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Thank you for the very helpful guide!

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

I watch a lot of varying sizes of KZread channels, from Mark Robert and Kevin Talbot and down. I love your channel and hope you make the big time. Great commentary and I appreciate the humor.

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Doug. Thanks very much, i appreciate it. I watch those guys too they're great. Hopefully i can make it to a small fraction of what they are. Cheers.

Pro tip, assign the timer to throttle hold, that way you can't forget it, it will start and stop automatically when you hit hold.

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea there

I’m watching avidly, even though the video is a year odd old, thanks for doing these, I’m new to rc helis and old (nearly 50) great commentary

@RCStuffvideos

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much.

Great series. Thanks for doing this. I have a 230s and a 120. I'm an RC plane guy and these tips are helping me overcome the bad habits of applying fixed wing control inputs on rotary wing flights that led to me losing my first helicopter quite spectacularly.

@RCStuffvideos

11 ай бұрын

No worries, I'm glad you like them. What did you do wrong exactly? I'm looking to get a plane too myself soon.

Thank you for these beginners videos! Please keep them comming.

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

Hi David thanks for the comment. I certainly will when I have the time and weather allows. Happy flying.

This Blade 230 V2 is the best heli to learn on. I've been flying mine for over a year.. Just mastering nose in with confidence. Also check out Blade 150 Great little heli also, got'em both. Not worried about 3D flying. Doesn't interest me. Like scale flying, real heli's don't fly like that. Great video.

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah man there's a lot to be said for normal accurate scale flying. Even though I dabble with a bit of mild 3d I do like still trying to improve my normal hovering and accurate turns etc too. Satisfying. Pointless be able to do piro tictocs etc if you can't do an accurate balanced level turn consistently.

@yzScott

2 жыл бұрын

"best to learn on" is probably something bigger. My smallest is an XK-110 and my biggest is a TREX-550X (with a brand new TREX-800 in the mail right now). The bigger they are, they easier they are to fly. Period. Things happen slower and they are easier to see. The main advantage of the micro/mini helis are the price. They are way harder to fly, especially with precision. My recommendation is more time on the simulators and crash something a little bigger a lot less. If you can do it reliably in the simulator, you can do it at the field. If you're using RealFlight, practice with the 700+ size 3D birds. Run max idle-up all the time, the larger size really settles them down. Crashing them cost $0. A big bird cranked up flies "true" and isn't really a handful. I mostly practice with the Nemo 800. It flies exactly how you want something to fly. A 450 has long been the accepted as the bang-for-buck sweet spot. They fly "pretty big" without the price getting too high. If you really put in your time on the simulator, a 450 can survive learning without breaking a lot of parts.

@yzScott

2 жыл бұрын

@@RCStuffvideos "Yeah man there's a lot to be said for normal accurate scale flying."

Yeah man

I agree. While I really respect the acrobatic skills of the pilots, I’m more interested in piloting one that mimics real helicopter maneuvers

great videos mate. What battery pack are you using?

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Darren they're 900mah from overlander.

Good lesson. After some time I had been mostly using safe mode but I realize you have to learn to stabilize the heli yourself if you ever want to really learn to fly. Safe is very important as a bailout but I wish I’d used it less at the beginning as it would have sped up my progress. Thing is I still crashed a ton, safe or not 😎Hey mate, I notice when I go inverted and try to go right side up again my helis come hurtling towards the ground. I suppose I’m supposed to give it more positive to get it right side up again no? Any input would be appreciated. Cheers.

@RCStuffvideos

Жыл бұрын

Yeah could be keeping stick too negative maybe. Try going back to but more positive? See how it goes

First fly over long grass in a field it breaks the fall lol and get it up fast then bring down then again adjust trim a wheat filed good for crashes but farmer could get upset

very helpful videos, thanks. Are larger helicopters indeed easier to fly? I have a XK K110 with my Futaba 14SG but looking for a larger model, without breaking the bank. Also, I've been flying planes for over 25 years in mode 1... makes total sense to me, bu now I see everybody flying mode 2. I know that's a whole discussion on itself, but any thoughts on this? Looking forward to more in this series! I'd definately like to learn some 3D flying.

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

Hi thanks for the comment. Yeah like "real' aircraft bigger will be more stable as there's more weight, inertia and with helis more gyroscopic rigidity in the rotor disc. Haven't actually flown anything too big myself but looking.to get another soon As for modes I guess what ever you're used to will be fine on helis too. I think mode 2 is more logical overall, especially to me as on "real" (full sized) aircraft pitch and roll (elevator and aileron) is on the same stick/yoke etc if that makes sense?

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone's different though even some pros use other modes. Check out Duncan bossion if you haven't heard of him. Think he flies mode 1, and does it extremely well.

@Musiquence

2 жыл бұрын

@@RCStuffvideos I looked the guy up. He can do some pretty crazy stuff.

@Musiquence

2 жыл бұрын

@@RCStuffvideos I found out that it’s actually mode 3 for me. I also have pitch and roll on the same stick, but on my left. I have throttle and yaw on my right. Same as with FPS games, if you’re in to that. :-)

In the end you wrote that smaller helis are harder to learn to fly. I as well heard that bigger helis are easier to fly. I already learned orientations stuff on some mini indoor fixed pitch heli and can fly on fast speed with turns and rotations (it's actually fun, hah). Now i want a collective pitch heli and consider to buy Trex 470LP. Would such size be good to learn to fly collective pitch heli or i still need to start from something smaller and just get Blade heli? In some helis forum some person was discouraging me by saying that i need to start from something really small and only step by step get new helis and only later something big.

@RCStuffvideos

Жыл бұрын

You certainly don't HAVE to start. On something small but ideally you ant to partner with someone who knows what they're doing to help you set it up and get going. It should be a bit more stable, but also more expensive to fix and definitely more dangerous even at 470 size. Make sure you practise going for throttle hold, and use it if it starts coming towards you.

These videos are really helpful. Thanks for that. I got a question on the 230s V2, and I just can't find the answer: on the 230s V2, are the positive and negative pitch throws equal? I crashed mine a couple of times, and someone at the flying field inspected my heli, folded the blades so they were right next to each other, he moved the pitch stick up and down, and said mine has to much throw on positive (up) pitch. He said when the blades are folded to be right next to each other, at center (stick) the blades have to be evenly leveled, but mine has some up pitch. What is your opinion? I don't have any reference model, so I'd like to ask you how the pitch throws are on yours.

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

Well I couldnt say for definite on all models but funny you should say that. I think it pretty much was the case on mine. I also rebuilt too so that could have something to do with it. I found I had a lot less travel on negative compared to positive, It would barely climb from inverted hover even though servo travel settings were the same. Make sure you blades are zero pitch at mid stick and try adjusting servo travel if you have a programmable transmitter.

@Abszurdista-fatalista

2 жыл бұрын

@@RCStuffvideos Thanks for your reply. I was going to post a video as a response showcasing the difference in angle pos/neg, but that will take a while.

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

Yes you want equal throw positive and negative, you are going to want 12° of positive and 10° of negative with zero pitch at mid stick. You can do the blade folding trick but the best way is to use a pitch cage to get an accurate up and down. Also make sure all of your servos are 90° at Mid stick and swashplate is level.

@Abszurdista-fatalista

2 жыл бұрын

@@westhobbiesrc8051 Thanks for the great information WestHobbiesRC 💯 I'll do this soon. Subbed 👍

@westhobbiesrc8051

2 жыл бұрын

@@Abszurdista-fatalista Thank you very much!

Great video do u fly nitro heli . I have two never flown them hirobo shuttle an a thunder tiger 550 I think there big.there on fm and don't have the radio the receiver an jiro are futaba on both. hope to get a radio soon an lurn to fly

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

Flying anything is great, go for it. Never flown a Nitro but I'd like to one day. Cheers

Another excellent video my friend, if you watched my video about my 330s and I sent my back bc my HH contact assures me he will take care of it himself but it will take awhile to get it back bc they have only a few techs to fix it. So I was thinking of getting this copter and I have a nx8 but I thought maybe I will buy the RTF version and see how they have it set up with there transmitter and see how it fly's. What do you think?

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers droneman. I'd get bnf to be honest. Im sure it'll fly better with the nx8 and I'm sure there'll be instructions about setting up the tx. There were settings included for lots of different transmitter in the instructions with this 230s v2.

Awesome video. I've just started flying my 230v2 yesterday and wow what a difference. But for some reason I can't fly it as well as my nano s3 this as far as turning I'm not sure what going on with it I can't do a figure 8 it is a bnf I set my settings as the book tells me to I'm using a dx6e maybe just need more time or something but it just feels like something not right. But for hovering I can hover in a spot for a whole battery. I don't know I'll be out flying today and see . Anyways great video and I just subbed to your channel looking forward to seeing more

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. How stable is it if you go hands off briefly when hovering? Does it suddenly drift or more slowly drift away? I'm probably doing a video sometime about some set up things that mske this easier to fly.

@brandoshobbies5353

2 жыл бұрын

It will slowly start to drift

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

@@brandoshobbies5353 ok so set up can't be too far out in terms of swash level etc then hopefully. I have heard others say how the 230 can be harder to fly compared to other types, even some smaller ones so it's probably just a different feel on this particular type.

@brandoshobbies5353

2 жыл бұрын

Ok awesome I'm just going to keep trying it and just see if I can get this down I much appreciate your help

hi i am learning to fly heli,will you do a part 3 thx mark from doncaster.

@RCStuffvideos

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mark yes link for part 3 which is turning is in pinned comment. Part 4 on backwards flying is here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/doefqKqfabPfeqw.html enjoy!

@thedonnyman1

2 жыл бұрын

thx mark.

you really sound like darren

@RCStuffvideos

5 ай бұрын

Who's Darren?