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Malibu · 2012-02-07, 18:44

(2012-02-07 18:15)McGherkin Wrote: Helicopters are complex beasts. Ask Colin McRae. R/C ones are the same as the big ones, but everything happens a hundred times faster

I really hope your are not implying that RC helicopters are harder to control than real helicopters lmfao..

McGherkin · 2012-02-07, 18:51

What's wrong with what I've said?

**[TC]»Pete«** · 2012-02-07, 19:13

If I were ever to get an RC helicopter, I'd get one of those quad rotor ones that keep themselves level.

Shame though.

Turkey · (This post was last modified: 2012-02-07 20:20 by Turkey.)

Mc Gherkin is right. It's true that any RC model (helicopter, plane, boat, car etc) that's accurate to the real thing, but smaller will require faster reactions. It's simple physics - remember what the twin towers looked like when they were falling? Like a slow motion video. Now imagine an accurate jenga model of the twin towers falling - it's the same dynamics, except it happens far quicker.

I think you may also be right about the cause of the crash, Mc Gherkin. From the video you can see the heli becomes a little unstable from wind, shortly before I take a bit of power off to try and lower it. I then tried to tilt it forwards a little to balance it - I seem to remember the heli reacted very sensitively at that point and tilted far forwards. I'm sure an experienced pilot could have done something, but I had no control.

(2012-02-07 19:13)Lampshade Wrote: If I were ever to get an RC helicopter, I'd get one of those quad rotor ones that keep themselves level.

Shame though.

I have a small indoor quad rotor heli and I learned how to fly it well very quickly (anyone can). That's when I decided to go for something challenging. Perhaps more challenging than I expected though. Biggrin