It’s perhaps not the best idea to procure a gasoline powered remote control helicopter unless of course, you actually know how to fly a helicopter and have loads of daredevil in you. But if you don’t know what you’re doing with them, you’re probably going to get really hurt because these machines are dirty, dangerous and extremely tricky to fly.
To be safe, it is recommended you purchase an electric model, which is lower in price, and ensure you fly it only in good weather. It may be alright to go for one of the gasoline based models but make sure you get a permit for operation and remember to operate it only in particular weather conditions and at a particular time of day.
These regulations have been placed because there have been several incidents of accidents relating to the gasoline powered remote control helicopter and several have crashed and burned because a spark ignited the gasoline. While operating a gasoline-based machine, one must exercise utmost caution, but then if you’re a cautious person, the odds of you buying a gasoline powered remote control helicopter in the first place are probably low. It is usually the daredevils who end up purchasing these machines, and when they do, everyone has to be wary because if one of them crashes, the person who is responsible would probably just find it amusing. But it is far from amusing if uncontrolled. I know because I have had personal experience, not as a daredevil myself, but as a spectator when, on one fall day, two gasoline powered remote control helicopter crashed into each other while being operated by a daredevil.
In addition to bursting into flames, they also ignited some dried leaves that were nearby. It was beginning to turn into an ugly situation, but luckily I chanced to be playing with my son nearby, in a sandy area adjoining a water source and was able to put out the fire by filling water in a pail that we were previously using to build sand castles. That was when I really experienced the dark side of this sport and I’m really glad I could help prevent people from getting injured. But the flyer seemed to take little notice of the harm he could have caused and much less of the immense amount of money he had just lost. All he was concerned with was capturing the enormous crash on tape and using it in his website to establish his championship in helicopter flying.
If you are, nevertheless, interested in flying these gasoline powered remote control helicopters, then I suggest you do it in an isolated area, away from any life source, particularly children. I am certain you wouldn’t want innocent children hurt because of the carelessness of a daredevil.
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