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Finally, we are actually going to
start to learn how to fly. Enough of that setup
mumbo-jumbo, I want to have fun! Here we go...
Construct a simple pair of
training gear, or you can buy them.
This is very easy to do, and
will save you several crashes. What you need is two
dowel rods, and four balls (Can be made of Styrofoam,
Ping Pong Balls, etc). Now, drill a hole through each
ball, and glue them to each end of the two dowel rods.
Now it looks like you have to
batons.
Now, cris-cross these on your
r/c helicopter and attach them to your skids with zip
ties, or worm gear clamps. What you have done is made it
so if you come down for a landing crooked, the gear hits
before your blades hit.
Saves a lot of money. Here is
what an aerial view would look like.
0 0
\ /
\ || || /
\|| ||/
|| X ||
/|| ||\
/ || || \
/ \
0 0
If you can imagine this, the ||
are your landing skids, the / and \ are your dowel rods,
and the 0 are your balls. I would not learn how to fly
without these on your helicopter.
Now on with the basic ground
exercises!
First, put the helicopter on
the ground within a save distance from any obstacles.
Now you will want to slowly bring the
throttle/collective up to right before the helicopter
starts to lift off. If it starts to hover, lower your
throttle/collective stick slightly until you find the
point that it wants to hover, but does not quite have
enough power. Now, move your cyclic controls around and
see how the helicopter reacts. You will notice that the
helicopter wants to slide to the right, left, forward
and back. What you want to do is keep it stationary. Try
your hardest to keep it right where you placed the
helicopter after starting it.
Do this a few times, and each
time get it closer and closer to the point where it
wants to hover.
Good Luck!
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