Flying a radio controlled helicopter is sheer fun but it also requires lot of preparation, practice, and knowledge about the functioning of such RC helicopters. Hence, it is important that you first understand the basics about radio controlled helicopters before you start flying them. The fundamental information of setting up the RC helicopters, learning to fly them, and realizing the subtleties of manoeuvring them without crashing them are briefly presented here. Associate with an Experienced Flyer Setting up an RC helicopter is quite a professional job and you may not be able to do it alone in the beginning. It will be advisable to take the advice and guidance of an experienced flyer for the first time at least, until you are fully thorough with the process of setting up the radio controlled helicopter. A properly set up helicopter will be flying smoothly and the control of the helicopter will also be that much easy. Moreover, the experienced flyer will be able to present you with valuable tips and points on your learning process of flying the RC helicopter and also point out the mistakes that you are making. This will be very helpful in perfecting your flying such RC helicopters. Even if you have to pay a fee for such an experienced instructor, you should consider it only as an additional and initial but valuable investment. Another option is to use an RC helicopter flight simulator. The actual flying experience will be different when you use a simulator and when you actually fly a helicopter. Even then, using a simulator in the absence of an already experienced flyer will be quite helpful for real-life helicopter flying. Be Patient and Proceed Step by Step During your learning process, you should be very patient and proceed by taking small steps. If you try too much or become impatient, you will only crash your helicopter, which will not only cost you considerable loss of money but will also affect your self-confidence of flying such helicopters successfully. The process of learning to fly an RC helicopter with adequate expertise is a long process and several intricate stages are involved in it. It will be advisable to learn all the intricacies of each stage and perfecting them before proceeding to the next stage. Initially, this may be a bit frustrating but such patient learning will help you avoid several problems later on. If you try to hurry and crash the helicopter, you are not only grounded for a fair amount of time but repairing or re-assembling the copter will be a tedious and money-costing process. Learn from your Mistakes In the beginning, you are likely to make mistakes and that is unavoidable. However, you should mentally note down the mistakes and think of proper remedies against such mistakes. Only then, you will be able to reduce and finally eliminate all mistakes in flying RC helicopters and take the right steps even when you make a mistake. Finally, you will be one of the expert RC helicopter flyers in your area and enjoy this hobby. You can even take it as a sport and participate in flying competitions.
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This shows how I built my scratch built rc Ultra Lite Slow Flyer airplane. It has a 47″ wingspan and is made from wood and 3/4″ pink foam insulation sheet. I contoured the wings with a hot wire cutter that I made out of a guitar string and car battery charger. I used the gearbox from an older plane, got a 3 channel radio on ebay for and cheap mini servos from hong kong for .00 a piece and they work great! The plane flies beautifully. Look for part 2 for flying and onboard footage of …
There are several steps in the learning process of flying radio controlled helicopters. They can be classified as pre-flight steps, basic hovering steps, advanced hovering skills, learning various types of acrobatics in flying the RC helicopters, and mastering the steps of 3D flight control. It is important that you learn all these steps patiently and master them if you wish to become an expert operator of radio controlled helicopter. Pre-flight Steps in Flying an RC helicopter The first step in flying RC helicopters is to understand the aerodynamics of helicopters. Either your instructor or the simulator will be able to provide you the basic knowledge about such helicopter aerodynamics. You should know about the controls, how to operate them, the actual impact of each control on the flight of the helicopter, the influence of the wind, and the type of the helicopter model you start training with. Learn clearly about the safety procedures that should be followed while flying the helicopter. The next step is to learn the setting up the helicopter. Sit with your instructor and learn the various setup details. You should remember that the setting up of a learning helicopter will be quite simple but the setting up of an advanced model of 3D helicopter will be highly complicated. The setting up of each helicopter model will vary with the type of components and technology used by the manufacturer, the number of accessories that you decide to use for the helicopter complicating the matter further. You can also use two transmitters for the flight control, one with you and the other with the instructor. If you make any mistake while learning, the instructor will be able to control and correct it immediately and avoid crashing of the helicopter. Learning Basic Hovering Steps When you practice the initial hovering steps of the RC helicopter, the instructor will be controlling the rudder along with the collective throttle/pitch in the beginning, while you learn cyclic control. After that, you will be learning the operation and control of the rudder and throttle/pitch, while the instructor will take care of the cyclic. Once you are comfortable with the above hovering control processes, you can control both the control sticks and make your helicopter hover in the sky the way you want it. After becoming quite familiar with hovering, you should practice landing and takeoff of the helicopter. You should also learn to manoeuvre the helicopter with tail in the wind or against sideways wind. It will be better if you learn the initial hovering steps in a place where the wind is low or moderate. Your instructor will guide you until you have perfected the art of keeping the helicopter hovering smoothly and then you can go solo. Finally, you should learn the hovering of the helicopter with tail-in circle from the instructor. This will complete your basic learning of RC helicopter flying. You should practice this until you become perfect in the art of keeping the radio controlled helicopter hovering smoothly and achieving perfect takeoff and landing of the helicopter.
View from INSIDE a Radio Controlled Model Airplane Flying over a 4 mile closed course using the Dragon Link RC system. What makes this amazing is how the Dragon Link has the ability to control the plane perfectly right down to the ground at over a Mile away without a single failsafe or glitch. No other RC system has ever performed like this before !!! Seeing video flying this close to the ground is about as cool as it gets, this is your chance to see what its like to a bird 
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