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Hello Everyone,
I am a new member to your forum (and a new victim to this wonderful hobby). I have bee reading about it all over the internet and stumbled across this forum and found it to be full of great threads, so I became a member : )
Well I don’t have a heli (at least a proper one yet) but that's why I have been reading and researching. I started with a friend’s 2-Channel PicoZ (and that was great fun) then I went and bought myself a 3-Channel Salvation 9, which started the heli fever, although it is still a toy class, it had more manuverability and hovering ability. I find it fun as it is never in a hover for an extended amount of time (the trims change constantly when the power changes as the Heli's battery is used up). I found myself having to change the trims as i fly it, hover it and do manoeuvres using the sticks most of the time (which is why I started enjoying it immensely). This got even more exciting after I crashed it a few times and for some reason never could get it to a hover without any input from me. So every flight now is a challenge to achieve take off and a hover, a couple of circuits and nice safe landing using my own input with the sticks : )
I think I’m ready for a bigger challenge and to move up in the world of RC heli's.. The question I have is which one?!! There seem to be different opinions and recommendations but after reading up on it I think my choices could be narrowed to:
A Coaxial 4-Channel like the Esky Lama V3/V4, or the blade CX/CX2 (though I would go for the mCX or a Walkera 5G6 instead because of the size as I would have more space to play with in my living room).
Or
A single rotor 4-Ch, the problem here is that there are many recommendations by traders and shops to easy to fly "beginners" single rotors. Examples are the Honey Bee Esky (that is probably too big for my living room), Walkera 52 and similar mini 4-channel single rotor Heli's (like the Walkera 4#3B) and the Walkera 4-3 (which is tiny!).
I know that my aim is to eventually be able to fly a 6-channel and after that get to the challenge of flying outside and dealing with the elements : )
I don't want to spend a lot of money on my first proper heli as I know I will crash it and need spares. So I think I’m capping my budget to £100-ish (plus or minus of course) and keeping some money aside for spares and repairs.
Another point is upgrades and mods (is it important for my first heli to have this potential). Are these upgrades going to help make the heli a better experience after mastering it in its stock setup? Or when you do that you should put the money towards a higher level heli.
I would very much appreciate it if you could give me any advice you might have, to help me make a more informed decision.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post (I know it’s a bit long) : )
Cheers
I am a new member to your forum (and a new victim to this wonderful hobby). I have bee reading about it all over the internet and stumbled across this forum and found it to be full of great threads, so I became a member : )
Well I don’t have a heli (at least a proper one yet) but that's why I have been reading and researching. I started with a friend’s 2-Channel PicoZ (and that was great fun) then I went and bought myself a 3-Channel Salvation 9, which started the heli fever, although it is still a toy class, it had more manuverability and hovering ability. I find it fun as it is never in a hover for an extended amount of time (the trims change constantly when the power changes as the Heli's battery is used up). I found myself having to change the trims as i fly it, hover it and do manoeuvres using the sticks most of the time (which is why I started enjoying it immensely). This got even more exciting after I crashed it a few times and for some reason never could get it to a hover without any input from me. So every flight now is a challenge to achieve take off and a hover, a couple of circuits and nice safe landing using my own input with the sticks : )
I think I’m ready for a bigger challenge and to move up in the world of RC heli's.. The question I have is which one?!! There seem to be different opinions and recommendations but after reading up on it I think my choices could be narrowed to:
A Coaxial 4-Channel like the Esky Lama V3/V4, or the blade CX/CX2 (though I would go for the mCX or a Walkera 5G6 instead because of the size as I would have more space to play with in my living room).
Or
A single rotor 4-Ch, the problem here is that there are many recommendations by traders and shops to easy to fly "beginners" single rotors. Examples are the Honey Bee Esky (that is probably too big for my living room), Walkera 52 and similar mini 4-channel single rotor Heli's (like the Walkera 4#3B) and the Walkera 4-3 (which is tiny!).
I know that my aim is to eventually be able to fly a 6-channel and after that get to the challenge of flying outside and dealing with the elements : )
I don't want to spend a lot of money on my first proper heli as I know I will crash it and need spares. So I think I’m capping my budget to £100-ish (plus or minus of course) and keeping some money aside for spares and repairs.
Another point is upgrades and mods (is it important for my first heli to have this potential). Are these upgrades going to help make the heli a better experience after mastering it in its stock setup? Or when you do that you should put the money towards a higher level heli.
I would very much appreciate it if you could give me any advice you might have, to help me make a more informed decision.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post (I know it’s a bit long) : )
Cheers
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