Beginner to advanced remote control helicopter training guide for using a simulator

This is not intended to be the only way to learn and progress flying a remote control helicopter it is only a suggested method to improve and develop more advanced skills.  Make sure you practice each step and are very confident doing these moves before trying them at the field.  It is assumed that the pilot can hover tail in before starting these exercises.   Good luck and most of all I hope you have fun with your improved flying or at the very least that this makes the sim more interesting.

This guide includes sections called stretch and bonus moves.  These are items out of your current skill level to try but keep in mind you should prefect  them later.  So moves you are just trying as a bonus or stretch level should not be attempted at the field just yet.

Practice 30 minutes a day and try to master every move before moving up a level.  It may take weeks to master a level and you will crash a million times before some of these moves click.  Keep trying  every night!

LEVEL 1 – Upright hovering
Tail at 45 degrees offset from tail in
Side in left and right
Nose in
Stretch: Pirouette back to tail in. Backward flips
Bonus:  Forward flight circle

LEVEL 2 – Inverted hovering
45 degrees offset from tail in
Side in left and right
Nose in inverted
Stretch: Forward flips, Rolls, Inverted piro to tail nose in.
Bonus: Inverted forward circle

LEVEL 3 – 5 Circles in a row
5 forward circles left and right
5 backward circles left and right
5 inverted forward circles left and right
5 inverted backwards circles left and right
Stretch: Forward loops, Backward loops,Tail down tic tocs, tail slides
Bonus:  tail down rainbows, stationary piros

LEVEL 4  –  5 Figure 8’s in each orientation
Switch this move so the figure 8 crosses towards you and away from you. 
Forward
Backwards
Inverted
Inverted backwards
Stretch:  Snake transition in figure 8 with 30% bank angle, Side on Tic-Tocs
Bonus:  Stall turns changing orientations at the top of the turn

Level 5  –  Funnels in each orientation
5 upright tail down, left and right
5 upright tail up left, and right
5 inverted tail down, left and right
5 Inverted tail up, left and right
Stretch: Inverted piro circle, Nose down tic tocs
Bonus:  Piro flips timing the stir with the tail

Level 6  –  Morphing or Transitions
5 of each figure 8 morphing orientations
Forward upright to inverted going left and right
Backwards upright to inverted going left and right
Upright funnel to inverted left and right
Stretch: 4 point tic tocs, Death Spiral
Bonus: Pitch pumping flips and rolls

Level 7  –  5 each Rolling and Piro travel
Rolling circle forward left and right
Rolling circle backwards left and right
Piro funnel upright left and right
Piro funnel inverted left and right
Stretch:  Stationary piro flips, snakes
Bonus:  Piro tic tocs,

Level 8  –  5 each rolling and piro figure 8’s
Rolling Forward Figure 8
Rolling Backward Figure 8
Piro Figure 8 Upright
Piro Figure 8 Inverted

Level 9 Direction
Go back and practice all above in the direction you were not comfortable with the tail

Level 10  –  Mastery
Big Ben
Chaos Reversal
Pitch Pumping
Flipping Hurricains (circles)
Slinky (circle, 45deg circle, edge loop (viewed as loop from side), 135deg circle, circle)
Smackdown Flying
Transitions between moves

Level 11 –  3D Genius

Flipping Funnel
Piro Tic-Tocs
Piro Snake Figure 8
Piro Rainbow
Piro Snake
Piro Loop

Level 12 –  Unbelievable stuff
Piro Globe
Fliping Funnel 8
Reversing Piro Tic-Tocs
Reversing Piro Rainbow
Reversing Piro Snake
Kruezenburger
Reversing Piro Funnel
 Wheel of Fortune
London Eye(piro tic-toc loop)
Piro Vertical Figure 8
Piro Slinky (variation of globe where you start with piro circle (start at left or right side of pilot), piro 45deg tilted circle, piro loop, piro 135deg tilted circle, piro circle (opposite side of pilot from the first circle)