-> On 02-08-96 (11:40) you (Rick Jennings) wrote
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-> I am trying to find a cheap electric hele,
 Personally, I would not advise an electric heli, they don't fly very
long, you'll go broke buying spare battery packs, or you'll spend more
time charging than flying....
-> or a concept 30....
This would be a good choice, I would suggest an SRX rather than an SRT
though espically if you plan on getting into aerobatics. Once you learn
how to fly the SRT will not do the aerobatics that the SRX will, and
learning to fly will not be any different since they are basically the
same chopper. The SRX has a full complimant of bearings and push pull
linkage on the Ailerons and elevator, plus some extra travel on the
collective pitch. Neither is very complicated as far as assembly is
concerned, yet they are both very stable in the air.
-> Also, advice on the hobbie will help, before buying something...
  The *BEST* advice I can give you there, is to get some help from an
expierienced heli pilot that can help you deal with set up, and learnig
to fly. If you can't do that, ask you hobby dealer if he as any videos
on setting up and learning to fly. Hirobo has a couple of tapes
available as well as Concept, and Mike Mas also has one called How To
Build and Fly RC Models. Be sure you use a trainning pod when you start.
You can build one by cutting a piece of 3/4 or 1" plywood into a 3&1/2
inch square, drill a 1/2" hole 1"deep in each side (4 sides) and shove a
1/2" dowl rod about 2 feet long in each of the holes. Then, at the ends
of the dowel rods, attach a *LARGE* wiffle (sp?) ball. You can drill two
small holes in the ends of the dowel rods, and use cotter pins to hold
the balls on. You can then attach the trainning pod to the bottom of the
heli using rubber bands. Once this has been accomplished you can pratice
controll of the yaw axis with out putting the heli in the air,and a lot
less chance of crashing it. You want to make sure that you are
comfortable with controlling the yaw before you go any further. I would
also suggest the use of computer trainnig software just to give you the
feel of what goes on with stick movement, and pratice hovering heavily
as it is probably the most important part of flying a heli. (It's hard
to land it if you can't hover  ). Most important is...Don't give up
just 'cause you crash in the early stages, it takes a lot of pratice to
get it right, and I know no one who has even tried to fly a heli without
crashing it, just take your time, and go one step at a time.
 Also, there are several publications available, Ray's Complete Heli
Manual is very good as well as Model Heli Technique, and Rotory Modeler.
Hope this helps, if you have any more questions, feel free to write.
Rick
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