John, Thank you for writing such a great informative book on collective pitch RC helicopter tips. I have been flying a Blade 400 indoors in the large gym of the school where I work. I have learned more creative ways to crash than I care to think about. The manual that comes with the ...
With all that said, here's a neat little fixed pitch heli I recently reviewed that actually handles wind fairly well. It deals with the tail blow out issues by keeping the rotors spooled at low stick. This would have to be the best performing fixed pitch RC helicopter I've flown to dat...
but there reaches a point in every RC helicopter pilot’s evolution where the BIG step is made: going forcollective pitchaircraft and starting the path towards complete 3D control of their aircraft. An email crossed my desk from a reader(Thanks, Glen!)looking for...
a swashplate isn’t always needed. Multicopters dispense with the need for one by differentially controlling four or more motors to provide roll, pitch, and yaw control. But thanks to a doctoral thesis he found, it’s also possible to control a traditional single-rotor helicopter by ...