Remote Control Flying (airplane and helicopter) is an exciting hobby and is full of rewards, one that will take you on a fulfilling journey from the comfort of your hobby room to the great outdoors!

Not many hobbies have the potential to teach you such a diverse range of topics, yet at the same time be as simple and straight forward as you want it to be.  In other words, you can throw yourself in to the model building side of the hobby as much as the flying side and learn about model airplane design and construction techniques, aerodynamics, mechanical issues on IC (internal combustion) model engines, electronics and the list goes on.  Or, you can just buy a simple electric Remote Control Airplane or Helicopter, charge the battery and go!

And nor have many hobbies seen such a dramatic change and explosion in popularity as remote control flying has experienced in the last few years.   We all know how our lives have been changed by the seemingly endless electronic revolution that has been happening since the mid 1990s.  The same technology that brings us smaller and smarter Mobile Phones, PDAs, Netbooks, iPods, Cameras and such like has reached well into the Remote Control hobby too, enabling micro-size Ready To Fly electric aircraft to be mass produced at affordable prices.  Even standard size models have benefited greatly from this technology-powerful brushless electric motors and high capacity lithium polymer (li-po) battery packs now mean that electric Remote Control Airplanes and Helicopter are giving nitro powered ones a good run for their money.  That idea was unthinkable just a few years ago.

And radio control systems too have changed; indeed, the introduction of 2.4GHz spread spectrum technology was the biggest shake-up to hit the hobby since, well, probably ever!  These new systems use technology that’s long been in use by the military, and the spread spectrum technology developed specifically for the radio control hobby means that Remote Control pilots need not worry about the dreaded radio interference any more.  Remote Control  flying club frequency control and the associated peg boards will be all but assigned to the history books as 2.4GHz systems become commonplace.

As a direct result of these vast improvements in the hobby, more and more people around the world are being drawn in to flying Remote Control Airplanes and Helicopters. And they are not restricted to being sold in specialist model shops and more; it seems that any toy shop or shop that has even the vaguest connection with hobbies in general are selling Remote Control Aircraft and models of all descriptions.  They are many web sites with many different brands and styles to choose from.  This is a hobby for any age and can be a great way for the family to spend time together.