I AM A SUPER NEWBIE AND IM THINKING OF GETTING INTO HELIS THE PROBLEM IS I DONT KNOW ANYHTING ABOUT THEM ARE THEY HARD TO UNDERSTAND AND FLY WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE GOOD AND THE BAD ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECCIATED


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I am fairly new to the heli's myself. I still have the training gear on in fact. Message boards like this one are great places to start. Most would recomend finding someone to help you get started. I was not lucky enough too have anyone around so I had to go it alone. I found building the heli pretty easy but setting it up a little difficult. The things that helped me most where Rays helicopter book (sorry the exact name escapes me at the moment, a video that showed how to build and set up my helicopter (a raptor) and a simulator, in my case a CSM. With these I was able to hover on my own and feel fairly confident in taking the training gear off. I also have read about a co-pilot device from FMA. I ordered one and should have it this week. Its supposed to help steady a helicopter should you get in trouble, sounds like just the thing for learning nose-in. Hope this has given you some stuff to think about. Also check out heliproz.com, they have a section on starting out.

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matt

I'm completely new to the hobby as well. I've been flying fixed wing R/C for years, but decided to get into helis very recently. I got an Hirobo Sceadu .30 and I love it. I have four gallons of fuel through it and I have yet to crash it. No one has helped me at all. I bought the TruFlight 3D sim and used it with mu actual transmitter until I could hover in all orientations (including nose in). Then I bought the Model Helicopter Technique video about setting up and flight trimming. He uses a Concept 30 in the video, but much of the info is generic and can be applied to any machine. My heli flew perfictly the first time out, and I turned it around for a nose-in hover on the second tank of fuel. I would highly recommend the Sceadu, the video, and the sim. I think anyone could break into this hobby crash-free and without assistance if they pay attention to the video and spend enough time in the sim before their first lift off. I'm well into fast forward flight, figure 8s and circles. I don't really have the touch to perform these maneuvers with precision, but I certainly can practice them without crashing. Next time out I plan to try some loops and rolls just for kicks! I've only been flying the real heli for about a month of weekends.