Need help choosing electronics... Please!

[danb]

Hi everyone. Im new on here. My first topic.

Well im dan and ive been interested in RC for about 6 years. Have had many nitro and electric cars but ive never had a helicopter or plane.

Back to the point.
Im looking to buy the Twister 3D with 4 servos fitted AND the brushless motor. I know i need a transmitter, reciever, gyro and ESC. But i dont know which ones to get. Im 14. So i have limited funds. Basically i want stuff which is not top end but is not rubbish. And dont want the total cost going over £110.

Please please help i cant wait to get into the Heli scene with you guys and have a really good time.

Many thanks dan

[Ade_Law]

a reasonable gyro thats worth spending money on will cost you almost all of that budget.

Ade

[Disc]

Twister 3D brushless 129pounds incs servos
Li-po's 30 pounds each
Gyro Airtrik one 49 pounds (basic but works okay)
li-po charger 50 pounds
Transmitter 110 pounds

[Raptorite]

Hi Dan,

Welcome to the site and to the hobby!

I'm afrraid your budget of £110 wont go very far on a Twister 3D, there are two versions of the basic kit, which come with the motor and 4 servos preinstalled as you are aware.

The two versions are the Sport, which has a brushed motor and retails at £109.99 and the Expert, which has the brushless motor and 4 servos, it retails at £129.99

On top of that, you will need the following to get the model airborne;

Transmitter, probably at this stage a Futaba FF6EXH is sufficient, which costs around £90 for the transmitter and charger only

Receiver, any small micro receiver will be fine in the twister, I found on mine I needed the slightly heavier futaba R147F which costs £39.99

Speed controller, This will depend on which version of the Twister you go for, the ESC for the brushless motor is £22.99

Gyro, the one I find best suited to the Twister is the Airtrix A500G which costs £49.99

Battery, Again depending on which motor/speed controller setup you go for, on mine I have the standard JP lime green Li-Po which is 11.1v 1500Mah, and cost £26.99. It is definitely worth getting two batteries as you can be flying with one while you charge the other.

Charger, JP do a very simple Li-Po charger which would be ideal for these Twister batteries, which costs £15.99

The only other thing you will need is a crystal to go in the receiver, these tend to cost around £6

The total therefore, for the brushless setup with two batteries is £ 408.93. Obviously you could cut that down a little by only having the one battery for the time being and maybe going for the brushed Sport version instead of the Brushless Expert version, so that will save you around £60 ish off that total.

Cheers,
Pete.

[Ade_Law]

sorry... I was a bit blunt in my reply.

as others have pointed out you are going to need to spend a fair bit more money.

Also, a lot of the components suggested are the cheaper end of the range which will compromise performance and future proofing.

i would get a 7c rather than a 6exh and get a futaba 401. which adds about 100ukp to your total.

Ade

[danb]

Well thanks for all the replys, keep em coming. But as i said. Im 14 and have Very limited funds (in other words im always skint) But i have been looking around and i know this probably isnt the best system but do you think it would be ok to start with http://www.buzzflyer.co.uk/product.a...hFor=&PT_ID=74

BTW ive added raptorite and disc on skype, please accept so we can talk further. thanks

[Ade_Law]

in your price range this might be a better option.

http://www.jperkinsdistribution.co.u...0&activepage=1

add your skype to your profile dan.

Ade

[danb]

No thanks. I actually want a nice looking heli lol. Ill work something else, but im not changing the heli i have. I want a twister 3D!

[Ade_Law]

the problem you are going to have is that. a good model with cheap electronics is going to fly like poo.

If you put cheap servos, rx, gyro and battery on that model its going to be soggy and inaccurate. A cheap gyro will not hold the tail properly which will make it harder to fly too. A cheap RX will glitch and crash the model and a cheap battery will give you low power and probably not last long.

what i am suggesting is a model of a different layout that doesnt rely on good electronics to fly nicely and is within your budget.

Ade

[danb]

okay i can understand where your coming from, but you dont know me well. I always seem to get things sorted one way or another. The twister 3D comes with brushless motor and 4 servos already installed. So i leave those in. Buy that transmitter package i posted earlier, but use a different Gyro, ESC and reciever. That would work, wouldnt it?

[Twister3D]

Hi Dan
Im afraid that Transmitter on Buzflyer will be no use for your Twister, I know I have tried. The Futaba FF6EXH, or HITEC Optic 6 is the least you will be able to use with this Heli as It needs to have the setup options.
My Son is 15 and he has the Twister CP v2 its a great little heli to learn on and he loves it. The spares are easily available and cheap, and you WILL have to buy spares. So have a look at those there about £180 all in

Twister

[Twister3D]

Heres a link of a couple of options

http://www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk...xd.asp?id=5363

http://www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk...xd.asp?id=5596

See what you think

Twister

[Disc]

I would say that the gyro and Receiver should both be okay if its all
6Channel and the Tranny does say CCPM which the Twister 3D is but....

without having tryed it its hard to say and the gyro is a unknown as well
but should work.... the Speed controller would be a no though.

[Disc]

Oh and also a Hummingbird 3D comes with the lot for 180-190 but that is
way over budget.... (no Tranny though) BUT better than the Twister 3D more
solid and having seen one there dam smart little helis.

Hummingbird 3D is also cheaper overall vs a kitted out Twister 3D

[ChrisB]

The Perkins heli Ade suggested is a great piece of kit for a learner and its in your price range and flies very well..

A Twister is not a good learning model,even if you throw loads of money at it,it will fly like poo and be twitchy and horrible..

If you want a proper heli go for a used Raptor 30 or something,you can get them for a couple of hundred all up...

You would need an experienced flier to find the right one though and not a knackered piece of crap,but good ones are out there