the palm of your hand. For this next stage of your |
| be able to fly and enjoy without first becoming | | | | adventure from beginner to pro I would recommend a |
| frustrated. There are many options out there so do | | | | cyclic pitch (blades have variable pitch) micro helicopter. |
| your research. My personal favourite and most | | | | In this category your best choices are the Walkera |
| recommend being the micro size helicopters, most of | | | | 4G3 or the Walkera 4G6. You could also get the |
| which can be flown in your living room! For those just | | | | Heli-Max Novus CP however it is simply a Walkera |
| starting out I would highly recommend to get a coaxial | | | | 4G3 rebranded. With this micro helicopter you will be |
| helicopter (there are two sets of rotor blades) like the | | | | able to continue to master your skills with hovering |
| e-flite blade mcx or walkera 5g6. You could also get | | | | orientation and landings. Once you are a master at |
| one of those little foam helicopters you find at | | | | these basic skills you can then move up to more |
| Wal-Mart or Toys R Us like the Air Hogs Havoc | | | | advanced maneuvers like aerobatics and inverted |
| Helicopter. These micro sized helicopters are excellent | | | | flying (yes you can fly upside down even in your living |
| to get the feel for flying and have a lot of fun without | | | | room). With these maneuverable little helicopters you |
| ever having to leave the house. Another great | | | | can even move outside on calm evenings for more |
| advantage is that the small foam helicopters will | | | | space when doing those loops and rolls. Then once |
| recharge right off the controller in less then 5 minutes | | | | you think you're a pro with the helicopter you can do |
| and you're in the air again. | | | | yet even more with these little guys by upgrading |
| Once you've begun to master that little guy you can | | | | there parts for even more performance! |
| then start to think about moving up to a more capable | | | | Overall there is a whole new world out there with the |
| helicopter with more control. Now for the best part, | | | | technology we now have at our disposal. Anyone |
| just because you need more performance does not | | | | from beginner to expert can get into the hobby with |
| mean you need a bigger helicopter. With technology | | | | little cost and lots of fun. Micro helicopters have caught |
| how it is you can get a helicopter of the same size | | | | the market by storm and there cheap prices have got |
| with much more capability. For the next step up I | | | | a lot of people into this wonderful hobby and I hope |
| would recommend looking for a fixed pitch micro | | | | you too will get the bug and join us micro helicopters |
| helicopter. Some examples of this size are the E-Flite | | | | enthusiasts. |