Hello everyone, for those of you that don’t know me, my name is Tony and I am the owner and founder of www.Rc-Help.com. I have been in the RC world since 1994 but I have only been flying for a couple years. During this time, I have tried to find every way I could to learn how to fly. I have joined forums, watched videos, and read articles. Nothing really worked 100%. There is a lot of bad information out there. It caused me to crash quite a bit. So, once I figured out how to fly, I decided I would teach others what worked for me. Now don't get me wrong, there is a lot of great information out there as well, but as a new pilot, how do you know what is good and what isn’t?
In this article, I will show you step-by-step what has helped me the most in learning how to fly. We will start with the basics, then move on to more challenging areas as you progress and feel comfortable with the current lesson. I must stress, do not move on until you feel comfortable. If you do, then you could get stressed out, and it could lead to a crash. This is not going to be a "per day" or "per battery pack" How To Fly series, this is going to be a "move on when you feel you can move on" series. If you feel 5 minutes into the instruction you have it down pat, then by all means, move onto the next step. But, if you do not feel comfortable, then stick with the current lesson until you do.
There is no way I can tell you when you are ready to move on by saying, "after 1 battery pack, move to this lesson". There is just no way. Everyone is different, and everyone will learn at a different pace. If you try to move too fast, then you will more than likely crash.
Speaking of crashes brings me to my next point. When you fly, there is a saying: "It's not if you Crash, it's When". And, this is very true. Everyone is going to crash; it's just a matter of time. I have crashed more times than I really want to count. Some because of bad instruction and some because of "Dumb Thumbs". Just be ready and have parts on hand, because it will happen.
So, you have your helicopter all built and ready to go and it's time to go fly ... not so fast. Do you have any idea what any of the sticks do? Do you know what will happen if a gust of wind comes up? Well then, how are you going to fly? I think you need some instruction which has a onetime fee rather than parts after parts. I think you need a Simulator.
