{"id":5226,"date":"2023-02-26T11:58:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-26T10:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodiesrc.com\/?p=5226"},"modified":"2023-02-27T23:44:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T22:44:27","slug":"what-is-easier-to-fly-rc-helicopter-or-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodiesrc.com\/what-is-easier-to-fly-rc-helicopter-or-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Easier To Fly – RC Helicopter Or Plane?<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you are starting your RC aircraft journey,  you may be undecided about where to start. Should you choose an RC helicopter or an RC plane? Making the right choice between these two options may determine whether you will stick with the RC aircraft hobby or give it up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RC helicopters are one of the hardest RC vehicles to operate and are harder to fly than RC planes. They require the pilot to have a closer visual and hands on the controls at all times. The active flying required for hobby-grade RC helicopters differs from other RC aircraft and takes time to master.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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RC aircraft operate quite differently from RC cars, and there is a learning curve to becoming familiar with airborne RC vehicles. There is also a difference between RC planes and RC helicopters that may affect your choice of where to start. Our information on which is easier to fly will help you choose your path to flying RC aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are RC Helicopters Harder To Fly Than RC Planes?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you are asking the question of whether RC helicopters are harder to fly than RC planes, we have to assume a starting point to give relevant information. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you new to RC, are you familiar with RC cars and want to try RC aircraft, or are you already familiar with RC planes and want to fly helicopters?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each RC vehicle type has different parameters that control how the vehicle moves. RC cars can be complex and have sensitive controls, but RC aircraft have added dimensions to their controls due to the added perspective of height as the craft moves through the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Helicopters have even more complex controls because they lack aerodynamics and fixed wings to give them gliding capabilities<\/strong>. In real life, helicopters are also more difficult to fly than fixed-wing aircraft, and the difficulty transfers to the RC versions of these aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Are RC Helicopters Harder To Fly Than RC Planes?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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RC helicopters are more difficult to fly than RC planes for several reasons. Most of the reasons are due to the helicopter design and how it flies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All helicopters, RC, and real-life versions are inherently unstable in the air compared to fixed-wing aircraft. The operator must constantly adjust the controls to keep the aircraft in the air and flying in a straight line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hovering is one of the most difficult RC helicopter maneuvers to master due to the fine adjustments needed on the controls to keep the helicopter in a stable hover<\/strong>. Nothing in the RC world quite matches the thrill of successfully achieving your first RC helicopter hover without crashing your chopper!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the fine, constant controls required to fly an RC helicopter, the aircraft must always be within the operator’s visual range. If you cannot see what is happening to the helicopter, you don’t know what adjustments to make to the controls, and a crash is inevitable!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RC planes are more stable in the air and require less hands-on flying than RC helicopters<\/strong>. You can take your hands off the controls of an RC plane, and it will continue to fly in the direction the controls are oriented. In some cases, the controls will return automatically to straight and level flight when released. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These differences between RC helicopters and RC planes’ flight controls make RC helicopters harder to fly than RC planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are RC Helicopters Hard To Fly?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We have seen that RC helicopters are more challenging to fly than RC planes, but are RC helicopters difficult to fly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RC helicopters are not hard to fly; they are simply different to fly, requiring a different skill set compared to any other RC vehicle, including quadcopters, RC planes, RC cars, and RC boats<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Granted, the skills needed to fly an RC helicopter are a little harder to learn and take a bit more time to master, but this does not put learning to fly one of these aircraft beyond the reach of anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related read: Are Bigger RC Helicopters Harder To Fly?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This video gives you an insight of what’s involved to perform basic manoeuvres;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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