Ultimate Beginners Guide To Flying RC Helis
How To Fly Rc Helicopters
Learn Secrets of Flying RC Helicopters and Planes
I came across a really great web site on Beginners guide to flying RC Helis and RC Planes and was very impressed with the books I bought written by Peter Carpenter.
With out any doubt flying a helicopter is far harder to acquire than flying a plane and very satisfying when achieved.This easy to download Ebook is full of fantastic advice, like knowing how to perform that first aerobatic maneuver,understanding RC systems & how they control the helicopter, essential pre-flight checks you need to know,just a few great articles to name a few Peter talks and explains about-I put a few excerpts below to give you an idea of the book-I have bought both the RC Heli and RC plane book,both were brilliant reading.
Excerpts from the ebook " Beginners Guide To Flying RC Helicopters"
Sample page from the Guide Chapter 3: Different types of RC helicopter...
Chapter 4: Understanding RC systems and how they work...
Chapter 5: Understanding the primary helicopter controls...
Chapter 6: Ways of learning to fly an RC helicopter...
Chapter 7: Choosing & buying your first helicopter...
Chapter 8: Get familiar with your helicopter, prepare it for flight...
Chapter 9: Choosing a suitable flying area...
Chapter 10: Essential pre-flight checks...
Chapter 11: Your first steps to getting airborne...
Chapter 12: Learning to hover your heli...
Chapter 13: Flying a Figure 8 hover...
Chapter 14: Basic forward flight...
Chapter 15: Flying a circular circuit...
Chapter 16: Faster circuits & translational lift...
Sample page from the Guide
"But what this hobby has seen in recent years is a complete change in variety and designs of helicopter available; electric power (EP) has become the norm and multi-function helicopters that need no assembly whatsoever and can pretty much be flown straight out the box are being sold in hobby and toy shops alongside model cars and boats - this was an unthinkable idea not that long ago.
And even more recently, as the ongoing electronic revolution continues, we now have easy access to micro-size helicopters that sit comfortably in the palm of your hand and can be flown in a completely controlled manner around your living room..."
Sample page from the Guide
"It's important to realize, though, that such fixed pitch helicopters do have a steep learning curve and if you've never had any previous experience, say with flying a coaxial heli, then you're in for a difficult time! Even with coaxial experience under your hat, the flight characteristics and techniques needed to fly an FP heli are completely different and learning to co-ordinate main rotor and tail rotor well can be quite a game to begin with.
Unlike a coaxial RC helicopter, a fixed pitch heli like those named above can't be flown straight out the box with no previous experience, despite what the manufacturers tell you!"
Sample page from the Guide
"As with collective pitch vs. main rotor speed for altitude control, so it's much better to have tail rotor pitch controlling the yaw rather than a separate motor controlling the speed of the tail rotor.
In exactly the same way a fixed pitch heli is less responsive to climb/descent inputs so a heli with a motor-controlled tail rotor is less responsive to yaw inputs. In addition to that, electric RC helicopter tail motors are notoriously bad for burning out and having a very short life; having to replace the motor on a regular basis is bad enough, but having the motor die in mid-air and seeing your heli spin wildly out of control as you instantly lose all yaw control is sickening!"
As you can see from just a few sample pages how well written this Ebook is and the amount of knowledge Peter Carpenter is giving you.The cost is less than $15 and as you guys know me here as the Syma Freak I review lots of Syma helis and tell you the good and bad points-so here with this Ebook I highly recommend, not because it will massively help you fly a Syma S107G more the fact you will get bitten by this great hobby and move up in scale to much bigger 4 channel helis and above needing a lot more knowledge and tips to fly the bigger faster birds like the Walkera Helis.
So here are the links to Peters web site and the books available, also a great site just to float the breeze their and read great articles and info on flying rc helis and planes.
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Why are there never any antennas on the helis in all the videos?
Sorry not really sure what you mean, they are not all electric helis and this is a training book how to fly helis.
Hi, I’m new to flying RC Helicopters and recently picked up a Syma S110g helicopter. I’ve had a lot of fun with it Following your passion for the S107g, I’ve placed an order for one The waiting is driving me crazy! I’m wondering if I can use the transmitter I already have to control it. I know the S107 comes with a transmitter but I like the remote control I already have. Do you or anyone else out there have any comments or advice to share. I love the website and refer to it often.
Thanks
The S110g has a different remote and mother board in heli,so you can not fly the S107 with that remote..the S107 comes with its own remote which is bigger.
Hi,
IR remote controls works as this: you have to aim VERY precisely at you aircraft.
I recommend that you use at least 4ch 2,4GHz transmiter. Thay support long range transmiting signal and no loosing signals – no crashes 😉
Hope this helps… more at my page: http://www.facebook.com/rcpdf.plans
Regards,
Hello,
I’ve just had my first S107G for about 3 days. Bought from Amazon.com
I’m haveing a little trouble [losing IR signal] and in looking closer, discover that the IR Controller has a very narrow beam [if that’s the word], I almost have to aim the controller EXACTLY at the helicopter, and if I deviate even the slightest I lose control.
Is there a way I can aleviate this problem?
is that IR [3-wire transistor look-alike receiver] in the rear of the Helicopter able to be bent [carefully] down to aid a better vision of the IR signal?
How good is Amazon in exchanging product if I can’t solve the problem myself?
Cheers.
Vernon
vernongt@hughes.net
[Please use Syma S107G in the subject on reply]
I’d love to hear from you…