| Remote control helicopters are designed to perform | | | | helicopter is the more expensive it is, the more power |
| and look a lot like a real helicopter. RC helicopters are | | | | it has, and more experience is needed to maneuver it. |
| not the same as RC airplanes and vary in many ways. | | | | There are two different ways that a RC helicopter |
| RC helicopters come in many different sizes, colors, | | | | can be powered. These two are either by electricity or |
| speeds, and prices. They also vary mechanically from | | | | by gas. Electric powered helicopters tend to be less |
| one to another. | | | | expensive and easier to work. Gas powered RC |
| A scale RC helicopter can be bought in two different | | | | helicopters are more similar to a real helicopter but are |
| ways. They can be purchased assembled and ready | | | | more difficult to repair and maintain. |
| to use or unassembled. The unassembled helicopters | | | | Learning how to use a scale RC helicopter requires |
| are favored by novice users and collectors of scale | | | | more skill then flying an RC airplane. RC air planes do |
| RC helicopters. | | | | not require the same maneuvering techniques because |
| RC helicopters vary in size and can be either very | | | | they do not have the same range of abilities of a RC |
| small or very large. Smaller remote control helicopters | | | | helicopter. Controlling an RC helicopter requires several |
| are good for beginners and are usually what is found | | | | different activities that differ from controlling a RC |
| in toy stores. Smaller RC helicopters are easier to fly | | | | airplane. |
| and generally cheaper than larger ones. The smaller | | | | Avid collectors of RC helicopters generally look for |
| the helicopter the easier to repair and the less | | | | helicopters that operate and look like a real ones. The |
| expensive the replacement parts are. As price | | | | more hobby-grade the helicopter is the higher the cost |
| increases the quality of the product increases and the | | | | more and the more capabilities it has. They can reach |
| more similar it becomes to a real helicopter not only in | | | | speeds as fast as 80mph and can go as high as |
| appearance but by performance as well. Another | | | | 12000 feet. |
| factor affecting price is the size. The larger the | | | | |