does anyone fly RC helicopters??? i got one for father's day & it's awsome. just curious if anyone else here was into it.

I have the mosquito!

i assume by the name that's one of the little ones (micro side, i think they call it).

I tried flying an RC copter once... crashed it good... RC planes are easy, more power to you if you can fly an RC heliocopter and not smash it to a billion bits learning to fly it. I admire your dexterity and fine motor skills!! LOL

I used to, but my reactions are too slow nowadays to cope with it!

As you know it only takes the slightest delay in compensating for motion, to allow a disaster to happen and once I had written off 2 very expensive models, I decided to stick with relitively cheaper fixed wing models.

trouble is helicopters are notoriously finicky to fly and very sensitive to inputs either from the controller or from the environment.

Real Helicopters reduce the pilot workload using stability augmentation systems - basically computer controlled jacks or actuators that automatically damp out the aircrafts natural control oscillations.

having said all this, I agree with you - flying RC Helicopters is exhilirating fun and should definately be on everyones 'things to do before its too late' list!

yeah - this is my 1st one. i have had a few spectacular crashes. they are alot of fun to fly, but very challenging. i've gotten pretty good at it. thanks for the props on my motor skills by the way lol

I've flown rc planes, boats ( boats are so fun), and cars but no helicopters. They look so fun. i see people flying them at the park often.

same here
i tried to fly a helicopter once but it ended in disaster
it crashed into a tree lol which was fine till for some magical reason it caught on FIRE
needless to say we didnt go to that park again

they are alot of fun. you should get you one. you can get a goos starter heli for less than $100. i've practiced (and crashed) alot, but i can fly mine around inside my house now.