RC & RC Helicopters

RC vehicles and remote control helicopters aren’t just for kids. Even though kids do enjoy speeding around a parking lot with their small scale Porsches, climbing rock piles with an RC monster truck or else dominating the skies with their replica fighter planes, adults also like to go back to their childhood days, controlling a boat to “rescue their buddies” or flying a chopper into “rival territory to save a platoon from certain doom.”

Helicopters can be, in some cases, very difficult to master due to pitch (movement forward and back along a horizontal axis), roll (banking or leaning left to right) and yaw (the movement of the copter along with the vertical axis) and the fact that remote control helicopters can move in any direction instantaneously. Even, the main challenge is in controlling the rotor blades. A fixed pitch helicopter means that the rotor blades are fixed into only one spot and the altitude is determined by the speed or “revelations per minute” of the blades while pitch and roll are dictated by two separate servos that are attached to the rotor head and can easily be tilted in the direction you are willing your helicopter to go.

One more kind of helicopter is the “collective” pitch helicopter; this means, that the angle of the main rotor blade may be changed to achieve a more constant gyroscopic speed.

Yes, this all sounds very scientific and dry but once you grow used to flying a RC helicopter, you can find many hrs of fun and also enjoyment to be had flying all these wonders of gadget making technology. Such as other remote control vehicles, you can get many different types of RC helicopters to be found in the market today. The electric dual rotor is presumed to be the simplest of all RC copters to fly to. All these are usually more for hovering and learning in one’s plot where the single engine rotor type that can be used more for specific maneuvers. Though it may look as if very easy, much patience will be needed but most likely, you’ll crunch a lot. Have no fear, control will come with time and then there’s the Nitro type that is for experienced flyers only and most be flown on approved flying fields. This is for the big dogs.

These are a few things you can enjoy and learn about RC vehicles, namely helicopters. Go out and enjoy flying the friendly skies.

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