Sunday, February 6, 2011

Coaxial helicopter - the difference between toys and the rest

When you begin to learn to fly remote controlled helicopters immediately faced with a multitude of decisions. One of the first things you notice is that you get two basic types of helicopters are remote-controlled helicopter that is used for that of a single rotor RC and those who have a double set of rotors and coax.
In each of these groups, there are also some options that make sense of some of the former mayView.

RC Helicopter

RC Helicopter

RC Helicopter

I will focus here at RC coaxial helicopter and to highlight differences within the group, and where some of the benefits of learning controls on this type of RC helicopter radio control model helicopter.
As I began to toy stores around you, you will find an RC helicopter more. One of the most common types, you can use in toy stores the configuration of a horizontal tail rotor driven by atiny electric engine sitting right under the tail rotor.
Although this type of RC helicopter - some of the smaller ones are actually infra-red controlled - can be flown successfully, it has fairly limited maneuverability. The forward and backward movements are controlled by the horizontal tail rotor: rotating in one direction will lift the tail up and push the heli forward. Rotating in the other direction will push the tail down and drag the heli backwards.
Turning this heli happens by pointing the nose in the direction you want to go, and this is controlled by the difference in rotating speeds of the two main rotors. The heli will turn in the rotational direction of the slower rotor.
The drawback with this horizontal tail rotor arrangement? This heli can't bank in a turn as would be necessary in a faster turn. I also found control difficulties as the tail wants to "overtake" the main rotor in forward flight. It was much easier to fly backwards as the tail rotor is essentially the rest of the car along.
I did my best but I could not convince a controlled flight of my grave coaxial helicopter toy, and I wrote most of a few days the implementation of the law of gravity to control. The toy store does not carry spare parts!
So what's next?
I decided to give the toy store and the rest jumped into the dealer. Guy has not shown me a different type of coax-RChelicopter, a much more serious machine with a "real life" swash plate. Without going into a lot of detail, the swash plate makes it possible for the heli to bank in any direction by tilting the whole rotor (the bottom one of the two counter-rotating main rotors) on command from the radio transmitter.
Because of that swash plate this coaxial heli doesn't use a tail rotor to propel it in a direction.
I bought this hobby grade heli - a 'Nine Eagles Swordfish' - and found it surprisingly easy to handle and in a short time, I managed to learn the basics of RC helicopter flight, having fun inside and out!
Coaxial helicopter - the difference between toys and the rest

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