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Setup, tuning and repair: pitch curves, tail rotors, blade tracking, batteries and flybarless systems.
RC helicopter gyros and governors explained
Two systems keep a helicopter pointing straight and spinning at a constant speed: the tail gyro and the governor. Here's what each does, and how to spot when one needs adjusting.
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The RC helicopter swashplate explained: CCPM, collective and cyclic
The swashplate is how your control inputs reach the spinning blades. Understand collective, cyclic and CCPM mixing and the whole helicopter suddenly makes sense.
2026-07-26 · 7 min read - Guides
Flybarless (FBL) systems explained: what they do and why every modern heli has one
The spinning paddles are gone. Modern RC helicopters use an electronic flybarless unit instead — a three-axis gyro brain that makes them steadier, more precise and lower-maintenance. Here's how it works.
2026-07-26 · 8 min read - Guides
Flywing vs FLISHRC: which scale RC helicopter should you start with?
Two scale brands, the same fly-it-not-build-it idea — but a £900 gap in price and a real gap in size and detail. Where Flywing's affordable ships end and FLISHRC's premium FL500 V2 range begins.
2026-07-26 · 9 min read - Guides
Flywing helicopters: affordable scale that flies itself
Flywing is the most affordable way into scale RC helicopters — ready-to-fly BO-105s, Hueys and Bell 206s with GPS stabilisation, for well under half the price of the premium brands.
2026-07-26 · 8 min read - Guides
Roban scale helicopters: the ARF and RTF range explained
Roban builds the biggest, most detailed scale airframes you can buy on a hobby budget. Here's the full range — the 700/800 ARF kits for builders and the 450/470 RTF ships for everyone else.
2026-07-26 · 9 min read - Guides
FLISHRC helicopters: the FL500 V2 scale range explained
FLISHRC put ready-to-fly scale helicopters with modern GPS electronics within reach. Here's the full FL500 V2 range — the gunships, the civilian ships, the electronics — and who each one is for.
2026-07-26 · 9 min read - Guides
Roban vs FLISHRC: which scale RC helicopter brand should you buy?
Two names dominate affordable scale helicopters — and they share more than buyers realise. The airframes come from the same place; the electronics are where they split, and where FLISHRC pulls ahead.
2026-07-25 · 12 min read - Guides
RC helicopter maintenance: a pre- and post-flight checklist
The five-minute field check before every flight, the ten-minute bench check after every session, and the monthly deep check that stops small problems becoming crashes.
2026-07-20 · 8 min read - Guides
How to set up pitch and throttle curves on an RC helicopter
Two five-point curves decide how your helicopter actually flies. Here is what each point does, what good values look like, and how to tune without breaking anything.
2026-05-16 · 10 min read - Guides
Tracking RC helicopter blades: a step-by-step guide
Off-tracking blades cost you altitude, eat batteries, and shake the airframe to pieces. Twenty minutes and three coloured strips of tape and you can fix it forever.
2026-05-13 · 6 min read - Guides
Setting up your transmitter for the first RC helicopter (Spektrum, FrSky, Radiomaster)
Swashplate type, dual rates, expo, throttle hold, failsafe. The five settings that decide whether the helicopter flies well or fights you the whole way.
2026-05-10 · 9 min read - Guides
Diagnosing tail wag, drift and bobbing: a flight-controller primer
Three symptoms, ten possible causes, one diagnosis tree. How to read what your helicopter is telling you and fix the underlying setting.
2026-05-07 · 8 min read - Guides
Replacing an RC helicopter tail rotor: tools, time, what can go wrong
A bent shaft, a snapped belt, a torn blade. Every heli pilot replaces a tail rotor eventually. Here is exactly how, in about 40 minutes, without expensive tools.
2026-05-02 · 7 min read - Guides
Choosing LiPo batteries for RC helicopters
C rating, cell count, capacity, connector choice — how to read a helicopter battery spec and why the cheap 45C pack is often the wrong pack.
2026-03-18 · 6 min read