| Although there is nothing wrong with it electric RC | | | | can cope with. |
| Helicopter is not for people who require more than just | | | | How important is it to find an expert to set up the pitch |
| simplicity. RC Planes are nice in that, they're much | | | | and balance? Make sure to buy a balancer and a pitch |
| more relaxing to fly than a RC Helicopter, but the | | | | gauge you want errors to be less than 1 degree and |
| coordination you learn from flying RC planes is not so | | | | the balance of the blades to be perfectly level / even. |
| useful when flying RC Helicopters that it warrants | | | | then you should settle for kinds that are easy to fly. |
| buying a whole airplane first. The reason is because | | | | What you should be looking for is an electric |
| RC planes do not sit still and move backwards or | | | | radio-controlled helicopter. In this way you eliminate the |
| sideways on you, and RC Helicopter are much less | | | | risk of crashing down your newly purchased helicopter |
| forgiving of mistakes that on an airplane could be fixed | | | | to the ground. |
| simply by pulling up and adding throttle. It is said that | | | | Homebuilt RC Helicopter imposes great experience. It |
| flying a gas RC Helicopter is somewhat similar to flying | | | | gives opportunity for individuals to fly their own RC |
| a real helicopter. Both are treated with much respect | | | | Helicopter without the need to spend so much money |
| and much care. | | | | on flight training school.Get used to how responsive the |
| Do not let that helicopter get too far away. Even | | | | collective is. Give it a few SMALL taps. You want to |
| though you think it is too hard to see just because it is | | | | get used to NOT over-correcting with the left stick. |
| on a screen does not mean it is any easier to keep it | | | | This is hard most people want to move the stick all the |
| close in the real world. Do not force the RC Helicopter | | | | way down when they get in trouble. |
| back down, lower the collective a little bit at a time. If it | | | | Turn the rudder trim half way off center so that the |
| starts to sink rapidly, raise the collective slow at first | | | | heli is doing a complete 360 once every 2 seconds or |
| and slowly raise it faster until it stops falling. Start | | | | so. Do not touch the rudder now! Only use the |
| lowering it again and do a slow, controlled descent. If | | | | collective. Try and slowly fly around without touching |
| you descend to quickly you will enter your own down | | | | the rudder to do this you need to continually be |
| wash and the RC Helicopter will pull itself into the | | | | adjusting the cyclic since the helicopter will always be |
| ground and need considerable collective to | | | | pointing in different directions. Also see mini electric |
| compensate. This is a bad condition. See helicopter rc | | | | radio control helicopter. Meanwhile plastic RC |
| photography. | | | | Helicopter models could cost around $7 to as much as |
| You must be sure that you got your RC Helicopter | | | | $50 while the rc model RC Helicopter could cost at |
| from a reputable brand in order to ensure that you get | | | | around $100 to over $1000. Then there are the bad |
| the quality you expect. If you descend to quickly you | | | | RC Helicopter crashes where you look for the parts |
| will enter your own down wash and the RC Helicopter | | | | that aren't broken. Thanks to James for providing this |
| will pull itself into the ground and need considerable | | | | sample of what happens when you turn a rotary-wing |
| collective to compensate. This is a bad condition. Wind | | | | into a fixed-wing while in flight. |
| conditions; the bigger the helicopter the more wind it | | | | |