Due to the tremendous amount of requests for my 9 Helicopter Flying tips and rules of thumb, I decided to present them this way. *1. Never EVER let your friends fly YOUR models! It is always better to GET AN INSTRUCTOR for those first flights! They can tell if problems are you or the heli! Beginners can’t tell! This is your best chance to not damage your heli. Most hobby stores know of clubs, so dont be afraid to ask for help. #2. NEVER ever watch the tail rotor! Only watch the nose. #3. DO not attempt nose in yet, (no matter what your friends EGG you on to do) . And DON’T let people watch you when you’re learning. They cause more crashes, because they always “egg” you on and you feel pressured to fly for them. You see 4 of the controls are BACKWARDS in nose in. It will come naturally later on, so don’t worry about it now. #4. Never fly AWAY until you can hover, cause you will never get it back without crashing. Those First landings are always expensive if you’re IMPATIENT and you decide to fly away anyway! #5. Always practice hovering at eye level. Lower is more difficult in ground effect. #6. Get used to Pinching the left and most important stick (3 controls) with index finger and thumb. To be good at 3d, you cant let that thumb escape for a second, as any pro will tell you. It will pay off later, especially if you fly with gloves on, like we do in the Midwest.. 37. Never CHOP the throttle stick off. It must go down GENTLY or the blades will hit the tail boom, when the …
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woohoo!! we love you niteflyer!!!!
my my nine is such an odd number
Terrific game. Its going to become a classic. i can pre test the games b4 they come out to the public by using BetaTestGamers – check their site out all u do is write a short 10 minute review of the game u got from them
I am learning so much from you… Thank you for teaching! I’am having so much fun and this has enabled me to get closer to my Father-in-Law. He started me out on this and now I’m up and running. Can’t get enough!
@ 4:35 you have a picture of you hovering what looks like a blueray ..
While wearing gloves ..
With the note about pinch meathod being required while wearing gloves.
Perhaps it is just the way the shadows are falling .. but it sure does look to me like your thumb is the only thing on your cyclic stick in the pic ..
The comment about new pilots feeling like they are experts already because they are good at video games is so true. I myself thought i would catch on quickly but was proved very wrong and oh how my knees still shake as I learn! hehe
Thanks a lot Mr. Dave or as we say here in Venezuela, “MUCHAS GRACIAS” I just bought a walkera 5-4q3 airwolf for me and a e-sky co-comanche for my 12 y.o. son. We are newbies on this and we are watching your videos and reading this 9 tips trying to avoid as many crashes as we can. Today in the comanche first flight we broke two rotor blades against a wall, but, it came with replacement and tomorrow we’ll try again. Thanks again for all your knowledge and sharing of wisdom with us the RC-DUMMIES!
Dave, don’t be too humbled lol, great vid’s. my 400 10+ crashes hehe , got 2 more bigger. 1 is ready ” not flown yet ” soon, even bigger a work in progress. and still fly my little Blade CX co-axle lol
thanks for the tips Dave.
Thanks Dave, I started watching your videos before I bought my coaxial heli 6 months ago. Whenever I get a little frustrated I watch some videos and get a bit educated and motivated to keep trying. I’ve since upgraded my coaxial with xtreme motors and extended shaft to fly outside. I’m looking forward to moving up to a fixed pitch soon, please keep the video coming, I think I’ll need a whole lot of motivation to get there. THANK YOU so much for your time and effort, you are an inspiration!!!
Dave top-man very good words of wisdom. have fun now.
Thank-you Dave so much!!! I have learned so much more by following these 9 tips and have progressed a lot quicker too when I was starting to fly my honeybee
this is a big THANK YOU THANK YOU
Thanks This is what I need to know before I can really enjoy it. Thank you so much.
Thank you Dave so much!! your tips helped me save a lot of rotor blades!! And helped me starting out to pick good starting models. I have been flying for well over a year and a half now with good sucsess thanks to you and your tips!!! I say to all LISTEN AND LEARN! You will learn too!!
Thanks Eric D.
i fly airplanes, but just by watching this vid makes me want to go out and get into helis. Great tips Dave, keep up the good work.
you seem overwelmed with the amount of pm’s. Mabey you should just hang up trying to ansewer all of them. I wouldent take it as an insult. You need some time to yourself not ansewering e-mails.
wheres the model huey at
Can I have one? You have so many? Please.
Thanks Dave, as always, great vid. great tips.
your videos are educational and fun plus you are nice enough to respond and that is why is subscribe to you a year and a half ago.
thanks Dave!!!
“If you continue to do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always gotten!” ….
THIS IS YOUR BEST TIP EVER!!!
Dave, you really are a great guy! Please, don’t feel the need to reply to my comment, I know how busy you are
Thank you for this video i am still trying after more than a year so bought a e-flite blade m sr and it works with my dx6i controler so i can try indoors in this rotton winter and if it crashes it just bounces! so hope to be better with my blade 400 in the spring no need for reply as see you are a busy man so thanks once again….Jim
awesome dave yet again another awesome video these same tips helped me begin learning to fly even though id still say im a beginner but even the pro’s are still learning the day you stop learning is the day you become obsolete