BEST FIRST radio controlled (RC) HELICOPTER for BEGINNERS ! XK K130 Flybarless RC Helicopter 

Yeah, some crazy good all-in-the-box RC planes and helis out there now for not a lot of money. Great for folks wanting to try RC for the first time. When I started it was all glow fuel models. None of this modern electric stuff. Utterly painful.

Dont now, where his trottle/pitch curves where set. Looks, like he has some experience with very pitch-sensitive helis?! During my first flight (3d mode) I did some "pitchpumps" when I tried to hover the K130 with 95% trottle, and I already have some experience with Rc cp helis (first steps in 3d flight)! Never used 6g mode, but still, I think, this is the worst heli for a beginner because of its power and quality (some screws on mine have never seen Loctite at the factory).

Haha. I think if I had started with helicopters I might have given up the hobby before trying fixed wing. It's a lot more challenging that's for sure ! Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

Very Nice control of that helecopter.

Unbreakability is top of the list for learning RC heli flying. Landing is a lot harder than I expected. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

Really. Man I think it’s junk. Are you flying only over grass?

First time I have been compared to one of my favourite actors! Nice. Cheers - Dom (Essential RC)

Best way to learn is getting a heli that is cheap to repair and fly and crash and fix. Simulators can give over confidence when moving to the real thing.

@Jas I don’t know man it’s way too snappy out of the box and twitchy as hell

SentinalUAV it proves that flight stability helps people to learn the basics rather than crash and burn a £5,000 heli

No auto-levelling as far as I could see. The 6G mode prevents rolling to inverted and reduces the movement of the head. For that reason I would highly recommend anyone buying this learns the basics of RC helicopter flight with a simulator first. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

Link in the video description. Try clicking it.

Bad design but not a bad helicopter,,take a inch off your tail boom and hot glue the qyro down right ..and it will fly 10 times better

I thought that was quite good for a first try! You don't realise straight away that there is some significant negative pitch at the lower end of the throttle stick. When flying RC aeroplanes you get very used to closing the throttle to land. Obviously can't do that with a heli. At least with this heli it's fairly robust and you can learn through trial and error.

Essential RC You did really well. I’ve been flying helis for three years now and have never flown them nose-in as much as you! As for the pitch and throttle curves, you should definitely adjust those. For 3D flying, you have a symmetric throttle curve (almost 100% with a dip at the center) and a straight linear pitch curve to facilitate inverted flight. For normal flying, you would have an almost linear throttle curve and a tame pitch curve starting at 50% pitch.

I dont think they can be adjusted but I'll look into it. Cheers Dom (Essential RC)

@@EssentialRC I suspected this might be the case. Maybe there are presets? Good luck!

@@EssentialRC Any decent transmitter should give you the ability to adjust both pitch and throttle. I don't think you have the transmitter setup just right for a new helicopter flyer and that cause lead to some bad habits when you try to go 3d. My suggestions: You're probably going to want some expo on the right stick if you don't have it already. At 100% throttle, most helicopters will be a bit twitchy. Left stick: Expo is optional for the rudder, but you will want a bit in the center for pitch. 45% to 50% dead center on this stick should be 0% pitch (blade pitch) on the main rotor. (If you don't have 50% stick be 0% pitch, then learning 3d will be that much more difficult.) 40% and below should have just enough to pin the heli to the ground during run up. 40% to 45% will be where you will have about 50% expo as you go from negative pitch to 0% pitch. Once in the air, go mode 2, mode 2 is 0% pitch and full throttle with the stick at 0% to 50% (Mode 3 would be 3D.) This will help keep you from slamming it on the ground. 35% and above on the left stick should also be a flat max throttle. (Note: a max throttle of 80% will be more than enough for most helicopters in 1D mode.) This will be your run up for the main rotor (so it gets up to speed before lift off.) You will also want a throttle kill switch that you can hit once you touch ground. I'm not saying you did bad for a first time YOLO run. You kept it in the air inside of a reasonable area and didn't hit anything or anyone and that is allot better than most. You should really think about slowing down your flight skill progression by just a bit. IE: Make a 3 foot circle on the ground. This is your flight area. Try to keep the helicopter in the middle of the circle. Do this a few dozen times. Then double the circle and repeat. Hovering is the hardest thing to learn with helicopters and if you can manage to master that, then you can fly with real control.

Are you still flying? These new micro RTF's are pretty decent. Lipo's are dirt cheap and quick charge. In a light crash these little things don't even sustain damage. However, for any repair you need to get your microscope and tweezers. I had a trex150 awhile back and thought it would be a great indoor flyer, but there was a major design flaw with the cyclic servo's...piece of junk. I haven't touched my trex 500 since 2013. I flew almost everyday from 2007 to 2013. The golden age of rc heli, with advent of head holding tail gyro's, rock solid 2.4 ghz txs(futaba), lipo's getting cheaper(hobby king), and "appliance like" helicopter brands like Align. (fly, crash, fix, fly again...just like new). Also, great simulators like Realflight.

@@trexinvert Last year I bought the Blade Nano CP to try, if I might get back to it. I first flew it indoors and then outdoors. Of course I had to try a loop 😁 which then ended in a crash... I still have a T-Rex 450 and 250 which should still work. I also flew a little in the sim, but decided to stay with fixed wings and FPV quadcopters.

@@M0rdH0rst You just had to "loop it"...yeah....I understand.