Specifications
15. Learning to Fly an R/C Helicopter ..................................................................... 121
15.1. The skills required ................................................................................ 121
15.2. Making the learning process easier ........................................................ 121
15.2.1. Hover no higher than eye level ................................................... 121
15.2.2. Paint your canopy a bright color or leave it white ......................... 121
15.2.3. Use white blades ....................................................................... 122
15.2.4. Use a heading hold gyro. ........................................................... 122
15.3. Minimize downtime; maximize practice time ........................................... 122
15.4. Divide the learning process into smaller, easier steps ............................. 122
16. Hovering Technique ........................................................................................ 124
17. Helicopter Power-On/Power-Off Procedure ....................................................... 125
17.1. Helicopter power-on procedure ............................................................. 125
17.2. Helicopter power-off procedure ............................................................. 126
17.3. Safety notes ......................................................................................... 126
18. Tail-In Hovering .............................................................................................. 127
18.1. Preparation .......................................................................................... 127
18.2. Tail-in hovering - Phase 1 ..................................................................... 127
18.3. Tail-in hovering - Phase 2 ..................................................................... 129
19. Side-In and Nose-In Hovering Orientations ....................................................... 131
19.1. To translate into a left side-in hover ....................................................... 131
19.2. To turn into a left side-in hover .............................................................. 131
20. Orientation Exercises ...................................................................................... 132
20.1. Introduction .......................................................................................... 132
20.2. Inverted T ............................................................................................ 132
20.3. 90 degree yaw ..................................................................................... 132
20.4. 180 degree yaw .................................................................................... 132
20.5. 45 degree nose-in orientations .............................................................. 133
21. Forward and Backward Flight ........................................................................... 134
21.1. Using idle-up mode ............................................................................... 134
21.2. Entering and exiting fast forward flight ................................................... 134
21.3. Banked forward turns ............................................................................ 134
21.4. Backwards flight ................................................................................... 135
21.5. Banked backwards turns ....................................................................... 135
22. Forwards and Backwards Exercises ................................................................. 137
22.1. Figure eights ........................................................................................ 137
22.2. Backwards remote half circles ............................................................... 137
22.3. Backwards remote full circles ................................................................ 137
22.4. Backwards tail-in figure-eight ................................................................ 137
22.5. Backwards nose-in figure-eight ............................................................. 137
23. Advanced Exercises ........................................................................................ 138
23.1. Single pirouette .................................................................................... 138
23.2. Multiple slow pirouettes ......................................................................... 138
23.3. Pirouetting remote circles ...................................................................... 138
23.4. Pirouetting figure eights ........................................................................ 138
24. Tweaking Helicopter Twitchiness ..................................................................... 140
24.1. Reduce the headspeed (CP helis only) .................................................. 140
24.2. Reduce the swashplate mixing .............................................................. 140
24.3. Increase exponential on aileron/elevator ................................................ 140
24.4. Add flybar weights ................................................................................ 140
25. Your First Major Crash .................................................................................... 141
26. Troubleshooting Common Problems ................................................................. 142
26.1. Vibration problems ............................................................................... 142
26.1.1. Excessive vibration (entire heli) .................................................. 142
26.1.2. Excessive vibration (tail only) ..................................................... 143
26.2. Tail control problems ............................................................................ 144
26.2.1. Tail keeps spinning and will not stop with HH gyro ....................... 144
26.2.2. Tail jerks around when spooling up with HH gyro ......................... 145
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