Time again to share ... When researching one thing sometimes we discover something unrelated that in short, surprises ... ... In this case it was the completeness of the document that surprised "The Electric Helicopter Beginner's Guide v17" which as you will see is very extensive, detailed and a one-stop source of information ... Looks like an Rc Helicopter Encyclopedia ... LOL, I ended up forgetting about what I was researching and spent some time reading through what I found. Well NOT to name anyone but the question does come up sometimes, although this time I'm sure it was a rhetorical question ... So "where does one start if interested in Rc Heli's?" IMO and although somewhat 'dated' this publication would be a good starting point and with the 'pdf version would be a good candidate for printing CAVEAT: Often with publications of this sort the DATE at the TIME of publication CAN be important! Advancement of electronics and technology in general are always getting better. Thus with respect to specific Rc Helicopters and the related hardware it would be ideal and even wise to look for updated versions of any specifically mentioned. First version of this document was published in 2000 and the last in 2006, just over ½ a decade and over a 'decade' if looking at it's first publication! ADDED-Value: On the plus there are NO freaking advertisements! Thanks for teh Time [size=1.2em][shadow=grey,left]w00d[/shadow][/size] [hr] [size=1.25em]The Electric Helicopter Beginner's Guide v17[/size] Copyright © 2000-2006 Toshiyasu Morita Licensed under the Creative Commons, Non-Commercial HTML - Home PDF - ehbg-17-A4.pdf - As always the printer friendly version [hr] Table of Contents Preface 1. Things You Should Know 1.1. Helicopters require a SIGNIFICANT TIME COMMITMENT 1.2. Repairs are expensive 1.3. Hovering is difficult to learn 1.4. Airplane experience may not help 2. Types of R/C Helicopters 2.1. Single rotor helicopters with fewer than four channels 2.2. Coaxial helicopters with two to four channels 2.3. Multirotor helicopters with four channels 2.4. Four to six channel single rotor 2.5. Summary of skills 3. First Helicopter Selection Guide 3.1. Things to consider when selecting your first helicopter 3.2. Clones 3.3. Classification of helis used in this guide 3.4. Overview of selected machines 3.5. Summary of helicopter sizes 4. Recommended Configurations 4.1. Beginner configurations 4.2. Intermediate configurations 5. Brushless Motor Upgrade Paths 5.1. Corona upgrade paths 5.2. Piccolo upgrade paths 6. Helicopter Parts Selection 6.1. Control system 6.2. Servos 6.3. Batteries and related items 6.4. Motors and related items 6.5. Other 7. Support Equipment 7.1. Hand tools 7.2. Helicopter tools 7.3. Adhesives 7.4. Charging equipment 7.5. Electronic instruments 8. Simulators 8.1. FMS 8.2. Piccofly with Game Commander 8.3. Easyfly 8.4. Aerofly Professional 8.5. Aerofly Professional Deluxe 8.6. Realflight G2 w/USB Interlink 8.7. Realflight G3 w/USB Interlink 8.8. Reflex XTR simulator w/USB interface 8.9. ClearView 8.10. PreFlight 8.11. PhoenixRC 8.12. Helicopter simulator for the Mac 8.13. Summary 8.14. Simulator practice 9. Transmitters 9.1. Suitable helicopter transmitters 9.2. Special transmitter notes 9.3. Transmitter tray 9.4. Transmitter hand position 9.5. Transmitter manuals 10. Helicopter Construction 10.1. General tips for all helicopters 10.2. Specific tips for LMH Corona only 10.3. Specific tips for all Piccolo (Fun/ECO/CP upgrade/Pro) 10.4. Specific tips for fixed pitch Piccolo (ECO/Fun) only 10.5. Specific tips for collective pitch Piccolo (CP upgrade/Pro) only 10.6. Specific tips for the MS Composit Hornet II 10.7. Specific tips for Ikarus ECO 8/16 only 10.8. Specific tips for Logo 10 only 11. Helicopter Electronics Mounting/Wiring 11.1. Channel assignments 11.2. Component placement 11.3. Wire routing 11.4. Soldering technique 12. Post-Construction/ARF Checklist 13. Helicopter and Transmitter Setup 13.1. Center of gravity setup 13.2. Swashplate setup 13.3. Main rotor setup - part 1 13.4. Main motor setup 13.5. Tail rotor setup 13.6. Main rotor setup - part 2 14. R/C Heli Rules and Tips 14.1. The proper way to carry a heli 14.2. Avoid pointing the transmitter antenna at the helicopter 14.3. The blades are traveling at high velocity! 14.4. Always disconnect the battery when working on the helicopter 14.5. Liability insurance 15. Learning to Fly an R/C Helicopter 15.1. The skills required 15.2. Making the learning process easier 15.3. Minimize downtime; maximize practice time 15.4. Divide the learning process into smaller, easier steps 16. Hovering Technique 17. Helicopter Power-On/Power-Off Procedure 17.1. Helicopter power-on procedure 17.2. Helicopter power-off procedure 17.3. Safety notes 18. Tail-In Hovering 18.1. Preparation 18.2. Tail-in hovering - Phase 1 18.3. Tail-in hovering - Phase 2 19. Side-In and Nose-In Hovering Orientations 19.1. To translate into a left side-in hover 19.2. To turn into a left side-in hover 20. Orientation Exercises 20.1. Introduction 20.2. Inverted T 20.3. 90 degree yaw 20.4. 180 degree yaw 20.5. 45 degree nose-in orientations 21. Forward and Backward Flight 21.1. Using idle-up mode 21.2. Entering and exiting fast forward flight 21.3. Banked forward turns 21.4. Backwards flight 21.5. Banked backwards turns 22. Forwards and Backwards Exercises 22.1. Figure eights 22.2. Backwards remote half circles 22.3. Backwards remote full circles 22.4. Backwards tail-in figure-eight 22.5. Backwards nose-in figure-eight 23. Advanced Exercises 23.1. Single pirouette 23.2. Multiple slow pirouettes 23.3. Pirouetting remote circles 23.4. Pirouetting figure eights 24. Tweaking Helicopter Twitchiness 24.1. Reduce the headspeed (CP helis only) 24.2. Reduce the swashplate mixing 24.3. Increase exponential on aileron/elevator 24.4. Add flybar weights 25. [size=1.5em]Your First Major Crash[/size] 26. Troubleshooting Common Problems 26.1. Vibration problems 26.2. Tail control problems 26.3. Throttle/ESC problems 26.4. Swashplate problems 26.5. Glitching 26.6. Other problems 27. Electric Helicopter and Parts Vendors 28. Frequently Asked Questions 28.1. General questions 28.2. Transmitters 28.3. Helicopter parts selection 28.4. Gyros 28.5. Helicopter setup 29. Helicopter Myths 29.1. Expo is bad because it slows cyclic response 29.2. Heading hold gyros are bad 29.3. Shorter flybar increases cyclic response 29.4. Rate gyros do not need revo mixing 30. Technical Appendix 30.1. How helicopters work 30.2. Motor selection guide 30.3. Motor selection table 30.4. Pinion selection guide 30.5. Pinion selection tables 30.6. Servo selection guide 30.7. Electronics modification guide 30.8. Battery info 30.9. Battery care and maintenance 30.10. Maintenance and crash repair 30.11. Useful equations 31. Glossary Glossary [hr]
Thanks Wood, clicked on the link just to see what the site looked like for later and got lost there for a while and learned a thing or two.
Thanks PP Not that I've never appreciate any of the thanks but this time I really do appreciate the compliment as it was allot of work adding the links! LOL, I wasn't going to include any links in the Table of Contents but at least I did for the Subject Headings, just over 31 of them ... ... my typing finger hurts BooHoo {LMAO} PS: Let me know if any are broked? [hr]
