New begginer looking for any tips!!

[shrek]

Hi, i have just bought a baby heli and am trying to teach myself to fly it, has anyone any tips to help me out? all help is gratefully recieved!! :idea:

[Stuart]

I've never flown a micro heli, so I'm not much use here, but others have who'll be online soon...Welcome to the site and enjoy.

Is this your first heli or do you have a .30 size as well.

[shrek]

This is my first heli, It is hard to get the hang of, but its early days yet. I have been looking online for a club to join in order to get some coaching but i will feel a bit silly turning up with my little heli and they are all scooting up and down in their monsters!!! he he

[Stuart]

Though Micro Heli's seem a good place to start its most probably one of the most challenging. They are inherently harder to control due to thier size, but that's not to say you'll not be able to learn with it.

Just be prepared to open your wallet more often, have you a local sports hall nearby that a club might might use for indoor flying.

They are not too clever outdoors unless the wind in near zero and in this country that's a novelty

[shrek]

Maybe i should sell this and get a bigger one, what would you recomend for a beginner?



Chris :lol:

[G-DAVE]

Beginner's

Hi Shrek
You can learn to fly model helicopters in-doors with a micro model,but,you have chosen the hardest way possible.
Basically in order to suceed with any real progress you need lots of stick time, the best way to achieve this is with an entry level I/C collective helicopter, in conjunction with a club that carries an heli instructor.
This will cost a little more to begin with, but bring results fairly quickly.
The choices are Kyosho Caliber's -- Thunder Tiger Raptor 30 -- Hirobo Shuttle 30's and others.
The trick is to see what the local model shop carries spares for , of course there is many outlets doing mail order.
Here is a link to a Model shop I can vouch for, and there web site has lots of prices and info.

www.alansmodels.com

Regards Dave D

[shrek]

Thanx alot Dave

[shrek]

heli guide

Stuart, did the email come through alright?

[Stuart]

Got your e-mail I'll upload it for others to view soon.

[antsis]

Shrek

I'm a converted plank driver who had the idea of learning with the micro heli. The intent was to transition onto ic when the weather got better.I got a hummingbird at new years and taught myself to hover it. This was after trying outside when I thought it was calm enough and buying lots of main and tail rotors. I found that popping it up about a foot off the floor and the making small corrections was the easiest way to hover. I then went looking for the nearest indoor flying meeting and got advice from experienced pilots.

I bought a century hawk sport and its first flight was at Easter. To say the micro heli is harder to fly is correct. On my 2nd flight with the hawk, I passed the hovering portion of the A cert.

However, although I could hover the HB before I went to an indoor meet, I still got the heli checked out. The same went for my Hawk. I spent time with our club instructor checking everything before he flight tested it.

If you want to go micro, you will buy more spares, but if you can master that, you will find an ic model less stressful and easier.

[smiggsy]

Re: New begginer looking for any tips!!

Hi Shrek,

I've only been flying heli's for about a year, and I learnt with a Raptor 50 V2. Now I regularly fly that and also an Xcell 60 and a Robbe Robinson R22 scale which is only about 30 size. The difference between them is that the R22 being so small is harder to keep in a stable hover especially when it's a bit windy. The Raptor is more stable and nimble, and the Xcell being a 60 size is easiest to fly and is rock solid to hover even when it's windy. I'm more confident flying circuits with the Xcell than the raptor for the same reason. I had a Piccolo (big mistake) and found it very difficult to fly. I'm glad I didn't use it to learn to fly with, or I would have given up ! The top and tail is, 30 size good to start with and parts are cheap. 50 size are good to learn with as it's more stable and parts are not much more than a 30 size. 60 size not usually recommended for learning unless you have a deep wallet, but I found much easier to fly. good luck, happy flying and don't give up !!