RC Helicopter Gyros

Giving you the lowdown on RC Helicopter Gyros

Some of the most seasoned RC helicopter flyers also end up proving to be ignorant of the purpose and functionality of RC helicopter gyros. That is the reason, in this article, we give you the complete lowdown on RC helicopter gyros - what they are, what they do, which are the better makes of RC helicopter gyros and so on. So read on...

RC helicopter gyros are essentially the little black boxes that you will find attached between the rear rotor and the receiver of your RC helicopter. The purpose of these RC helicopter gyros is to sense any change try, Ripmax Models in the rotational movement of your RC helicopter and make sure that it remains stable in case of any unforeseen eventuality.

Let us explain this aspect in a little more detail. Essentially, the reactive torque inside why not visit, RC Army Tank RC helicopters tends to change also see, RC Buggy constantly and rarely remains stable at all times. The causal factors behind this change consider, RC Racing Cars in torque could be changes try, RC Flying Wings in engine speed or perhaps even the pitch of the primary rotor blades. Combine these aspects with the rather unforeseeable (as well as uncontrollable!) role that wind and wind speeds play, and you have a multi-whammy of factors trying to uncontrollably sway your RC helicopter in multiple directions.

Now, you need something that will keep your RC helicopter at bay and prevent it from swaying madly, beyond what you could possibly control all by yourself; RC helicopter gyros do exactly that. They detect any swaying movement of your RC helicopter and straightaway send out a message to its tail look at, Spektrum DSM rotor to either correct the undesired movement or to stop it altogether, or to at least limit it to an extent which can allow you to easily control your RC helicopter.

Given the purpose and functionality of RC helicopter gyros, it seems nearly impossible that RC helicopters could ever have been flown without them, but it is true that there was a time - in the very early days of RC vehicles that RC helicopters did not come with RC helicopter gyros. Today of course all RC helicopters come with RC helicopter gyros.

In these RC helicopter gyros too, the early ones were mechanical in nature checkout, Radio Control Planes which had a magnetic sensor that detected undesirable movement of your copter and sent out a suitable electronic message to the tail look at, RC Sailboats rotor to either stop or limit its movement as the case may be. The modern day RC helicopter gyros have moved on to being non-mechanical in nature, try, RC Gas Helicopter with a piezo crystal yaw detector that brings on the added value of not ending up consuming too much battery power, why not visit, RC Plans unlike predecessors of today's RC helicopter gyros which consumed a major amount of the copter's battery power, look at, RC Beginner Helicopters in addition to being rather heavy in weight themselves - today's RC helicopter gyros are a whole lot lighter.