What Type of Radio Control Hobby for You?

(A typical inexpensive set of ready built plane model using high capacity battery for a beginners)

( A typical small and inexpensive complete RC Helicopter set for you to try out)

Radio control airplanes are probably the most difficult project to undertake. Since an airplane requires very detailed calculations and measurements in order to stay afloat, you will have to be attentive every step of the way. Modeler of radio controlled airplanes will usually take one of two routes. The first is to buy kits that include cutout pieces of some sort of light wood (light plywood and balsa wood) that can be assembled using super glue. After that is done, the radio and motor equipment (or an miniature engine or glo engine) are purchased and added in. The second method is to skip the kit, and find (or even make your own) plans for a model plane. After you have plans, you buy all of the necessary wood to make the plane from scratch.

Airplanes aren’t the only radio controlled devices that take to the skies. Remote control helicopters are becoming more and more popular. (There is a variety model of helicopter from the smallest to the biggest size and vary in prices too)They require around the same (perhaps a little less) detail as planes, and allow for a more interesting flying experience since they can hover in midair, and go backwards / forwards on command. The novelty of flying a toy helicopter is what attracts many people to building one, while planes usually attract those who enjoy the technical and mathematical aspects of getting the plane to leave the ground. Both are extremely rewarding, especially after hours and hours of labor.

These are some the many different ways that you can apply the intricacies of radio electronics to regular toys. While these make up the main areas that are focused on in this hobby, they certainly don’t confine you. If you have an idea for a radio controlled toy that is not a car, a boat, a plane, or a helicopter then by all means pursue it. By starting with the more basic toys, you can learn about the radio systems and the motors that power whatever it is that propels the vehicle forward. All it takes is this basic knowledge, and the hobby of radio controlled toys can span a vast number of possibilities.