NightFlyyer's 9 R/C Helicopter Tips and Rules of Thumb.

Due to the tremendous amount of requests for my 9 Helicopter Flying tips and rules of thumb, I decided to present them this way.
*1. Never EVER let your friends fly YOUR models! It is always better to GET AN INSTRUCTOR for those first flights! They can tell if problems are you or the heli! Beginners can't tell! This is your best chance to not damage your heli. Most hobby stores know of clubs, so dont be afraid to ask for help.

#2. NEVER ever watch the tail rotor! Only watch the nose.

#3. DO not attempt nose in yet, (no matter what your friends EGG you on to do) . And DON'T let people watch you when you're learning.
They cause more crashes, because they always "egg" you on and you feel pressured to fly for them.
You see 4 of the controls are BACKWARDS in nose in. It will come naturally later on, so don't worry about it now.

#4. Never fly AWAY until you can hover, cause you will never get it back without crashing.
Those First landings are always expensive if you're IMPATIENT and you decide to fly away anyway!

#5. Always practice hovering at eye level. Lower is more difficult in ground effect.

#6. Get used to Pinching the left and most important stick (3 controls) with index finger and thumb. To be good at 3d, you cant let that thumb escape for a second, as any pro will tell you. It will pay off later, especially if you fly with gloves on, like we do in the Midwest..

37. Never CHOP the throttle stick off. It must go down GENTLY or the blades will hit the tail boom, when the skids slam down on the ground and the blades keep going down.

#8. Remember what your last move was when flying, so when you get lost, just keep going through the motions (pretending to see it, till you see it again)

#9. ONLY fly as far away as you can comfortably see your heli and no more.

Remember, "He who dares nothing, needs not expect anything".
So "If you continue to do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always gotten!"

Thanks for subscribing and watching. Most of this is simply logic and common sense.

Dave Herbert
AMA #8221 LM/CD/Scientific

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Good luck and please subscribe.

Dave Herbert
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[zinkfv61]

Thanks Dave, as always, great vid. great tips.

[Didgeman80]

Dave, you really are a great guy! Please, don't feel the need to reply to my comment, I know how busy you are ;)

[standwak]

nice to know that i have some support out there, thanks! please reply in your own time or not at all, thats cool.

[MegaUSAF]

Yaaaaa I'm one of the 4% that went right to 3d by myself. Yaaaaaa

[n0csw]

The picture on skates chasing the helicopter is classic!

[209cynical]

LOVE WATCHING YOUR VIDS

[bowman321123]

I'm the happy new owner of a Blade CX 2, and really appreciate you sharing your tips, and yes I have already seen myself in more than one of them. I am still trying to get a good trim for a stationary hover, but I have discovered that patience is the key.

[legit4554]

what are the things on the landing gear?

[TheFloorBoys]

If only I had seen this video two days ago, I might not be going back to the LHS for the third time tomorrow! Even after the guy at the LHS begged....and I mean literally begged me not to purchase the Blade SR as my first heli, I did it anyway! You name it, I've mangled it....BIG TIME! Anywho, going back tomorrow for more parts and to get the smaller SMR or whatever the little Blade version is. Gonna fix my SR up and park it. Starting where I should've started at in the beginning. Thanks.

[mcsousie]

hey david ! i've been flying for about a year now with co-axials , i want to ask u do you think i am ready to move to the single rotor heli's ?? maybe a 6 channel ?? and what would you reccomend ??? thanx ! greetings from south africa

[Datucky]

Thanks, although I came across this a little late as I have master all positions ( I think) but I agree with you, I love to see some people on youtube tha posts videos and say :" this is my 8th battery and I am already doing loops" nothing beats practice. thanks again.