| With these reasons you can draw a conclusion that | | | | fuel .30 and .60 two stroke engines. Practice doing a |
| those who buy electric RC Helicopter want | | | | little bigger circuits but keep the speed down. Your |
| convenience more than real experience. Practice doing | | | | ready to take the training gear off. They are slowing |
| left / right turns in front of you while flying your RC | | | | you down and you are probably developing bad habits |
| Helicopter back and forth. Almost like a figure-8 but | | | | by using them for visual cues. Spare parts; The basic |
| always keeping the RC Helicopter tail in a little. Basically | | | | formula is the cheaper the helicopter the cheaper the |
| just fly the RC Helicopter sideways to the left and right | | | | spares and the lighter the helicopter the less crash |
| in front of you then start adding rudder so instead of | | | | damage you will incur.if you are careful. Extremely |
| flying sideways back and forth. Spare parts; The basic | | | | careful. I put the blade holders on upside down but it |
| formula is the cheaper the helicopter the cheaper the | | | | seems to fly ok with them that way. When I get some |
| spares and the lighter the helicopter the less crash | | | | extra money I'll buy new wood blades. So here are the |
| damage you will incur. Always hold your blade grips | | | | things you should know in order to get you end up |
| tightly when you start your helicopter. If the engine | | | | getting the right radio-controlled helicopter for you. |
| starts at a higher rpm than you expect and you do not | | | | Evaluate your flying skill. |
| have a hold of it right away you may not be able to | | | | RC Helicopters can fly as fast as 80mph and as high |
| stop it. This can happen if you forget to reconnect the | | | | as 10000 - 12000 feet.An average simulator would |
| throttle link after maintenance or forget to turn the rx | | | | cost around $160 for CSM and $220 for RFD with the |
| on. Gas RC Helicopter is powered by an engine that is | | | | cable that connects to your tx. Some people swear |
| ran by fuel. This is much complicated to maintain and | | | | by them. Do not forget to put the frequency crystal |
| requires a higher level of mechanical understanding to | | | | back into the tx after you have been using it with the |
| operate (compared to electric RC Helicopter). | | | | CSM Simulator (since the tx batteries last 10 times |
| There are many unexpected things you will encounter | | | | longer without the crystal installed) it is a real drag to |
| if you do not have a simulator that are not listed here. I | | | | go to the site and just as you are ready to start-er-up |
| can not stress the usefulness of a simulator enough. | | | | you notice you do not have a crystal in your tx. Move |
| Practice walking the RC Helicopter around. Follow at a | | | | all the sticks like crazy all over the place until the |
| safe distance behind it and make it go places slowly. | | | | helicopter is in a precarious position... then level it out as |
| Be careful not to step in any holes. Practice turning the | | | | fast as you can. |
| heli a little bit to the right and left. Get used to the | | | | When you get good at flying your RC reverse the |
| perspective in real life. The sim experience only helps. | | | | direction of the rudder. When you are good at this land |
| Practice flying the heli out and back (tail in both ways) | | | | while slowly pirouetting. Also see manufacturer of mini |
| Practice a little side to side slow-flying See anodized | | | | micro firefly rc helicopter. Electric RC helicopter is also |
| skids for rc helicopters. | | | | easy to fly and less complicated. beginner pilots do not |
| RC Helicopters range in size from .06 cu inches to .91 | | | | have the experience to know what they are buying as |
| cubic inches. The most common of these are glow | | | | far as ware and tear goes. |