1. A reduced scale helicopter comprising: a chassis having two hinged side panels and a bottom panel; a main rotor mounted on a rotor shaft disposed within said chassis; a rotor head assembly mounted on said rotor shaft and including a plurality of main rotor blades; a swash plate disposed on said rotor shaft, and connected to said rotor blades via a plurality of pushrods; a plurality of control arms which connect said swash plate to said rotor shaft; a plurality of connectors which connect said swash plate to an electrical panel which controls movements of the helicopter, said electrical panel being electrically connected to a plurality of indicators which show a user a flight status of the helicopter; a tail boom extending rearward from said chassis, and having a tail rotor mounted on a tail rotor shaft; a tail pitch rod connecting said tail rotor shaft and a plurality of tail rotor blades; a plurality of battery shelves disposed on each of said hinged side panels of said chassis; a plurality of batteries disposed on each of said plurality of battery shelves; a payload connected to said chassis; a plurality of landing gear disposed under said bottom panel of said chassis; and an autopilot disposed within and mounted to said chassis by a plurality of boards secured by vibration mounts, said autopilot being electrically connected to said electrical panel; wherein said autopilot receives wireless instructions, for helicopter control, from at least one of a first wireless communication transmitter/receiver disposed on the helicopter, said first wireless communication transmitter/receiver that transmits and receives wireless instructions from a ground station unit, or a second wireless transmitter/receiver disposed on the helicopter, that transmits and receives wireless instructions from a hand-held remote control unit.