Welcome to our basic flying and understanding page

Have you any experience of  flying and in need of help in: Setting up a helicopter for the first time is not easy. It is very unlikely that you will setup the heli correctly by yourself. A helicopter that has been setup properly flies much better and is more predictable! Furthermore, he may give you additional hints and tips on learning and he may point you at certain mistakes you make, which may be very helpful. Finding a good instructor is the most valuable investment in your helicopter hobby.
Set goals: If you set actual realistic goals, you have a target to focus on. This will help you to learn faster, and it will motivate you to practice. Furthermore, once a target is reached, it will motivate you and give you confidence. Just flying around will not learn you to fly soon.
Take small steps: Always take very small steps on the learning curve. If you take a big step, you may succeed, or you may crash. If you crash, you may be de-motivated, it will cost you money, it will make you less confident, you are grounded for some time and the worst it is dangerous! Make sure that you learn a step thoroughly and in all directions before you take the next step. If you don't do this you may seem to make fast progress at first, but you will run into problems later on. In the end you will learn faster if you take small steps because you know the basics well and you will fly instead of repair.
Don't skip steps: There are of course numerous ways to learn to fly a remotely controlled helicopter. However, if you follow the steps that I have listed below, you will learn fast and with a minimum chance of crashing. The steps are chosen such that you always have learned the necessary steps before taking a new step. Furthermore, they are chosen such that you will be able to recover from the mishap that you will likely make in the new maneuver or step you are trying to learn.

How To Choose Your First RC Heli

If you're an absolute beginner you may well be contemplating the purchase of, or will have just bought, a five-channel, 30-size, IC or electric RC helicopter. In truth, having discussed joining a club, seeking advice and choosing a machine that'll see you from your first tentative hops right through to that coveted BMFA 'B' certificate, that's about as far as we got in the last issue. Tempting though it was, we stopped just shy of spending your money, although we're about to change all that! In this issue, then, we're going to set foot in our local model shop, assured of what it is we're going to buy and determined to leave the store with nothing more and nothing less. So, let's take a look at what needs to be purchased, and why.