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06/02/2008
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(Date Posted:06/04/2008 01:41 AM)
 | Have an experienced flyer help you: Setting up a helicopter for the first time is not easy. It is very unlikely that you will setup the heli correctly by yourself. A helicopter that has been setup properly flies much better and is more predictable! Furthermore, he may give you additional hints and tips on learning and he may point you at certain mistakes you make, which may be very helpful. Finding a good instructor is the most valuable investment in your helicopter hobby.
| | Set goals: If you set actual realistic goals, you have a target to focus on. This will help you to learn faster, and it will motivate you to practice. Furthermore, once a target is reached, it will motivate you and give you confidence. Just flying around will not learn you to fly soon.
| | Take small steps: Always take very small steps on the learning curve. If you take a big step, you may succeed, or you may crash. If you crash, you may be de-motivated, it will cost you money, it will make you less confident, you are grounded for some time and the worst it is dangerous! Make sure that you learn a step thoroughly and in all directions before you take the next step. If you don't do this you may seem to make fast progress at first, but you will run into problems later on. In the end you will learn faster if you take small steps because you know the basics well and you will fly instead of repair.
| | Don't skip steps: There are of course numerous ways to learn to fly a remotely controlled helicopter. However, if you follow the steps that I have listed below, you will learn fast and with a minimum chance of crashing. The steps are chosen such that you always have learned the necessary steps before taking a new step. Furthermore, they are chosen such that you will be able to recover from the mishap that you will likely make in the new maneuver or step you are trying to learn.
| | Have an escape ready: If you try to learn a new step, think about what can or likely will go wrong. Think about what the escape is to recover from that potential problem you will encounter. Next also practice that escape so that you are sure you are capable of performing the escape, and that you get used to it so that you indeed automatically use it if something goes wrong.
| | Use a proper RC Heli flight simulator: Having a proper simulator which can be controlled by your Tx is invaluable. It allows you to get acquainted to controlling a model helicopter and learn the needed reflexes. Note that this helps a lot! However, also note that flying a real helicopter is still very different from flying one on a simulator. Besides the obvious restrictions of simulation there is always the stress factor in real life which is missing in the simulator. In real life it takes a bit longer to repair the heli, and it is a bit more expensive.
I have tried numerous simulators, and I believe that Reflex is the best. It looks Great, and it flies very realistic. Not one of the other simulators is getting close (except CSM which looks awful). I know that RealFlight is very popular since it looks good, but it does not fly realistic at all. Note that I have tried many more, but they can't compete with Reflex. |
(Message edited by rcroll On
06/04/2008 01:50 AM)
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