4 caannel versus 9 channel for newbies

[Rick Compton]

On the web I saw a US $300 price for a Dragon Helicopter rc model
It included everything to fly and run including 4 chanel - up down
and left and right - posted anywhere in the world

How come it only requires 4 channels -
Is it easier or harder to fly than 9 channel rc heli
Would you recommend it as a newbie starter - or not

Cheers - Rick

[Biggie in PA]

In my opinion, I would not recommend anything less than 6 channels. If you
can, go for 9 channels. You will need to run things like heading hold gyros
and governors and 6 BARELY covers that. I strongly discourage the 4 channel
TX.

--

Biggie in PA
sjg1958 at hotmail dot com


"Rick Compton" <comptonr@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:frudivcdkqlh5evrujjkbghqbt3dq2ans6@4ax.com...
> On the web I saw a US $300 price for a Dragon Helicopter rc model
> It included everything to fly and run including 4 chanel - up down
> and left and right - posted anywhere in the world
>
> How come it only requires 4 channels -
> Is it easier or harder to fly than 9 channel rc heli
> Would you recommend it as a newbie starter - or not
>
> Cheers - Rick

[Rob Fone]

Unless I'm very much mistaken, you can only use a 4 channel radio on a model
helicopter that doesn't have collective pitch (so you use the throttle/head
speed to control your climb). My Shuttle certainly needs at least 5 channels
to fly, with the sixth channel controlling gyro gain. Without a decent gyro
or collective I think learning would be much more difficult.

My recommendation as a "junior" in this hobby - get the best you can, you'll
be glad you did.

HTH,
Rob.


"Rick Compton" <comptonr@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
news:frudivcdkqlh5evrujjkbghqbt3dq2ans6@4ax.com...
> On the web I saw a US $300 price for a Dragon Helicopter rc model
> It included everything to fly and run including 4 chanel - up down
> and left and right - posted anywhere in the world
>
> How come it only requires 4 channels -
> Is it easier or harder to fly than 9 channel rc heli
> Would you recommend it as a newbie starter - or not

[Rick Compton]

Thanks Biggie and Rob

On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 10:53:18 +0100, "Rob Fone" <rob@[NO SPAM]caliburn-software.com> wrote:

>Unless I'm very much mistaken, you can only use a 4 channel radio on a model
>helicopter that doesn't have collective pitch (so you use the throttle/head
>speed to control your climb). My Shuttle certainly needs at least 5 channels
>to fly, with the sixth channel controlling gyro gain. Without a decent gyro
>or collective I think learning would be much more difficult.
>
>My recommendation as a "junior" in this hobby - get the best you can, you'll
>be glad you did.
>
>HTH,
>Rob.
>
>
>"Rick Compton" <comptonr@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
>news:frudivcdkqlh5evrujjkbghqbt3dq2ans6@4ax.com...
>> On the web I saw a US $300 price for a Dragon Helicopter rc model
>> It included everything to fly and run including 4 chanel - up down
>> and left and right - posted anywhere in the world
>>
>> How come it only requires 4 channels -
>> Is it easier or harder to fly than 9 channel rc heli
>> Would you recommend it as a newbie starter - or not
>
>
>