History of Rc Model

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Although experiments with rotary winged				problems were eventually overcome and the
aircraft may be traced back to Leonardo da				fully controllable R/C model helicopter had
Vinci, successful flights were not achieved				arrived.
until the 1930s, and it was not until 1941
that the first practical, full size				Ã‚ Ã‚ Ã‚ Ã‚ There were, however,
helicopter was built by lgor Sikorsky. Model				no short cuts in its development: engines,
enthusiasts are notably quick to emulate				drive gears, rotor blades, control methods,
full-size aviation achievements, but were not				etc all had to follow a similar design to
as successful with rotary wing aircraft, and				full-size helicopter and be built to the same
it was not until 1968 that the first fully				exacting standards or perhaps closer to the
controllable R/C model helicopter appeared,				mechanism design of the full-size helicopter.
built by Dr. Dieter Schluter of West Germany.
				So how difficult is the model helicopter to
Bigger engines require more fuel and more				control in fight? Well, it has been described
weight! Increasing the angle of the rotor				as similar to balancing a steel ball on a
blades in the airflow produces more lift, up				knife edge whale riding a bicycle! more on
to a point but this also increases the drag				that when you visit Model Aeronautics for
of the blade, which now requires more power				Dodos by following the link in my resource
to move it at the required speed. All				box.