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RC Helicopter: Theories & Practice for Dodos

This category is all about radio controlled helicopters. Before you venture into this topic, it is better to read all about the fixed-wing aircraft (i.e. an airplane) which is a prerequisite even on learning to fly or study full-size airplane. But on the contrary, many folks have skipped the fixed-wing and went straight to rotary-wing aircraft with success. Anyway it's not that hard to learn all about helicopter and to fly them. Once I've read a book that described how hard is it to fly a helicopter, and it says "it's like balancing a steel ball on a knife edge while riding a bicycle" sounds ridiculous, but there is some truth about the matter.

Thank goodness there are modern innovations to simpify the task of flying those complex machines. For example the gyoscope or stabilizers which are used to stabilized the tail rotor and computerized radio control equipments to mix the controls of main rotor variable pitch and tail rotor pitch. So then we will start our lesson as follows:

Chapter 1 : RC Helicopter Nomenclature

Chapter 2 : Why and How Helicopters Fly

Chapter 3 : Rotary Wing Stability and Control

Chapter 4 : Helicopter Weight and Balance

Chapter 5 : Helicopter Powerplant

Chapter 6 : Choosing My First Model Helicopter