A Comprehensive Introduction to Model Helicopter Aerobatics (The Modelers World Series)

A Comprehensive Introduction to Model Helicopter Aerobatics by Russ Deakin is concise and yet highly detailed in the art of performing model helicopter aerobatics. It provides valuable stepping stones taking you safely and confidently from your first circuits through to entering any of the chosen disciplines of advanced model helicopter flying.Contents Chapter 1 — Selecting a model 1. Selecting a suitable model 2. Big or small? 3. Best of both Worlds? 4. Checking out the spec 5. What drives the rotor head? 6. How about the tail drive 7. The rest of the tail 8. The rotor head 9. Controlling the rotor head 10. Narrowing down the choice Chapter 2 — Radio control 1.What transmitter should l use? 2.The other end 3.The size of battery 4.How about gyros! 5.Servo selection Chapter 3 — Of blades and paddles 1.The design criteria of rotor blades 2.The all-round blade 3. Tail blades 4.The flybar setup 5. Balancing and gauges Chapter 4 — Let’s put it together 1. The approach 2. But what tools will I need? 3. Thread lock 4. A few more preparations 5. Assembling your model 6. Installing the radio 7.The importance of good maintenance Chapter 5 — The mechanical set up 1. What is setting up? 2. But what shall we aim for? 3. Understanding the mechanical setup 4.Considering the pitch ranges 5.Understanding the pitch/throttle relationship Chapter 6 — Initial adjustments at the field 1. Preparation and attitude 2. Start your engines 3. Above the hover Chapter 7 — Advanced setting up 1. Main rotor head speed 2. Fine tuning the pitch/throttle in ‘normal’ 3. Other adjustments in the ‘normal’ condition 4. Idle-up 1, on the bench 5. Idle-up 1, at the field 6. Idle-up 2, on the bench 7. Idle-up 2, at the field First roll story 8. Throttle hold 9. Potential ‘throttle hold’ problems 1O. Cyclic to throttle mixing 11. Advanced mixing options Chapter 8 — Plan your progress 1. Who keeps moving the goal posts? 2. The importance of the basics 3. What can I use to help me? 4. The overall ‘master plan’ Mission declaration Chapter 9 — Let’s go flying 1-6. Back to basics 7. Control led circuits Any problems sir? 8. Basic nose-in flying 9. Perfecting nose-in flying A little role reversal? 10. Pirouettes 11. Starting to learn to fly backwards 12.Your ‘tail-first flying’ has just got harder! 13. Advanced hovering manoeuvres Chapter 10 — Aerobatics 14. The chandelle 15. Stall turns 16. The loop 17. The dreaded roll Chapter 11 — Auto rotations 18.The manoeuvre 19. Where should you start? 20. First attempts It’s not over yet! Chapter 12 — At the end of the day 1. Where have we been? 2. Don’t throw me away yet! 3. Where do you go now? Read more