5 steps to pilot RC helicopters
Of all the occupations available RC, radio controlled helicopter is arguably the most difficult to master. However, with the advent and progress of today's RC flight simulators, the learning curve has decreased. Now new RC helicopter pilots can literally crash as often as they want until they can eventually keep their helicopter in the air. Nevertheless, conventional RC helicopter training lessons has not lost their importance. Some they provide a guide to practice in the simulator. For others who do not like the simulators – or for reasons can not get their hands on one, flying lessons are priceless. For those who choose to follow the path of non-simulator, it is generally recommended to use a certified instructor. But with the growing popularity of electric RC helicopters cheaper, the cost associated with this hobby has decreased exponentially. Consequently, many new drivers have chosen to learn to fly or with a simulator or an instructor. No matter how you choose to learn to fly helicopters RC, this article provides classic helicopter lessons will definitely help.
Lesson 1: First Feel of Helicopter floor exercise /
First things first, you have your helicopter well stocked and set up before doing anything. Most electric models are already set up right out of the box. If your model requires no adjustment, make sure you follow the instructions in manual or hire / ask someone knows it for you. Trimming will not be discussed in this article because it is a whole topic in itself.
Once your helicopter is off, you'll need a simple pair of training materials for the largest models. You can actually do you use two to four bars and four-inch balls (ping pong balls will do). However, it may be easier to buy one. If you are learning with a co-axle ready-to-fly electric helicopter such as the Lama or Walkera 54, then the process of training is not necessary. On the other hand, if you learn to model larger and more classics such as T-REX, then having a missile training is absolutely mandatory.
Now you fly your helicopter for the first time. However, for this first lesson, the goal is to learn what it "feels" like control. Therefore, what you want to do is put the throttle / collective to the point where the helicopter is about to take off the ground, but not quite take the air at the moment. With the helicopter in this half on the ground, half wanting take-off phase, move the cyclic control around and see and get an idea of how the helicopter will react to each control. To do this several times until you have felt all the controls and, especially, to understand.
Lesson 2: Hover (tail)
Once you've mastered the floor exercise, the next step is to soar. Every helicopter pilot and instructor will tell you that one most (if not more) important component of a helicopter is hovering. In fact, no matter how fancy the flight, at its most fundamental level, a helicopter flight starts and ends with a hover.
For this lesson, make sure the tail is directed towards you. Move handle gas so that the helicopter is about to soar like you did in the floor exercise. Then, get the helicopter as stable as you can get. After that, give him a little more gas / collective. Remember that you should make the helicopter stable on the ground first before giving it the extra throttle to lift the ground. Doing this will make this lesson much easier. When the helicopter starting to take off the ground, it will continue to rise slowly. Bring the throttle down slightly to stabilize at about 1 foot.
Then the hardest part. Try to keep the helicopter hovering in one place. This will prove to be very difficult at first. Draw what you learned on the floor exercise. Once you've hovered for about 30 seconds, put the throttle down slightly and the helicopter will start to descend slowly to the ground. Do not limit by too fast or your helicopter will crash and be damaged.
Try poses many times. Between each hover, reflect on what you did right and what you did wrong. You will find that each hover will be more accurate and more controlled than others.
Another important point during this lesson is to always point the tail of the helicopter to you. Do no point of the helicopter in a different direction this time you'll most likely get lost. Orientation training will come later.
Once you're comfortable with hovering at 1 foot, try putting the helicopter at an altitude of 3 to 5 feet. It sounds scary, but in fact, hovering at 3 to 5 feet is easier than hovering at 1 foot. Keep doing this exercise until you can pass for an entire flight the battery or the fuel tank, which is equivalent to approximately 7 to 10 minutes if you practice on a simulator.
Each driver is different amount time to acquire this essential skill. Some get very fast (a few days) while others take weeks or months. Do not be discouraged not, take your time and learn at your own pace. As long as you have fun while practicing, who cares how long it takes. Do not rush this lesson. It is very important that you learn to hover and can do so comfortably.
Lesson 3: Basic Flight
Once you have mastered the hover, the next step is fundamental direction of flight. Get your helicopter flying as you did in the last lesson, then choose a location and your helicopter pilot there. Then pick another place and do the same thing. At this point you want keep the helicopter in a tail position. Keep doing what you feel that you can get your helicopter to go where you want when it is in a tail orientation.
Lesson 4: nose-in Float
After having mastered hovering and basic flight while flying tail-in, the next stage, the nose in hover, will be relatively more difficult. The idea behind this exercise is very simple: just hovering like you did lesson 2, but this time, hover with the nose of the helicopter pointed towards you. While this may seem simple, many new pilots find this extremely difficult because most of all controls are now reversed. At this point you can already confident about flying and the feeling that you can easily perform this hovering exercise at high altitude. Please refrain from do. Instead, start this exercise by placing the cursor at 1 foot, then slowly increasing the altitude to 5 feet that you are more confident and comfortable with the controls now reversed. Keep doing this exercise until you can master hovering with the nose pointing to you. After completing this lesson will greatly improve your orientation awareness.
Lesson 5: Square and Figure 8 flights
This final lesson will combine the skills you've learned the previous lessons, namely, hovering, orientation and flight direction. The combination of these skills will produce a full flight. The first objective is to try to navigate your helicopter square. If you monitoring the exercise without cheating, you will see that the flight squares can be achieved quite easily. The next goal would be to fly in a figure 8 pattern. It be more difficult, but it is certainly not out of reach. As you do more and more figure eights, concentrate on keeping the 8 perfect shape. Do your best not to swerve. Becoming more experienced, you should opt for precision flight controls more and more. Once you mastered the Figure 8, you should be able to fly your helicopter when you want. Practice makes perfect, but remember also to have pleasure, after all, is the whole point of a hobby.
About the Author
Interested in the amazing hobby of Electric RC Helicopters?Tara Soonthornnont is an Electric RC Helicopter enthusiastwho maintains a website dedicated to it.Check Out http://www.electric-rc-helicopter.com
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