Event Coverage
Urbana Heli Championship coverage
Our first Ohio contest of the year turns out to be a big success.
Wooster, Ohio Precision Heli Contest
1st annual precision heli contest for the Wayne County RC Club located in Wooster, Ohio. July 17, 2010.
Photos from Space Coast Heli Championship
On Saturday, March 27th and Sunday, March 28th, the Indian River Kontrol Society (IRKS) held the first annual Space Coast Heli Championships and Fun Fly. With a great field located in Cocoa, FL...
Ohio Group Announces Contest Series
This is to announce a new series of FAI-AMA class contests that are being offered this year. A group of Ohio based contest pilots met at the Wreckers field last fall and decided they needed to start a grassroots series of contest in our area to promote the flying we love bes
Draft - FAI Proposed Maneuver 2010
Here are the proposed 2010 FAI Schedules for F3C. Please note that this is the draft version of the rules. Please feel free to download and review.
2009 IRCHA Rookie Contest Results
At the 2009 IRCHA Jamboree, RCPH.com, hosted an AMA Class I contest as a means of introducing contest flying to the IRCHA attendees. Thanks to our sponsors, NextD, MRC/Hirobo, Century Heli, Scott Gray Products and Esprit Models, we had some really great prizes for the winners
The RCPH.com IRCHA Class I Contest
Do you have what it takes to perform a few simple hovering maneuvers? Can you perform some basic aerobatic maneuvers? If so, then you can win a .90 sized heli from a top, world-class heli manufacturer. Just enter the RCPH Heli Contest on Saturday, August 15 and the winner will receive a NextD Rave 90 ENV.
USA F3C Team Website Launched
Well after months of design, writing and pictures, RCPrecisionHeli.com is pleased to announce our sister website, http://www.usa-f3c.com. This site is dedicated to the 2009 USA F3C Team.
VARCHA FAI & 3D Clinic w/Scott Gray & Colin Bell
Have you ever wanted to learn to fly from the big boys? Have you ever wanted to get your heli setup perfectly? Well now is the time. This May 24, 25 & 26, Viginia RC Helicopter Association will be hosting out annual FAI & 3D setup and flying clinic.
4th Annual Tampa Bay Heli Classic
Start the season off right with the 4th Annual Tampa Bay Classic. This event will be awesome, with major raffle prizes being awarded to registered pilots... but you "got to be in it to win it."
Vote Now on FAI/CIAM Rules Changes
Voting now open. Please vote and express your support for the various proposals presented by the subcommittee, France, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden and the UK. Click here.
2009 FAI/CIAM F3C Rules Change Proposals
Thanks to Horace Hagen we are posting all the rules change proposals from various boards around the world. Some of these proposals are contrbuted by the F3C subcommitte themselve
Converting a T-rex 600 to Achieve Better Contest/FAI Flying Characteristics
This documentation is intended to follow a typical T-rex 600 through a process that will make your helicopter conform to the flying characteristics of precision style of flying. In this specific example I will be demonstrating these changes using my T-rex 600E...
How to Become an AMA Contest Director
Information about how to get your AMA Contest Director's License to hold your own contest.
2nd Annual Tampa Bay Heli Classic
Images from the 2007 TBHC held annually in Zephyrhills, FL
AMA Class I, Explained
Well, with the conclusion of the 2007 US Heli Nats, the contest season has pretty much drawn to a close this year. This year was the first for a new set of maneuvers in all three AMA classes of RC heli competition. Having seen, and judged, a number of pilots flying these new schedules this year, I have decided to put together a synopsis of the class 1 maneuvers
AMA Class I Diagrams
If you are interested in getting started in competition helicopter flying, then Class I is where you start. However, many people have questions about getting started, and more importantly what maneuvers need to be flow. This article covers the 8 mandatory maneuvers for Class I and staring in 2007 includes both three (3) hovering and five (5) aerobatic maneuvers.
F3C Basic Settings
This article is a compilation on posts that occurred on RunRyder pertaining to basic setup of an F3C model. Many of these questions were answered by Gordie Meade, so this article contains a wealth of information
What is “Contest Flying”?
This is basically an essay on “contest flying”, also known as “FAI” style helicopter flying. The purpose of this essay is to educate people on the existence and scope of precision helicopter aerobatics. Here, you will learn what constitutes precision aerobatics, classes of maneuver schedules, how contests are run, and a general FAQ of contest flying.
What is a Good “Contest Flying” Model?
I’m back, by popular demand, with a post about some good models for use in Precision Helicopter Aerobatics, aka FAI or Contest Flying. This is a second installment about contest flying that started with What is Contest Flying?
Announcing the 2009 World’s Team
Congrats to the US Team and all Nats competitors. This year was very well run (as always) and went off without a hitch
Upcoming Events
Urbana HPAC Fall Contest
Sep 25 - 26