Thanks to my neighbor Steve for sharing this awesome little Helicopter game! This is one of those fantastic little time wasters that is both incredibly simple, and also extremely fun.

It was originally released by the now defunct online magazine SeeThru, but they have been dead for a couple of years.

Anyway, the concept is simple. All you have to do is hold down the mouse button to go up, and release the mouse button to go down. Oh, and don’t hit anything..
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Last Christmas I got both a remote control helicopter and plane, and I’ve been practicing a lot. So when my buddy Bruce sent me one of these YouTube video clips I realized just how much more practice I need.

The following are some of the finest remote control pilots I’ve seen. I cannot express to you how much dexterity and concentration this takes, because these guys make it look much too easy.
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Let’s see, if we wanted to start combining things to come up with the most dangerous job we could find where would we begin?

• Let’s start out by putting our employee in a tiny little open cockpit helicopter.
• Then, let’s make him fly 100% of the time within 10 yards of massive powerlines.
• And… what the heck! Let’s dangle a gigantic chainsaw from the tiny little helicopter and make our pilot hover just above and trim massive trees!

Now, what’s hard to believe is that someone actually does this for a living! And here is the video to prove it.
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I’m no pilot, but for Christmas I did get two new awesome remote control toys: A Blade CX2 electric helicopter and an AeroBird Swift electric airplane. These are not the cheap kind you get at Toys R Us, but the high end ones that come only from hobby stores. (Reviews coming soon…)

Having never owned any high-end R/C machines before I unpacked my toys and proceeded to immediately crash them, with impunity!

After this costly little experience I decided that perhaps it would be less costly to get a little “virtual” practice before I put myself in the poor house buying replacement parts.

Not wanting to spend a fortune on flight simulation games either, I began searching for free ones that would be both entertaining and educational. Here now is my thoroughly tested list of top free flight sims.
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Remote control cars and planes are cool, but there is nothing like being able to fly a remote control helicopter around inside your house.

Of course, if you’re going to do that, you’ll need one of these special new RC units with the dual rotors and built in fuzzy logic chip. This sucker will buy you plenty of hours of fun chasing pets or people throughout your house and property.
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