RC helicopters index page
The primary information pages on rc helicopters within this website are listed below. Each page includes model examples where appropriate, and shopping options. The pages are:
- Electric rc helicopters
- in recent years, electric rc helicopters have seriously dropped in price, become very widely available and have become much easier to fly, making them the ultimate 'must have' radio control model... Full page. - Gas rc helicopters
- flying gas rc helicopters is ultimately very rewarding but the complexity and costs often dissuade beginners from this section of rc flying. Proper multi-channel gas helis are serious business and you need to be very aware of just what is involved both in terms of cost and learning to fly one, before you jump in with both feet... Full page. - Coaxial rc helicopters
- electric coaxial rc helicopters, sometimes referred to as dual-rotor or contra-rotating helicopters, have been responsible for bringing thousands of new people into the hobby of radio control flying in the last few years. Coaxial helis are very easy to fly, and their inherent stability makes them perfect first-time helicopters... Full page. - Micro rc helicopters
- true micro rc helicopters have finally started to become widely available, a long time after micro cars, boats and planes became popular. This is because model helicopter technology is far more complicated, and components have only recently become small enough to allow full production of true micro rc helicopters... Full page. - RTF rc helicopters
- gas powered RTF helicopters have been around for years, but it was always hard to find a good electric RTF heli - they just weren't available! The now famous Ikarus ECO Piccolo was the first mass-produced RTF electric helicopter to hit the shops, back in 1999, and its success was a clear sign that an electric RTF rc helicopter that could be flown indoors was very marketable... Full page. - Mini rc helicopters
- buying and flying mini rc helicopters has become a lot more affordable in recent years, thanks to the advances in radio control technology. But with so many electric helicopters available these days, it's not so easy to define which ones fall into the 'mini' category... Full page. - Infrared micro helicopters
- in the run-up to Christmas 2006, infrared micro helicopters appeared on the scene and took the radio control hobby by storm, the helicopters were the 'must have' toy of the year! As a kid, for me, the idea of having a tiny model helicopter that you could fly around the bedroom - and more importantly afford to buy - was unimaginable... Full page. - Toy rc helicopters
- toy rc helicopters have really become popular within the last couple of years and it's easy to see why - they're pretty cheap to buy and flying them isn't difficult! Even more recently, micro-sized toy helicopters have appeared in shops everywhere... Full page. - FP or CP helicopters
- pitch refers to the angle of the main rotor blades (and rotor disc) in relation to the horizontal airflow, but when comparing FP (Fixed Pitch) and CP (Collective Pitch) electric rc helicopters, this pitch name only refers to altitude... Full page. - RC helicopter controls
- learning the basics of rc helicopter controls isn't quite as scary as it might seem, and understanding which function does what on a radio control helicopter will make life a lot easier for you in your early days as a model heli pilot.... Full page. - Rotor blade balancing
- this page about main rotor blade balancing goes hand in hand with the Walkera Dragonfly 4 pages, and is intended to help you improve the flight stability of your electric rc helicopter, by showing you how to balance the main rotor blades statically and dynamically if you don't have access to a blade balancing tool... Full page. - Rotor blade tracking
- rotor blade tracking is an often overlooked task on simple 4 channel FP electric rc helicopters, yet is as equally important as balancing the main blades. The term tracking refers to the line that the blades take through the air, in their horizontal plane as they spin... Full page. - Flybar balance and paddle pitch
- the flybar is the short bar perpendicular to the main rotors. It has an airfoil paddle at each end and controls the cyclic movement of the helicopter, as well as acting to stabilize the spinning main rotors. While the main rotors will be the biggest culprit when it comes to vibration, the flybar is not completely innocent... Full page. - How helicopters fly and are controlled
- helicopters truly are amazing flying machines. How helicopters fly is what makes them such versatile aircraft and explains why they are so perfectly suited to roles ranging from military use to fire-fighting or search and rescue... Full page. - My Walkera Dragonfly 4
- lists the links to pages about my Walkera Dragonfly 4 FP electric rc helicopter experiences... Full page. - My Walkera 4#3B
- review of my own Walkera 4#3B micro electric rc helicopter... Full page.
