Originally Posted by Andreas
Last time it was up here didnt some RC pilot comment how it used gyros to keep it stable and that it wasnt as "hard" to fly as it looked like?
If they did then I'd love to see them fly
A gyro is indeed onboard RC heli's, all it does though is try and keep the nose of the heli in a straight line by powering the tail rotor to stop the rotational forces of the rotor blades turning the whole helicopter.
They aren't exactly totally effective though as every heli I've flown still needs tail input (especially on take off)
The skill of the pilot is when the heli is coming towards you etc, it's one thing being able to hover a heli tail in but another ball game nose in (nose towards you) as it reverses some the cyclic controls.