trex or esky bearing in mind budget

[dp340]

Hi im new to forums so please bear with me.I used to fly rc planes when i was younger and my dad always flew helis,I had a small 4 channel helicopter a few years back and have owed some more plus quadcopters recently.The thing is I want to buy a 6 channel heli now,ive been looking at the esky belt cpx and cp v2 carbon edition both rtf for around £160-£230 although the v2 is right at the top of my price range and not in stock anywhere,I prefer the metal parts on the v2 and the over all look.To really confuse matters I visited a model shop today and got told the esky stuff is no good and that i should look at the Trex 500 for £230 without transmitter and battery's.To be perfectly honest i work a lot and am busy with small kids so Im unlikely to get stuck into this hobby full on at the moment but after seeing the quality of the Trex I really want one but cant quite justify the price at the present time.Basically i was wondering if anyone here owns a esky and what their views are?Thank you for your patience and help.

[Boggy]

Hi dp340 welcome to the forum. your lhs was right esky stuff is kinda dated and low quality. but they were wrong to point you towards a trex500 on that budget. Maybe consider something like this?

KDS 450QS Helicopter RTF - Hobby Hangar @£220.rtf

Specification and Equipment
BL motor: 3500KV
BL ESC: 40 A
Servos: 4 x kds 9g digital servos
Head hold and dual rate gyro: KDS820
Lipo: 11.1V 2200mAh 20C
Charger: KDS-3S
UK Mains Power supply.
Radio: 2.4Ghz K-7XII ( with LCD display)

[m4inbrain]

I just bought an ESky helicopter, knowing that it will be cheap 'n nasty. That's the reason why i bought it though, as somebody with no experience, i will crash quite a few things from now on, and cheap 'n nasty is exactly what i wanna crash before i ascend to the next level and put some real money in.

Then again, gathering from your posting, you seem to have experience with flying in general, so i wouldn't go ESKy (even though i looked at the Honey Bee and Belt CP as well). On the other hand, i don't really know what i'm talking about. :P

[gobby550x]

Hi,

depends on where your flying, is there room for 450?

A blade 300x for £150ish plus a Spektrum DX6i £40 (used on eBay) might be the way to go - these are flybarless and use the BeastX flybarless unit so a really good piece of kit.

There was a blade 450x on eBay for £160 which is a bargain, there is one on here in the for sale section at £140 but has the 3GX rather than the beastX unit.

[simon1]

I would look at getting a trex 450 off this forum second hand tbh. Around the 190-220 mark then a second hand dx6i or old dx7. You can normally pick up a heli off here with a few lipos too. So this all should be within your budget.

[Boggy]

as Gobby says there is this.

http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/sale/1...ox-servos.html with a little left in your budget for transmitter and batteries +charger.

[simon1]

as Gobby says there is this.

http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/sale/1...ox-servos.html with a little left in your budget for transmitter and batteries +charger.

That's a good deal

[gobby550x]

Not to bad just a shame the BeastX has been changed to a 3GX although nothing really wrong with that unit.

[dp340]

I'm seriously thinking about this blade,how is this for a deal as well,a trex 450 v2 with futaba t8fg fasst transmitter,lipox3s,12v inverter and charger £150?sounds good to me but I'm just starting out with all this new stuff!!

[dp340]

Also it doesn't look like a clone,it's got align printed on the parts???