Hand Picked Remote Control Helicopter Links

Note: We apologize for any broken links here, I'll get around to fixing them some time!

General RC Heli links

RC Helicopters on the Usenet. The Usenet is like a forum, it's been on the internet longer than the world wide web. Deja.com offeres free access to it if you don't know how to use a news reader.

Nathan's Natescape RC Heli web page. Designed for people starting out, it even has a 12 step program for those who need helicopters. Excellent heli-diary too.

Helibuf's web page with lots of specific tips on all sorts of things.

CSM, Creators of the ICG 360 HH Piezo Gyro and the popular 3 in 1 Simulator.

Chris Bosco's heli site contains lots of tips, reviews and other information.

AMA Model aircraft insurance. (required to fly at club fields)

Jason Chan's RC Heli Page. This guy must be rich. He owns just about every helicopter I've heard of. Good reviews too.

Rotor Modeler Magazine is one of the best model helicopter magazines I've seen. Plus, this one has select articles on line.

US Pilots.Net H-List Send a message with no subject and only the words subscribe h-list in the body to sign up for this helicopter e-mail list. You'll get lots of mail about helicopters and hundreds of people will read the messages you send to the list. To unsubscribe, put the text unsubscribe h-list in the body.

Peak.Org H-List Send a message with no subject and only the words subscribe h-list in the body to sign up for this helicopter e-mail list. You'll get lots of mail about helicopters and hundreds of people will read the messages you send to the list. To unsubscribe, put the text unsubscribe h-list in the body.

Tommy McElmeel's RC Page. He's got several flight journals, pictures and video clips. I think these are a great source of what to expect when you get into the hobby.

Raptor Links

Raptor e-mail List is a e-mail distribution list from www.listbot.com just for the Raptor helicopter. Everyone who joins the list will get a copy of every message sent to raptorheli@listbot.com. This way you can take part in a group communication about rc helicopters. Be warned: You WILL get about 100 e-mails every day while subscribed! To unsubscribe, write to raptorheli-unsubscribe@listbot.com.

Another raptor e-mail list this one is from www.egroups.com. To unsubscribe, send a message to raptor-unsubscribe@egroups.com

Ace Hobby's Main Page Ace is the home of the Raptor

Ludwig's journal of his Raptor experiences. Interesting reading about the life of a Raptor.

Fritz's Self-proclaimed Raptor assembly manual suplement. Contains a lot of good tips and issues to watch out for on the kit and ARF models of the Raptor. Building help too.

Ron Lunds scanned Raptor manual. Shows you what the manual is like. This is the whole thing, there is not much literiture.

Michael Prewitt's Raptor Technique site has a flying and mantanance log as well as some paintint and hovering tips. Check out his theory about Raptor clutch breaking.

Nexus Links

Ksyosho Official home of Kyosho

Alex's Kyosho mania page has information about almost every helicopter Kyosho makes, as well as some beginner tips.

General RC links

FMS Free RC Simulator HOT!! This is a free rc helicopter and airplane simulator project. The home page is in German, but there is a link to a English version. The latest version is only available to download in German, but if you go to babelfish.altavista.com you can translate the page to English. Click on the helicopter picuture to get the latest beta version.

RC Design From Russia comes a page that showes you free schematics of how to make electronics for helicopter and or airplane. From battery testers, to speed controls to a piezo gyro and more.

UltraHot RC has the channel/frequency list on their web page for rc cars, boats, planes etc...

Model airplane sites

BlueMax RC club's page has extensive beginner info and links to hobby stores and manufactures.

Zagi web site Zagi's are cool because they're nearly indestructable and designed to be used as bumper-car type planes in the sky. Last plane in the air wins!

SWB Turbines makes model turbine engines that are really cool.

BVM Jets make model turbine engines as well as plane kits that are also really cool.

RC Aircraft with Wireless Cameras

Pat Leong's Sky-I A local flier's Bergen cameraship web page.

RC Helicopter Camera Project with video samples!

WirelessVideoCameras.Com

Whirly Bird

Polaris Industries

RC Helicopter 'Action' Cam

Floatograph

Coptervision

HoverCam

SurveyCopter

Miscelanious Helicopter Informational Links

How Helicopters Work from How Things Work gives you a very simple background on helicopters with lots of video clips and pictures.

http://www.copters.com/helicopter.html#toc Helicopter physics and descriptions in plain english.

W3MH model helicopter articles. Articles about various helicopter and RC helicopter physics in not-so-plain english. Check the 11 Colin Mill's Practical Theories Articles at the bottom of the page for "the good stuff."