How To Guide:
RC Helicopter Landing
RC Helicopters are among the most challenging vehicles to be runsmoothly and with ease. Its real helicopter simulation
makes it more thrilling and tough to maneuver because of the complex controls and movements one has to make.
Adding up the speed, consistency and direction of the wind, flying an RC would indeed make you sweat. And it doesn’t end
there…once you learn how to fly your craft, another challenging task that awaits you is how to make it land as safe and
smooth as possible.
While there are a lot of resources which one can find on flying RC helicopters and maintaining them, only a few of these
sources would tell you hints on how to safely land your helicopter.
Learning how to land your RC is not that tough compared to flying it, but still, you need to exert much effort on it since
this is the part where the “mortality rate” of RC helicopters is quite high.
One tweaking which you should do is to open up the radio and remove the ratchet piece from the throttle stick. Taking out
the ratchet piece makes the manipulation of the throttle stick more precise and smooth, thus making your landing and even
steering more accurate than ever.
Another tip in making a successful landing is putting in more collective as you descend to the ground. By this, more force
will be given by the helicopter allowing it to descend smoothly without making it bang on the ground.
Making your helicopter smash on the ground on your first try is normal but as soon as you familiarize yourself with your
helicopter and anticipate its next moves, you will find it easy. A new skill in making your helicopter land safely is
through its autorotation technique. This autorotation technique activates when the helicopters engine fails accidentally
or purposively. This automatic process is possible owing to the free wheeling unit inside the helicopter itself so that
when the engine stops, the rotor rotates even without any linkage to the engine.
Autorotation is considered safe because although there is no engine power, there is still a high speed rotor rotation
remaining which increases the inertial force of the helicopter. When this inertial force accumulates and adds up to the
installed free wheeling unit of the helicopter, the landing becomes smooth and safe.
These are but a few tips by which you can safely land your RC helicopter. Easy isn’t it? But no matter how easy these
techniques may seem, correct practice is still a must in order to carry out these tips efficiently. Good luck on your
landing!
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