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Hi all,
I've been looking around EBay and have seen quite a few Hirobo Shuttles for sale in various conditions and prices.
I've got an ESky Honeybee 2 that's cost me as much in spare parts as it originally cost as the only place indoors I have to play with it is my double garage (now full of other stuff), so I fancy getting a bigger heli that is big, old and slow so it'll be easy to use outside.
The new stuff is what I consider silly prices, but these old Hirobos plus new tx and rx can be had for about maybe £350 all in.
I've had a look at the sales forum here but don't know the manufacturer names / model numbers to be able to identify which ads are for parts and which are for bodies, and the bodies I have seen are twice the above budget to start with, needing a tx and other stuff to finish - beyond my price range.
I did have a 90 series "something" that I built over 25 years ago (managed to almost lift a railway sleeper of the floor whilst running in the engine) but it was sold a looong time ago before I wrecked it - just didn't have the heart (or any friends who could teach and help me) to learn to fly with it so.
Any advice gratefully received; am I kidding myself or are these old things really a good learner heli?
Thanks,
Richard
I've been looking around EBay and have seen quite a few Hirobo Shuttles for sale in various conditions and prices.
I've got an ESky Honeybee 2 that's cost me as much in spare parts as it originally cost as the only place indoors I have to play with it is my double garage (now full of other stuff), so I fancy getting a bigger heli that is big, old and slow so it'll be easy to use outside.
The new stuff is what I consider silly prices, but these old Hirobos plus new tx and rx can be had for about maybe £350 all in.
I've had a look at the sales forum here but don't know the manufacturer names / model numbers to be able to identify which ads are for parts and which are for bodies, and the bodies I have seen are twice the above budget to start with, needing a tx and other stuff to finish - beyond my price range.
I did have a 90 series "something" that I built over 25 years ago (managed to almost lift a railway sleeper of the floor whilst running in the engine) but it was sold a looong time ago before I wrecked it - just didn't have the heart (or any friends who could teach and help me) to learn to fly with it so.
Any advice gratefully received; am I kidding myself or are these old things really a good learner heli?
Thanks,
Richard
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