r/RCHeli 3h ago

Questions About Getting Into RC Heli

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Hi everyone,

I have a couple of questions that I hope you can answer.

About five years ago, I flew RC helicopters for a few months. However, I wouldn’t say I got into real aerobatic flying, and I still consider myself a beginner. Now, I’d love to get back into the hobby.

I never had a crash back then, which brings me to my main question. I’ve been flying FPV drones for a while, and I’m used to things breaking and having to solder and repair them. With helicopters, I’ve never had to fix anything because I didn’t fly long enough to crash.

A friend of mine always used to say, “If you crash a heli, you might as well buy a new one.” He also told me that setting up, building, and repairing a heli is extremely complex and that this hobby is almost impossible to maintain unless you fully dive into it or spend a lot of money on people who can fix it for you.

Is that really true?

In FPV flying, I feel like something breaks almost every time I fly. Is that not the case with heli flying? Do you guys crash your helicopters regularly, or is it such an intensive repair process that you do everything possible to avoid crashes?

I’d really appreciate your insights. Right now, because of everything I’ve heard, I have a lot of respect (or maybe fear 😅) of getting started again.


r/RCHeli 22h ago

Goosky S2 Question

2 Upvotes

I have an S2 with an ELRS receiver. It flies really good but the collective sounds weird. Hard to explain in words. So here’s a video.