Check your radio control helicopters before flying them

In case you do not do a "pre-flight" check, it could result in damage to the motor components while you are flying your radio control helicopters.

Be well aware of the proper storage, handling as well as maintenance of your radio control helicopters. This is a very important key factor as when winter hits and your radio control helicopters can not be flown, improper storage and irregular maintenance could result in costly repairs. Neatly place away your radio control helicopters in such a way that they will not be harmed in any way. You will need a storage container of some sort in order to achieve this. In case you have a electric powered radio control helicopters, you will also have a lithium polymer battery pack as the life line to your machine. In order to store the electric battery pack that has not been flown more than seventy times, and has not reached a temperature of forty five degrees Fahrenheit and has not short circuited, you should make sure to fully charge the battery to a 4.2 volt charge per cell. Next, balance your battery by choosing the balance selection on the batteries' charger. After doing this, your battery will remain safe for two to four months. This can be repeated but not for longer than one year. If you do not repeat this, your battery will die and you will have to buy a new battery pack.  In case your battery pack has been flown over seventy times, or it has exceeded sixty degrees Fahrenheit and has shorted out before you had balanced the battery cells, the outcome of charging the batteries will not be the same. Once the battery has been balanced, place the batteries in a plastic bag and then put this bag into a metal or aluminum container. This is done in order to ensure that in case the battery shorts out while in storage there will be no danger of potential fire.

This way you can ensure that your radio control helicopters will provide you with many hours of fun. You need to conduct a "pre-flight" check as well as review the manual, besides practicing flying with the simulator and training gear. Doing proper storage of your radio control helicopters will result in durability and possibly a saving of money in this wonderful world of RC hobbies. Always take time to go over everything that is involved with your radio control helicopters as cutting corners will prove to be costly in the long run.