| RC Helicopters stand as one of the most fascinating | | | | RC Helicopter used to set people back thousands of |
| field of the RC hobby world. Very few can resist its | | | | dollars. People had to buy the helicopter kit, servos, |
| charm. Nevertheless, not too long ago they also | | | | engine, starter, gyro, receiver, radio controller, a |
| carried an extremely heavy price tag and required | | | | hundred other equipments, and of course - fuel. |
| more maintenance than a ten-years-old car. To make | | | | When everything has been purchased, you still have |
| matters worse, flying one required countless hours of | | | | to assemble it! On the other hand, electric helicopters |
| practice and tremendous amount of patience. | | | | almost always cost less than 200 dollars with cheaper |
| However, all that is about to change. With the | | | | but better versions coming out regularly. Even better, |
| introduction of electric RC helicopters, flying these | | | | most of these helicopters come ready to fly right |
| amazing models are not as far-fetched as they used | | | | out of the box. In addition to that, every necessary |
| to be. | | | | equipments and accessories often come included as |
| First is silent and clean RC Helicopters might be | | | | well. Finally, by using batteries, the running cost of |
| amongst the most fascinating radio controlled models, | | | | these helicopters is greatly reduced as it is no longer |
| however, one undeniable fact still stands against it; | | | | necessary to buy gallons after gallons of gas. Third is |
| they make more noise and create more pollution than | | | | reliable and easy to fly: With gas helicopters, |
| a breaking down truck. This makes flying around the | | | | countless crashes occur not because of pilot errors, |
| neighborhood almost impossible. The problem of | | | | but because the engine fail in midair. Who's to blame? |
| noise, pollution and size is almost entirely eliminated | | | | After all, everybody knows that gas engines aren't |
| with the electric models; the amount of noise greatly | | | | the most reliable thing in the world. They also |
| decreased while the amount of pollution vanished | | | | notoriously require constant tinkering to run smoothly. |
| altogether. These two facts allows these machines | | | | On the other hand, electric helicopters fly undeniably |
| to fly anywhere without causing too much | | | | more reliable. |
| annoyance to other people. Second is low cost flying | | | | |