LOOKING FOR A FUN AND REWARDING HOBBY ?

START FLYING RC HELICOPTERS!

Why would you want to take up RC helicopters as a hobby? Two words come to mind - "FUN" and "REWARDING" - that is after all what most of us are looking for in a hobby.

Unlike most RC airplanes, radio controlled helicopters don't require a large mowed or paved runway; they take-off vertically so any open area will do. At the other end of the spectrum are small electric indoor RC helicopters that you can fly in your own home or at the office. Add in the amazing fun factor and it is easy to see why RC helicopters are showing the strongest growth among all the various forms of RC hobbies

SO MUCH CHOICE
The number of helicopter models available is to say the least, mind blowing. Today there are RC helis for every budget and ability. Toy, Micro Coaxial, Electric, Nitro, Gas, even Jet Turbine RC models are showing up in the main stream.
The best news - the cost of RC helicopters keeps going down while the technology keeps improving; introducing so many more people to this wonderful hobby.

THE CHALLENGES AND REWARDS
Hovering is kind of like balancing on a big ball. This is why the RC chopper is more difficult than other RC vehicles - you are always making control corrections to keep it flying.
This might make you ask "how on earth can that be fun or rewarding, this guy must be as unstable as his helicopter" right – ask my wife, she might agree.
All kidding aside, these constant control corrections connect you to your helicopter like no other RC vehicle.
Once you learn how to hover your helicopter, you will never forget - the control corrections become second nature - you don’t even realize you are doing them.
I can still remember the first day I learned to hover all those years ago. It is the same feeling you get when learning to ride a bicycle or any other seemingly impossible balancing act.
After trying and trying, something just clicks - your brain gets it - you are on cloud 9 for days. You have to keep flying, getting better and better. A natural high occurs and yes, you are becoming addicted.
Of course hovering is just the first step, the fun is just beginning – wait till you do your first loop or roll. Yes – now the adrenaline really starts flowing. In addition to the flying fun is the technical fun of understanding and maintaining a RC heli; for many, that is the most rewarding aspect of this hobby.