Post by keith4896 on Aug 3, 2016 14:12:33 GMT 8
For Beginner, I would like to share how to learn to fly a RC Heli in a the shortest period of time and cheapest way.
Items require:
1. You tube
2. Flight Simulator (any will do for a start, I started with Phoenix but later moved to Real flight)
3. Your own 6ch or more TX.
Personally, after seeing so many channels on you-tube and different people's guide, I found that Freddy Cordova has the easier and best learning program to follow. There are 10 different video that he created for the route to 3D flying. All 10 has been broken down into very good and details on how to achieve different stage. His guide and instruction has broken down into simple steps for you to learn. Explanation by him is also very clear.
Here is the link:
Follow the 10 video for a complete guide. But for beginners take abit of time to learn everything in video 1 and 2. I promise you, if you can do whatever he mentioned in Video 1 & 2 you will have an easier time thereafter in your journey to 3D. (Personally I had revisited the video more than 10time to refresh the learning.)
Some tips & Learning from myself:
- Learn how to hover in all orientation (This is extremely important)
- Piro hovering (turn the heli using rudder)
- Break down your maneuvers into small steps to learn and then string them together.
- Do your maneuvers slow for a start to get use to the stick movement.
- use throttle cut/hold when you crash. Make it a habit here, you will have a good habit when you fly the real thing. (throttle cut reduce alot of damage during a crash)
Spend lots of time to learn everything on the simulator, I spend thousand of hours on it before moving to the real thing. Save me plenty of money too. Most will think simulator is boring or unreal as compare to real life flying. In-fact, the simulator on Real-flight is so close to real life flying (if you pick the correct heli) that I have move over to real-flight just to get the feeling of flying the real thing. The key thing about flying simulator is to give yourself a target while flying the simulator.
Example: If you want learn how to flip the heli, just concentrate on learning and trying to do the flip until you can master it. In this case you will not find it bored at all as you have achieve something by the end of the 2nd or 3rd of the simulator practice.
In no time you will find yourself being an expert in 3D.
Just note that a lot of guys gave up simulator and just want to fly the real thing, cause they get more "feel" on the real thing. The hard truth is that those crashes you will make when you fly the real thing will exhaust your time had money just to fix the heli. In no time, you will get frustrated and quit the hobby.
If you do the maths, a simulator will cost maybe $150~$200 but you get plenty awful lots of helis in it. Your crash cost for the cheapest heli will only allow you to crash 2 time max.
My Setting on the TX:
Throttle hold - On
Expo - none
Dual rate - 100
Normal mode :( Leave everything stock for throttle curve and pitch curve)
For 3D flying, please activate your idle up flight mode:
Idle 1 mode:
-Pitch curve - stock linear curve, 0-25-50-75-100 (Spectrum) or 100-50-0-50-100 (Futaba)
-Throttle Curve -100-100-100-100-100 (Straight line )
Leave everything at stock, especially the dual rate and expo, learn how to handle sensitive mode and you will find it easier on the real thing as usually the real heli, we add a bit of expo to it.
Items require:
1. You tube
2. Flight Simulator (any will do for a start, I started with Phoenix but later moved to Real flight)
3. Your own 6ch or more TX.
Personally, after seeing so many channels on you-tube and different people's guide, I found that Freddy Cordova has the easier and best learning program to follow. There are 10 different video that he created for the route to 3D flying. All 10 has been broken down into very good and details on how to achieve different stage. His guide and instruction has broken down into simple steps for you to learn. Explanation by him is also very clear.
Here is the link:
Follow the 10 video for a complete guide. But for beginners take abit of time to learn everything in video 1 and 2. I promise you, if you can do whatever he mentioned in Video 1 & 2 you will have an easier time thereafter in your journey to 3D. (Personally I had revisited the video more than 10time to refresh the learning.)
Some tips & Learning from myself:
- Learn how to hover in all orientation (This is extremely important)
- Piro hovering (turn the heli using rudder)
- Break down your maneuvers into small steps to learn and then string them together.
- Do your maneuvers slow for a start to get use to the stick movement.
- use throttle cut/hold when you crash. Make it a habit here, you will have a good habit when you fly the real thing. (throttle cut reduce alot of damage during a crash)
Spend lots of time to learn everything on the simulator, I spend thousand of hours on it before moving to the real thing. Save me plenty of money too. Most will think simulator is boring or unreal as compare to real life flying. In-fact, the simulator on Real-flight is so close to real life flying (if you pick the correct heli) that I have move over to real-flight just to get the feeling of flying the real thing. The key thing about flying simulator is to give yourself a target while flying the simulator.
Example: If you want learn how to flip the heli, just concentrate on learning and trying to do the flip until you can master it. In this case you will not find it bored at all as you have achieve something by the end of the 2nd or 3rd of the simulator practice.
In no time you will find yourself being an expert in 3D.
Just note that a lot of guys gave up simulator and just want to fly the real thing, cause they get more "feel" on the real thing. The hard truth is that those crashes you will make when you fly the real thing will exhaust your time had money just to fix the heli. In no time, you will get frustrated and quit the hobby.
If you do the maths, a simulator will cost maybe $150~$200 but you get plenty awful lots of helis in it. Your crash cost for the cheapest heli will only allow you to crash 2 time max.
My Setting on the TX:
Throttle hold - On
Expo - none
Dual rate - 100
Normal mode :( Leave everything stock for throttle curve and pitch curve)
For 3D flying, please activate your idle up flight mode:
Idle 1 mode:
-Pitch curve - stock linear curve, 0-25-50-75-100 (Spectrum) or 100-50-0-50-100 (Futaba)
-Throttle Curve -100-100-100-100-100 (Straight line )
Leave everything at stock, especially the dual rate and expo, learn how to handle sensitive mode and you will find it easier on the real thing as usually the real heli, we add a bit of expo to it.
