Hobbies And Interests
The Hover
The hover is an essential technique that will enhance your familiarity with the aircraft's thrust and pitch settings. A hover is when the helicopter maintains a single altitude for a long period of time. The hover requires a perfect balance between upward thrust and gravity, and practicing a hover can help you comprehend the specifics about your helicopters mechanics.
Pirouette
The Pirouette is a complex maneuver that involves rotating the nose of the helicopter while banking. This technique utilizes multiple channels on the transmitter, and improves your mastery of the dynamic nature of the aircraft. Use this maneuver to maintain or increase forward momentum while changing altitudes.
Inverted Flight
Some more sophisticated helicopters allow you to change the pitch of the rotor blades. Pitch refers to the angle of the blades, which directly relates to the force of thrust exerted by them. Turning the pitch negative will enable the aircraft to expel thrust toward the sky, which allows you to fly it upside down. This is a mesmerizing technique, and a real test of your piloting skills.
Circles
Fly the helicopter in different patterns to improve your control over the mechanics of the helicopter. Trace large and small circles, or even figure eights, as your get comfortable with your helicopter. Fly these patterns slowly at first, then gradually increase speed to gain mastery on steering and forward flight.