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 Electric Helicopter Beginner's Guide

The EHBG document gives a great introduction to the mass of terminology and technical information that a newcomer to our hobby experiences. We tried to present it in small pieces, and to give some real practical suggestions, on what equipment you should consider and which combinations of equipment work well together.

Electric Helicopter Beginners Guide v18 - Web Edition

Completely online - you only need a browser.

Electric Helicopter Beginner’s Guide v18 - PDF Edition

You need Acrobat Reader (5 or above) to open this file. 1.6MB -(click to open, right click to Save As) 210 Pages

Electric Helicopter Beginner’s Guide v18 - PDF A4 Edition

Page size is A4 (rather than US letter) in case you want to print it out. Otherwise it is identical to the one above. 200 Pages

Electric Helicopter Beginner’s Guide v18 - Help File

Download this single zipped HTML Help file with full navigation and searching. 1.1MB Right Click to “Save As...” then uncompress it.  Zipped to avoid some download problems.

Older versions of the EHBG are still available here.

Electric Helicopter Beginners Guide v17 - Web Edition

Completely online - you only need a browser.

Electric Helicopter Beginner’s Guide v17 - PDF Edition

You need Acrobat Reader (4 or above) to open this file. 1.7MB -(click to open, right click to Save As) 240 Pages

Electric Helicopter Beginner’s Guide v17 - PDF A4 Edition

Page size is A4 (rather than US letter) in case you want to print it out. Otherwise it is identical to the one above. 225 Pages

Electric Helicopter Beginner’s Guide v17 - Help File

Download this single HTML Help file with full navigation and searching. 1.1MB Right Click to “Save As...”  You might experience a problem if you use Internet Explorer to download this. Other Browsers seem OK.

Electric Helicopter Beginners Guide v16 - Web Edition

Completely online - you only need a browser.

Electric Helicopter Beginner’s Guide v16 - PDF Edition

You need Acrobat Reader (4 or above) to open this file.  1MB -(click to open, right click to Save As) 190 Pages

Electric Helicopter Beginner’s Guide v16 - PDF A4 Edition

Page size is A4 (rather than US letter) in case you want to print it out. Otherwise it is identical to the one above. 177 Pages

Electric Helicopter Beginner’s Guide v16 - Help File

Download this single HTML Help file with full navigation and searching. 770 KB Right Click to “Save As...” You might experience a problem if you use Internet Explorer to download this. Other Browsers seem OK.

Credit for the quality of the document should go to Toshi, any errors or formatting strangeness is likely to be my fault. If you spot anything that is wrong, or think of something that should be included in future versions contact me here -  Webmaster

Last Updated: 2-April-2009