RC Helicopters

[daddyo]

Anyone like to fly these? I just bought one about a month ago and have already crashed it. Now I'm taking it in small steps to get the hang of it.

[Photoguy67]

I have a small basic Blade mcx one of those twin axial copters only thing I am prepared to try after miserable attempts on the simulator! LOL

[MacGyver]

I've got a Blade McX as well, and love to fly it.

Like Photoguy, most of my other RC aircraft experiences have resulted in spontaneous hedge trimming at some point

[peejman]

I used to be into RC stuff (mostly cars) when I was a kid, but they were so expensive back then that I quickly crashed myself out of business.

My wife and I watched a guy flying by himself in a field in Spring Hill last fall. He was amazing. He had 4 helicopters and was doing all the fancy tricks... upside down, backwards, loops, rolls, ... all the really cool stuff you see on youtube. I chatted with him a little and marveled at his skill. Of course I asked him how many helicopters he'd wadded up learning all the tricks. His answer... none. He said he'd only really crashed hard one time and it was years prior. He told me about this simulation software where you actually use your own controller with your computer. He said he practiced the tricks over and over on the computer until he could do them easily, then tried them in real life. He said the simulator was very, very accurate. I forget the name of the software, but he said it was the best money he'd spent.

[daddyo]

I'll leave the tricks to the pros, I just want to learn how to keep the thing in the air.

[Photoguy67]

That was probably "Real Flight" software. I have a slightly older version which works great, I just can't seem to get the hang of the helicopters. I can do fixed wing just fine, but seem to have a mental block with the copters.