Dam it's expensive

[p4ddy]

Just looking (yep the flybar junky has been looking) at the probable cost of going FBL. Well it looks like it will be over £400 if i used Vbar express 5.3 . That's just an unjustifiable cost to me & even with a brain it would be over £300, i've never even had a crash that cost over £50 on the logo. Oh well.

[Andy from Sandy]

Doing it on a budget I would recommend the RJX head from HobbyKing. It costs around £40 delivered. A saving of about £60 over the Logo head. Then wait for a mini v-bar to pop up in the for sale section at about £170.

[milly0812]

Dam it's expensive

It may cost that if you get new but plenty of used units very affordable. Beast x £85 , vbar £ 170 so max with a used head £200 ;-)

[KevDavies]

get the logo head but use the spartan. I know everyone says the vbar is brilliant, but theres equally as many stories as to how many times its failed etc. Ive never seen or heard anything made by spartan go wrong

[aparkin]

whats with the pig ?? is it a horse meat protest ?

you not thought about beastx ar7200bx

are just get a seconded hand 1 all ready converted are sell yours and buy this

MIK02257 Mikado LOGO 500 Super Combo

[Andy from Sandy]

That combo kit will not fly the routines that paddy wants to do. First off the ESC is well under-powered, second the motor is lower powered and finally a 12T pinion will not allow for a high enough headspeed.

[WildWake]

Haven't you heard The Vortex has Landed......
I'd hold off for a couple of weeks....
Once everyone chops in there old V-Bars for the Vortex, the market will be flooded with silver lines, blue lines, full size & mini V-Bars...
You'll be able to pick one up cheaper than a second hand BeastX,
No! actually more like the price of a second hand align 3g,

[KevDavies]

^^ Made oii larf!! Id still pay full price for the Vortex tho! Even if I was offered a V-bar at a tenner

[waveydavey]

Paddy and FBL pigs'll fly

[p4ddy]

I already use the 4020/1100 (v1 i think) on 15T but i want to go to 17T for a higher Gov headspead. Thoughts of FBL are getting stronger & it's something i'll strongly consider nearer the end of the year as my bike gets priority ATM.

[Andy from Sandy]

I already use the 4020/1100

Well that is a surprise. I have read a 2350 headspeed is about the highest usable. I think you should consider the 4025-1100 as an option.

[p4ddy]

I was looking at the 4025 but ended up with another 4020 to save some pennys (which will be spent on a larger pinion lol) 17T should allow 2300 with headroom which is plenty for the 500 on 553/560mm's Any higher & it will start sounding like a Trex 550

[Nick B]

You can get as much as £10 back on your tail gyro mate...LOOK CSM ICG 400 HEADING HOLD GYRO | eBay

[p4ddy]

You cheeky b.....d

[Steve]

I must admit, I asked myself the same question.

I have 5 flying helis and sold one a while back last year because a superb 2nd hand 90 airframe opportunity came up (....see my signature - Xcell Stratus) for less than £100. So I sold my TRex 700N airframe and took the attitude that this was the prefect opportunity to try fbl for the first time, and bought the Futaba unit. The idea being that the airframe didn't cost diddly-squat and I already had the engine, servos etc, so what the heck.

I did it on the cheap by putting together a home-made head which has been absolutely faultless to this day, and was 1/3rd the price of a OEM head.

To this day, it's the only fbl heli that I have and it's been an interesting project, but I still have 4 other helis with flybars and the fbl isn't the be-all and end-all for sure. Yes it works, yes it's accurate, yes it's easy to setup, yes it's low on parts count, but it's still 300 quid's worth of electronics that's replacing £15 worth of parts. And, it don't hover any where near as well as any of my flybarred helis. It's great in the sky when it's moving about, but it ain't so good when you're trying to keep it still.

I have both and I have a preference.