RC Helicopter Tips: Buying the Right RC Helicopter!

How Do I Know Which RC Helicopter To Buy?
Take into account the availability of parts in your area and what other people are flying. You don't want to be the odd kid on the block, but you don't want to spend 3000 to be like everyone else either. Besides the Nexus, the Ergo, Shuttle, and Raptor are all very good learning helicopters. Many people would argue the Raptor is now the best, however it has some short-comings such as low availability of kit and parts / Poor manual / Long break-in period for the engine.

How did you make the stripes on the blades and how do you adjust your tracking like that?
They are only striped on the top of the blades. It is kind of cheesy, but it helps a lot when trying to see if the RC Helicopter is banking toward or away from me. (Stripes means it's banking toward me) I can always mark the bottom of one of the blades to know which one is out of track or temporary tracking tape which you remove when you get the tracking right. For now, since they both are tracking perfect, it's not a problem. The stripes were made with a perm black maker 2" wide and do smear a little bit after each flight. They probably need a coating to make them fuel / oil proof. I just wipe off the smear and it's back to new again, surprisingly enough the smear does not stain the white part of the blades. The ink must be stuck in the oil.

There are just way too many physics things going on for it to calculate everything. there is a huge difference with the training gear off the .30 sized heli. Takeoffs are different. Hovering is different. Transitioning to FF is different. Landing is different. The controls are the same, but the response different. Also, and maybe most importantly, the heli LOOKs different. Do not use those balls for reference; try to focus on the body itself. But hey, everything with the gear off is BETTER, as in more responsive and more stable. You should take the gear off after you're proficient in hovering, especially if you've progressed into forward flight / can nose-in hover.

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