RC Helicopter

[Murray993]

I bought a RC Heli at the weekend. Its an indoor 4 chl affair and I am struggling to fly it (no big surprise). Anyone have any advice on starting out flying these things.

Thanks

Edited by Murray993 on Monday 29th June 12:08

[DIW35]

Get a nice smooth surface (wooden floor or lino is perfect) and just advance the throttle slowly intil the helicopter becomes light on it's skids, and starts skating around the floor. In this mode you can get used to the cyclic and anti-torque controls without the thing actually leaving the ground. If it starts skating too fast towards a hard object, just dropping the throttle will have it settled and with little risk of damaging anything.

Once you start getting used to the controls in skating mode, advance the throttle a little more for some short hops. Try not to get too high above the floor - again it's just a question of feeling your way along. Having become confident with short hops, you can try an extended hover, but again, try not to get too high.

After that it's just a question of keep practising to boost confidence before advancing to hovering sideways on and hten nose in (nose towards you).

Have fun.

[Holst]

If you know anybody else who can fly one then its worth letting them try yours.
Often these "ready to fly" helicopters are badly built and hard to fly.

Otherwise find the largest wind free room you can and keep practicing.

Concentrate on using the rudder to keep the tail pointing towards you that way you wont get confused by the orientation of the helicopter.

[hman]

theres a lot of elements which affect the stability of a heli, from blades tracking to c of g to control movements, power, exponential, throttle curves etc.

Your indoor heli has none of these elements as its never been set up.

Take it to a model shop or an experienced heli flyer and let them have a fly, they will soon let you know if its ok or if it needs adjustments.

The pico z things need loads of tweaks to make them fly really well, and although i know the 4 channel lama's etc are ok its still best to start knowing that the heli in itself is performing correctly.

Then its just up to you to learn to fly it, whilst you're at the model shop get some spare blades - you'll need them sooner or later!.

(I learnt on a kyosho 30 concept dx with a hoop attached to the skids in my back garden when I was supposed to be doing my GCSE's!! taught me loads about how to set up a heli and nothing about how to pass exams!)

[dr_gn]

Murray993 said:

I bought a RC Heli at the weekend. Its an indoor 4 chl affair and I am struggling to fly it (no big surprise). Anyone have any advice on starting out flying these things.

Thanks

Edited by Murray993 on Monday 29th June 12:08

Can you let us know what model and type it is? Is it a coaxial for example?

Cheers,

[Holst]

dr_gn said:

Murray993 said:

I bought a RC Heli at the weekend. Its an indoor 4 chl affair and I am struggling to fly it (no big surprise). Anyone have any advice on starting out flying these things.

Thanks

Edited by Murray993 on Monday 29th June 12:08

Can you let us know what model and type it is? Is it a coaxial for example?

Cheers,

It must be a co axial, if it was a propper heli he wouldnt be "struggling to fly" he would be waiting for the replacement parts to arrive hehe

[dr_gn]

Holst said:

dr_gn said:

Murray993 said:

I bought a RC Heli at the weekend. Its an indoor 4 chl affair and I am struggling to fly it (no big surprise). Anyone have any advice on starting out flying these things.

Thanks

Edited by Murray993 on Monday 29th June 12:08

Can you let us know what model and type it is? Is it a coaxial for example?

Cheers,

It must be a co axial, if it was a propper heli he wouldnt be "struggling to fly" he would be waiting for the replacement parts to arrive hehe

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