If you plan to take up a hobby using a RC helicopter, there are some important considerations regarding the FAA. Do you need ...

Which RC helicopters are best? Radio-controlled (RC) helicopters have been around for about 50 years. What started as a serious hobby has turned into something in which even casual flyers can ...

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A helicopter is a crime against the laws of physics, and it’s a miracle that they’re able to take flight in the first place. To travel in one is to tempt fate; to fly one is to dare the gods to cast ...

Radio control toys can be great fun to play with. However, at the bottom end of the market, sometimes you find you’ve bought something that just doesn’t work quite right. [saulemmetquinn] found that ...

Autonomous helicopters offer a highly maneuverable and versatile platform in scenarios like disaster relief operations, but programming these machines to perform complex aerobatics is a formidable ...

Radio control toys can be great fun to play with. However, at the bottom end of the market, sometimes you find you’ve bought something that just doesn’t work quite right. [saulemmetquinn] found that ...

It was impressive enough when toymakers found a way to make remote control helicopters small and safe enough to fly around indoors. But their miniaturization efforts continue on as toymaker Silverlit ...