Talk:Radio-controlled helicopter

message: How about moving all this safety stuff to a Wikibooks article, in a similar way done on Radio controlled airplane/Wikibooks:RC Airplane? --phatmonkey 12:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That sounds smart. Um. Is there a description somewhere of the difference between Wikipedia and Wikibooks? I can partially understand the difference, but I've been unable to find any comparisons... like which is better for what sort of content? Zebruh 18:00, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is for describing what a radio controlled helicopter is, Wikibooks can be used for describing how to use a heli, amongst other things. --Phatmonkey 19:59, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: hey. thanks.Zebruh 23:25, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

text: Alright, this was getting a bit old. I've removed all the safety stuff, it's in the history if anyone wants it. --Phatmonkey 23:03, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clean up 

message: Is it worth mentioning the hybrid Bell-Hiller mixing system? As far as I know, this is unique to RC helis and might be worth mentioning. There are also a few other things that are more common in RC helis than in fullsize helis that many people don't know much about, such as heading hold gyros, and flight performace characteristics such as sustained inverted flight etc. --Soupisgoodfood 13:05, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Indeed, i'd be interested to know the details of how RC helicopters are able to fly inverted. --born against 14:10, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

text: I think Bell-Hiller is a head design.  The mixing system is still (e)CCPM.  Full sized commercial helicopters can't fly inverted because their collective pitch is limited.  3D RC helicopters control their vertical speed via collective pitch not by how fast the motor is running.  The motor is kept running at the same power, pitch is increased to ascend, decrease to decend.  If the pitch is negative, it's actually being pushed down.  If you flip the helicopter at this point, it'll fly inverted. --NYC 19:31, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

text: I added a section mentioning Hiller and Bell-Hiller style rotor heads, after I was frustrated to find that this information didn't exist on Wikipedia. However, I think it might be a little too much to describe the specific functioning of these systems (the flybar, mixer arms, etc.) so if anyone knows a good external link describing these things, that might be a good addition. --Squeakywaffle 22:19, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bell-Hiller mixing and other technology unique to RC 

message: I think we need to replace the photo of the MS Hornet. It's not the best photo, and we already have an electric heli. I'd like to see a photo of a Raptor 90 hovering inverted. I'll post a topic on RunRyder.com asking for a free image to use and see what turns up. --Soupisgoodfood 13:08, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photos 

message: I'd like to make an F3C page, linked to from here.  We already have the 3D Masters and
the FAI.  It would be nice to describe it, compare it to 3D and list the previous locations and winners.  If you have
an opinion please respond, otherwise I'll do it in a few days.
--AndrewDonaldson 09:49, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  F3C 

message: I've deleted parts of it, because what was there is complete non-sense. I would type my own view on it but it seems people can't handle that.
What was there was not true, it doesn't frequently change frequency, FUTABA radios frequently change channel, channel hopping. But others such as Spektrum radio systems DO NOT do this, they select two channels and then lock into them, no switching.
Futaba:
http://2.4gigahertz.com/
"Other 2.4GHz systems hold firm to one or two frequencies. The frequency of Futaba 2.4GHz FASST shifts hundreds of times per second."
Spektrum: (Link as drescritpion is a image.)
http://spektrumrc.com/DSM/Technology/spekTech.aspx
http://spektrumrc.com/FAQ/tm.aspx?m=70
(There are others but I do not know how they work)
:That some manufacturers (according to Futaba) don't use a full implementation of spread spectrum doesn't mean that the description of spread spectrum given in the article should be removed.  All you have to do is note that some manufacturers use a limited implementation of the technology, others a more robust form.--Father Goose (talk) 21:44, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2.4GHz section 

message: Well done guys, I like this article and the sensible way it is written, I added the navbox earlier and had a surf through the RC articles. Would be nice to get an RC or modelling WikiProject together as all of these articles are trundling along without leadership. I know that the Aviation project is reluctant to take them on from past discussions. Cheers Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 00:04, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Well done 

message: I've added a citation request for the line 'Controlling these in unison enables the helicopter to perform most of the same manoeuvres as full-sized helicopters'.
In actual fact, what manoeuvers can an modern RC helicopter NOT perform that a full-size helicopter CAN? I can't think of any, hence the citation request.
James / leeph  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leeph (talk • contribs) 09:21, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation needed 

message: I propose that Miniature helicopter be merged into Radio-controlled helicopter (this article). The two are quite similar and can be described without separate articles. Guoguo12--Talk--  18:46, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: — Great idea, I have completed the merge. Dawnseeker2000  02:12, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger 

message: Guys, we need to at least mention that the old style of using Flybars is slowly being replaced with "Flybarless" controllers - it's like the yaw-axis gyro they used to use, however there are gyros for each axis which constantly hold the entire heli's orientation for a "locked-in" or "gliding on rails" feeling.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by PcChip (talk • contribs) 03:15, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Flybar vs Flybarless 

message: It seems quads and other multi-rotor RC helis are becoming more common, and this article does not even mention them. Thoughts? Mihaister (talk) 23:09, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do we need a section on multi-rotors? 

message: I don't think the word "multirotors" is common enough to be used by itself as a section header. Thoughts? Mihaister (talk) 20:31, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Multirotor section name

message: This section talks exclusively about the FAA, whose remit is solely US. Some mention could be given to the policies of other major authorities around the world, in particular those of Europe whose air traffic is not insignificant. 2.102.172.62 (talk) 00:26, 16 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Globalizing [[Radio-controlled_helicopter#Commercial_applications|Commercial applications]]

message: Some drones might be RC. There should probably be some work done to differentiate and explain the difference between an RC helicopter to a drone. Drones itself doesn't differentiate that well between the quadcopter design often referred to in the media (and official sources) as a drone and the Predator-style machines. --109.159.90.50 (talk) 16:30, 26 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Drones]]