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A Walkera RC Helicopter Is a Great Option For The Beginner
Flying radio controlled helicopters is a great hobby, which if you’re considering taking it up, you ought to know that my first choice is a Walkera RC Helicopter, in my opinion, is made just for you, the beginner. As a beginner, keeping things simple, while not sacrificing quality, with the controller and capabilities of your helicopter, is really the best way to go.
Radio control helicopters can be expensive, so you wouldn’t want to go out and pay four-hundred dollars for a seven channel helicopter and crash it. It’s better to learn with a less expensive model, a model that you can upgrade later on, that has more simplistic controls and fixed features.
The reason you want to work your way up to a more sophisticated model is it’s really not a matter of understanding the capabilities, at least not entirely, but it’s more of a learning curve of how the copter responds and how to operate the controls and generally getting a feel for it.
Ready to Buy? Here’s a Few Tips Before You Do
Before you go out and buy a RC helicopter it’s a good idea to see if there is any helicopter flying clubs locally. If there is contact them and check see which mode(s) they are flying in, that way, when they are flying in your mode, if you need help with training they ought to be able to lend you a hand.
You will want mode 1 transmitter for a right hand throttle and mode 2 transmitter for a left hand throttle.
It is very important that you know which frequency band is legal at the local club or the country you will be flying your helicopter. (35Mhz or 72Mhz).
Make sure you indicate on your order form which transmitter mode and frequency you require. However, if you’d rather not have to worry about all of that, you could buy a helicopter with a 2.4GHz transmitter. The DSM2 which is 2.4GHz provides an impenetrable radio link that is immune to every known type of RC interference.
Variety is The Spice of Life
My mother-in-law said something to me once, that has stuck with me over the years, and that is that “variety is the spice of life”. If there is one thing that you’ll notice about Walkera it is the variety of helicopters they produce, from a micro version up to a seven channel version as well as ARF models (almost ready to fly) for advanced hobbyist. The quality of the craftsmanship is outstanding along with attention to detail and the reliability of the controllers.
Not to mention the helicopters are available with various power supply options such as belt driven, fuel powered and shaft driven.
High Tech for Easy Control
Touch screen controllers, such as the Devo 8, is just one of the many high tech advantages you’ll find available from Walkera.
Devention, the producer of the Devo 8, is a high end brand that falls under the Walkera Co. The Devo 8 is a brand new edition that adopts the 2.4GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) technology. It features automatic ID binding and ID assignment and it also has a personalized fixed ID setup.
You will enjoy a good looking well designed touch screen computer radio that performs as well as it looks. The wireless copy function keeps you away from the hassle of wire data transmitting and receiving. More importantly, however, is the USB online update technology that ensures you have the most up to date programs for your radio right from the comfort of home!
This really doesn’t even come close to covering all that there is through Walkera, but hopefully you have gotten a flavor of what they have available as well as some idea of what you ought to consider when you are ready for your first RC Helicopter.