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I am looking for a good collective pitch rc helicopter that easy to fly and good for a begin er?
I have an Esky dauphin coaxial rc helicopter and the esky edition of Pre-flight’s simulator software, but I’m getting a little bored with it and want to upgrade to something bigger. The new unreleased Esky big lama looks like fun because it has a 6 channel reciver which would allow for some fun tweaking like rectractable langing gear, lights, and it’s supposedly made for “outdoor flight”. At the moment I find it a bit annoying that the slightest breeze overpowers my dauphin, so I question weather a coaxial heli will ever be any good outside. at the same time I’m thinking that mabye it’s time to move up to an entry-level colective pitch model, but I’m a little intimidated by how difficult they appear to be to fly, and the costs associated with reparing them.
It would help to know if some CP helis easier to fly than others. I would like to keep the kit cost under $160.
any ideas?
Don’t bother with Brian C’s answer for he doesn’t seem too knowledgeable on the subject of “RC Flight.”
The reason an coaxial helicopter could not fly outdoors is because the top propeller is not being controlled by anything but its centripetal force. The blade would only act upon what the bottom propeller does. If it goes forward, the top blade will only tilt a little causing it to center itself. This causing it to be easy to hover. When wind hits it, it knocks the top propellers into the direction of the wind, sometimes even confusing the propeller pushing it into multiple directions, or the direction of the wind.
Anyways, back to your question…
Collective Pitch helicopters aren’t easy to learn. They are all equally the same to learn on. Collective Pitch and Fixed Pitched aren’t too different. Pitch describes the Blades.Collective Pitch blades tilt and collect wind, giving the helicopter lift. Fixed pitched helicopters have blades already pitched, so they do not tilt. Fixed Pitched blades are like the coaxial helicopter you already have. Those are Fixed Pitched Blades.
Coaxial helicopters would be good outdoors if there is absolutely no wind. Collective Pitched (CP) or Fixed Pitched (FP) helicopters will be even better, but also still limited. You can’t have a lot of wind. like 0-15 MPH is ok.
The only thing more difficult on the CP helicopter or FP helicopter without coaxial blades are the hovering of the helicopter. Because there is not second propeller to center your helicopter, you have to do that yourself. If you mastered that, and know how to fly a Coaxial helicopter, you could do pretty much anything from fast forward flights, to inverted flights even! The costs will be a little more than the Coaxial helicopters. So I would suggest you flying the CP or FP helicopter in a place without winds first, so you get an idea of how the helicopter handles.
All CP helicopters are the same. The bigger, the easier to fly when its more windy, but not necessarily. If you want a kit under $160, there are a lot out there.
The Heli Max Axe CP is a nice helicopter for $180 USD. I would definitely suggest that.
There are others, but I wouldnt suggest those Walkera’s and all those since those have a high reputation of cheap materials.
Anyways, if you need more help, just message me.
If you find a RC helicopter and unsure if its good, message me too.
May your next step up in RC Flight experience not be your last.
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