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    As opposed to fixed pitch. These helis are pretty much the same as the real ones. The blades vary the pitch from neg. to zero. to positive, hence collective pitch. Also known as CCPM heads, Cyclic Collective Pitch Mixers and can be flybar or flybarless.

    They can be flown in windy conditions, the sound of the main rotor will scare you at first, you can fly'em right side up or inverted (upside down). And for other fancy stuff just Google Helicopter 3D flight.

    Once you can hover one of these pups, <smiley image="anim_drunk.gif"/> you'll either get hooked or sell it. There's no in-between.
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