Take to the skies in your living room or front yard with an RC helicopter. Whether you want a micro RC helicopter to amuse yourself at the office, an easy-to-fly toy helicopter for the kids, or an almost-like-the-real-thing hobby grade radio controlled helicopter, explore the world of radio controlled whirly-birds.
The Twin Thunder micro tandem RC helicopter is suprisingly easy to fly.
The Air Hogs Havoc Heli Laser Battle from Spin Master comes with two Havoc micro helicopters for double the fun. These special helicopters are equipped with infrared receivers and transmitters and firing buttons on the controller so that two people can not only fly together, they can try to shoot each other out of the air. There is also a special edition with cool glow-in-the-dark blades for even…
Don't just fly around the room, battle it out in the air with a friend. The Air Hogs Laser Battle Havoc Heli set comes with two Havoc helicopters equipped with infrared sensors for engaging in air combat.
After reading R/C Model Helicopters A Guide for Beginners I feel a lot more confident about what to look for, what to watch out for, and how to learn how to handle my RC helicopters. This book is by far the easiest to understand that I've read recently. It truly speaks to the beginner of any age. And because it is only 45 pages long, you won't feel as if have to skip the bookreading and rush right into buying and flying your RC.
If you are seriously interested in building scale RC helicopters but don't know where to start or how to proceed, the book Building Scale Helicopters takes you through the entire process quite nicely.
Unlike the CX with its coaxial counter-rotating head design, the Blade CP uses conventional main and tail rotor design for faster, but trickier-to-control flight. This 6-channel micro helicopter flies anywhere and comes ready-to-fly right out of the box. An optional Aerobatic Enhancement Kit adds more tricked out aerobatics and inverted flight capabilities to the Blade CP.
Completely assembled and ready to fly right out of the box, the Blade CX is a great hobby-grade micro helicopter for the beginning heli pilot. One of several radio controlled helicopters E-Flite makes, the Blade CX is lightweight, easy-to-fly, and affordable at around $200.
A distributor for Interactive Toy Concepts, they offer a wide assortment of radio controlled flying machines including airplanes, helicopters, and blimps.
They carry several familiar series of radio controlled toys such as the BladeRunner indoor helicopters. Their RCs range from the indoor fliers for teens and adults to the novelty RC toys suitable for kids as young as 5.
Most hobby-grade RC helicopters take a lot of skill to fly. They are not really geared towards beginners and children. But there are some less fancy, moderately-priced alternatives that let kids and novice RC pilots experience the thrill of flying without requiring a great deal of dexterity or knowledge of the mechanics of flight.
Out of all the indoor helicopters I've seen, for the price the Air Rage Blade Runner II is the most impressive by far. It is easy-to-control even in a living room full of obstacles. This is a toy that kids and adults can enjoy together.
Describes how to choose between electric and nitro, basic challenges, and the best way to get started.
Tower Hobbies has a diagram of typical helipcopter parts and describes the basic RC helicopter flight controls.
The Little Rotors site describes what you need and what you need to know get get started with RC helicopters.
While nitro may seem more glamorous, there's a lot of good reasons for going electric. Here's 5.
A few basic differences between gas (nitro) and electric helis offered by Low Jeremy.
Do you know the difference among 30, 46, 50, or 60 size engines for RC helicopters? Find out here.
Here's a rundown on what a gyro is, what it does, why you need one, and how to use one with your RC helicopter.
