cyclo
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Looks like it is flown quite creative.
I was told at least back in the day Helis was some of the hardest stuff to RC, probably why its the one remote thing my friend have not tried.
When we moved for my friend last Saturday there was some of the other guys we drive our RC scalers with, and they did know my fried have a severe addiction, but still when they saw the +7 foot long USS Missouri and the 1:6 M1A1 tank they did do a little,,,,,OMG.
They should only know that every 10 years or so he throw out 100 Kg or so of old RC stuff to make room for new stuff.
I have 3 of his cars here in my apartment, the 1:5 HPI 5B and 5T and then the contrast he drove overcompetetive in the old days.
We even found the tire heaters for the 1:5 car when we packed up his house, that also freaked some of the guys, but yes competitive driving and you need stuff like that
Of all the different RCs I have (helis, fpv quad, planes, trucks) helis are the most challenging to master... And I am still learning the more intricate/difficult moves. However I also get the most satisfaction flying helis. What I have found is that using the SIM is a very big help in practicing / learning maneuvers in a heli. It ends up saving me a lot of money too since I can master my "exit" moves in case of difficulties on the SIM so it becomes almost second nature in real life.
The latest edition of SIMs are great in mimicking the physics of real life RC helis. I have used Phoenix 5.5, RealFlight 7.5, and AccuRC 2.x. Of the three I end up using RealFlight 7.5 the most and AccuRC second. There are user designed helicopter (along with aircraft) models for RealFlight at the Knife Edge Swap Pages. I downloaded the Compass Chronos model from the swap pages and modified the canopy graphics to add the Scorpion decal so it looks like my real life Chronos. I also tweaked the settings to my liking so the physics behaves very similar to the real thing.
Here is a video I captured of me practicing moves (mostly inverted and upright funnels) on my virtual Chronos in RealFlight 7.5:
AccuRC also is a great SIM and already has the Chronos, along with other popular helis from manufacturers like SAB (Goblin), Synergy, MSH, Gaui, and Align in its library of helicopter models. It is available for download off Steam (along with the latest version of RealFlight which is 8.0).
Here is me practicing with the AccuRC Chronos which I also tweaked to my liking:
Both Steam versions of AccuRC and RealFlight now also support VR. So if you have an Occulus Rift, etc., you can use that for even more life like SIMming.