Next step

[Markmark.123]

I carnt believe I'm asking already but is the blade msrx a good next step from the coaxials I have been flying I have been looking at a couple second hand

the look good for indoors but I could also take it when I take the s33 out

cheers beforehand for any help

[bigpops]

If you're still not sure the hobby is for you (so you don't want to invest in it), then I'd go for the heliguy Atom FP. Click here

It has the same control layout as a true hobby grade helicopter (mode 2 - throttle and rudder on the left stick, cyclic on the right), it's cheap, and you can get spares for it.

You'll be able to fly it indoors for hover practice, but it might be a little on the quick side to do circuits indoors unless you've very careful. Same could be said of the mSR X though for that matter.

[danb]

I'd say no personally. If you've outgrown the Coaxial you got yesterday, you'll outgrow a FP Heli in a week.

You need to get a CP Heli, something that will teach you the principles that ring true even with something like a Trex 700 sized Beast.

The Blade MCPX is mentioned daily from what I can see. Even better, get the brushless version.

BLH3680UK | E-Flite Blade mCPX V2 BNF UK

Get yourself one of these and a second-hand DX6i Transmitter, and you're sorted

[Markmark.123]

I have had the coaxials about a week but they are very slow just think I could manage something abit better

I am not bord of them yet I still havnt had a proper flight with my new one

[Markmark.123]

Also that atom has a fly bar doesn't it so wouldn't be very good out side

[bigpops]

The fact it has a fly bar is nothing to do with whether it's any good outside. Pretty much all RC helicopters used to have fly-bars up until a couple of years ago.

The fact it's small, self stabilising, and fixed pitch are the reasons it's not very good outside. The mSR X wouldn't be much better outdoors. That doesn't self level

While I think the mCPX suggestion is a valid one, it's much more expensive than going the Atom route. Also, I guarantee you that if you stick with the hobby, you'll want to ditch the DX6i as soon as possible.

Almost all at my club have had a DX6i (including myself) and the only people that still have them fly non-Spektrum radios on their main helicopters and have a DX6i to fly Blade mirco helis.

[Ade_Law]

Having had a play with a quad. I think that it might be a better budget friendly thing.

Just bought a hubsan x4 to mess around with indoors and the garden.

Whilst it's not a true helicopter its a lot closer to the handling than a coaxial

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[debrooker]

Mcpx RTF can be had for £96 from Rc Model Centre if your willing to push your budget. It does unfortunately only come with a channel TX.

http://rcferret.co.uk/UK/Index?search=BLH3500UK2

or Msrx RTF for £60 from FL and SMC

http://rcferret.co.uk/UK/Index?search=BLH3200

[Ritchieme]

I would suggest msrx, saying that I had the mcx coax then the Heliguy atom, then got the msrx and boy did the msrx feel a handfull, I was scared to fly it. I went back to it the other day and it feels so easy by comparison to a full CP heli. As I said I had the heli guy atom but bought this the other month (v911) to fly indoors and its quite nippy for a fixed pitch, very cheap and I can't seem to be able to break it even by smashing full speed into a wall.


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[Markmark.123]

The msrx rtf for £60 seems cheap like I would rather get one that comes with a good receiver for the future

[Ritchieme]

I think you mean transmitter, That's a good price but if you get hooked you will ditch the tx on your next purchase the tx with the rtf is very very basic which is reflected in the low price, although certainly good enough to start with you can't go wrong at that price.

[tomatwalden]

The fact it has a fly bar is nothing to do with whether it's any good outside. Pretty much all RC helicopters used to have fly-bars up until a couple of years ago.
The fact it's small, self stabilising, and fixed pitch are the reasons it's not very good outside. The mSR X wouldn't be much better outdoors. That doesn't self level
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True, but the small fixed-pitch like the Atom, or Blade 120SR, or Blade mSR (not mSRX) use a 45-degree flybar - which is what gives that self-stabilising behaviour. The flybars you mention are "normal" 90-degree flybars which don't provide self-stabilising characteristics.

The mSRX, being flybarless, is much better placed to handle wind, and doesn't have the self-correcting nature of helis like the Atom. Personally, I think it's possibly the best fixed-pitch heli for this reason. I wish I'd got it instead of the 120SR that I started with.

The mSRX is a good heli in my view, certainly for somebody coming from a co-axials.

There are other options though, and depending on your confidence, the mcpx (v2 rather than the brushless BL) is the next step being collective pitch.

If one can find an mSRX with a computerised radio like the DX6i, it will provide a good start for most.

[Markmark.123]

That's what I want realy the dx6i but the rtf package is realy cheap I just carnt make up my mind

[bladeboy400]

try a 450 e flite if the budget will stretch, also it think like the blade 400 it comes with a DX transmitter which will do you on to a few more models, you might want some training gear on I though. plus you an get down the local club it.

[tomatwalden]

That's what I want realy the dx6i but the rtf package is realy cheap I just carnt make up my mind

If that's what you want, go for it! In all honesty, if you really like this hobby and you get hooked, then the cost of the mSRX RTF will soon seem like peanuts. For example, the mSRX RTF with basic TX is what? - £60/£80 (genuinely don't know off the top of my head). The last battery I bought for my 550 cost pretty much the same (well £60).

If you get the mSRX and you enjoy it, happy days. If you find it's not for you, sell it on! Bottom line is you'll have only spent a small amount of money.

Get anything bigger - eg. 450 class, and you're looking at a few hundred quid to get you started, and the learning curve is MUCH shallower - you will progress slower as a crash will hurt, and that fear will hold you back.