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[Hellraiser7]

Welcome after a while U will end up doing this but everyone here are very very Helpful.

[Bell47G]

Welcome! Happy Flying

[cjcj1949]

Welcome. If you want to stay with a 3 channel heli then you are doing the right thing. If you want to fly the better helis then the bad news is that your three channel heli will not help you. In fact it will even make you worse as the controls on the better helis are completely different. If you do want to learn then you need a four channel heli as a minimum. Left and right on the right hand stick horizontal. Roll axis really, it tips the heli clockwise or anticlockwise about a line from you to the heli. Up and down on the right handstick makes the nose go up and down which is how we make them go forward and back. Another rotation about the other horizontal axis, and the twist axis or yaw that moves the nose left and right is controlled from the left stick left and right. The left stick also controls throttle which makes the heli go up and down.

You can get a heli with two rotors, called a coaxial which is very stable and moves slowly or a heli with one rotor which is not so stable but flies faster. You need a single rotor heli to fly outside in any wind and quite a big and expensive one most of the time. As you get better you will be able to handle more wind with smaller helis.

Things happen very quickly with helis and you do not have time to think. You need to learn what to do without thinking. Crashes are frequent while learning. The snag is that once you have learnt one thing there'll be something else to master and so for many people they are always learning. It is fun and addictive and you can push yourself as much as you want.

The bigger the heli, the easier to fly (in general), but the more the crashes cost. Joining a club is a good way to learn. You can go and talk to people for free and ask for advice, usually you won't need to ask.