If you you fly often but can't remember the last time you looked up a part number to fix your helicopter, stop reading now. If, however, you've looked up the street today, anticipating the sweet sight of that brown UPS truck that's bringing some part you need to get flying again...Read on.
As Isaac Newton said, "All forces occur in pairs, and these two forces are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction." In other words "Every action has an equal and opposite reaction." You need to have ol' Isaac whispering this in your ear as you manipulate the joysticks on your heli's controller. I can think of no maneuvers that don't require some movement of both joysticks. If you lock your grip on one stick while moving the other, you get a reaction, right? But is it the desired reaction? Two-channel, three-channel, four-channel...It makes no difference. Sir Isaac reminds, "It's PHYSICS guys!" Doesn't matter how much you banged the credit card to buy that thing, Newton's Law #3 still applies. You can see it in taoistflyer's YouTube vids that show the controller... both sticks are always moving. I know...But the diagram that came with your helicopter says, "To fly happy to the right, change stick #2 to right side, fast--Now you genius and it so easy!" You can't believe everything you read, guys. So if you're not happy with the swoops and dives your heli is making, try a little twitch of the opposite wrist when you make your control movement. It will be trial and error for a bit, but that "A-HA!" moment will come...And you'll be thanking Sir Isaac each time you go fly...
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