| So how difficult is the model helicopter to control in | | | | well as 2 stroke gasoline models. If you descend to |
| fight? Well, it has been described as similar to balancing | | | | quickly you will enter your own down wash and the |
| a steel ball on a knife edge whale riding a bicycle! | | | | RC Helicopter will pull itself into the ground and need |
| Added to this is the type of thrill that is involve every | | | | considerable collective to compensate. This is a bad |
| second of flying. The electric RC Helicopter is also | | | | condition. Full RC Helicopter guide at The |
| much cheaper than the next type of RC Helicopter: | | | | HELICOPTER STATS give you a brief guide to price. |
| the gas RC Helicopter. So here are the things you | | | | If the RC Helicopter has NOT got RTF beside it you |
| should know in order to get you end up getting the | | | | will have extra costs to get it flight ready and will have |
| right radio-controlled helicopter for you. Evaluate your | | | | to do some building. |
| flying skill. | | | | Then there are the bad RC Helicopter crashes where |
| You can also start with a scale-model plastic | | | | you look for the parts that aren't broken. Thanks to |
| helicopter. There are model RC Helicopter that are | | | | James for providing this sample of what happens |
| made from wood. If you want to fly with the airplanes | | | | when you turn a rotary-wing into a fixed-wing while in |
| (which they tend not to like when you hover all over | | | | flight. Do not over-react and send it launching into the |
| the runway) you will need AMA insurance. Homebuilt | | | | sky. All problems were eventually overcome and the |
| RC Helicopters are motorized (although wit less | | | | fully controllable R/C model helicopter had arrived. |
| power) and can lift you off from the ground with the | | | | Just take it easy and if it gets "on top of you" do not |
| same experience you can get from a conventional | | | | touch anything but a little forward cyclic for 1 or 2 |
| full-size helicopter. | | | | seconds. Before we start it is traditional for other pilots |
| What kind of engines do RC Helicopters run on? | | | | to share their experiences so get there and ask ask |
| Special remote control RC Helicopter engines. They | | | | ask and ask. |
| come in 2-stroke and 4-stroke glow burning engines as | | | | |