Heli-Trainingsgestell

When you stand behind your helicopter as a beginner and carry out the first test flights, you face a many-sided task. You coordinate all control inputs and reactions consciously, and it takes a while before you steer roll or pitch instinctively. The beginning is comparable to the first driving lessons. The feel for clutch and gear shift comes by itself with increasing driving practice.

Until this confidence in flying develops, you will also experience the odd scary moment. If a control input that is too strong, or perhaps a gust of wind, puts your helicopter into a bank, the rotor blades or tail rotor quickly end up close to the ground. Now only sensitive counter-steering helps. In the learning phase this is easier said than done.

That is why it is best to rely on the training gear. In a bank you gain a safety margin, and ground contact with the balls and the weight of the helicopter help it land on all "four feet". When moving slowly forwards or backwards with ground contact, the balls slide and do not catch in the grass. The greater your progress in flying, the smaller the training gear becomes. You shorten it at your own discretion until you can land safely on the skids.

Four individual aluminium struts of 500 mm length each are simply plugged together, the plastic balls are fitted on the outside, and four cable ties hold the training gear to the skid tubes. Happy flying!