addict already lol

[ripsaw]

well i thought it was about time i joined the boards been reading it most nights and learning more and more all started as a little hobby to try and fill my spare time after work now am hooked lol, ordered phoenix and a dx7 about 2 weeks ago cant leave it alone, can hover quite well and fly around ok on the bigger models any how question time, gonna buy a trex 450 sport combo

1, how hard are the kits to build ive watched finnliss bobs videos but always nice to hear from someone whos built one

2, whats a good lipo charger that will do bigger battiries in the future would rather buy a good one once

thanks all

[matt27]

1. cant say coz aint owned one

2. cellpro 10s

[moonmanflyer]

welcome to the forum mate
1. align is probably the best to build for begineers, best manuals and easy to assemble, the difficult bit will be setting up all the servos and rest of the electrics, and this is where you will need some help from someone with experience, not saying you couldn't do it, just that i know i struggled with the first one but had a local hobby shop to help
2. celpro 10 is the best but a big investment if you are not planning to go to bigger electrics, i would buy a cheeper 4S for now as you might go nitro

[matt27]

if you go 4s get the multi coz its only a little bit more nd can charge all sorts of battery for example a starter battery if you went nitro as well as lipo's and all other kinds

[SadSack]

Cellpro 10 or if you have the money to burn. Will be good for next gen g3 batterys



ROBBE Austria

Some light reading about said charger http://www.rcmarket.org/ProductManuals/PowerPeakE1.pdf

Get cellpro

[ripsaw]

thanks for the advise guys unfortunately i dont have money to burn sadsack the mrs does well enough on her own so ill stick with a small muti

[Mart61]

Welcome to the board.

So what's your budget for the items you seek?

[Hangar-7]

Welcome to this forum - it seems you're already hooked.

Re - your choice of model - if budget is tight then it may be useful to try indoor heli first such as Eflite mCX. But if you're considering Tex 450 then go for Trex 450 Pro - I think it is the best ATM in that class.

Cheers

[ripsaw]

ok just got back from hobbystores and the guys there advised this charger
and said it would charge all lipos

IMAX B6AC+ Charger

any good?


also advised that i start with a cypher 400 instead of a trex 450 se


any advise on that guys?

[ripsaw]

well after much reading of boards around the net it seems the advise is to go as big as you can afford for stabillity ie the trex 500 well its within my budget not sure about the battreys lol anyhow how does it fly in real life compared to in phoenix

and being bigger lipos i would also need a better charger correct?

[Holst]

well after much reading of boards around the net it seems the advise is to go as big as you can afford for stabillity ie the trex 500 well its within my budget not sure about the battreys lol anyhow how does it fly in real life compared to in phoenix

and being bigger lipos i would also need a better charger correct?

Yep.

I think you need 5 or 6 cell batterys for a trex500 so you will need a charger capable of charging 6 cells.

Please do buy a good quality charger as I have damaged packs using a cheap ebay charger!!

The biggest extra expense of the 500 over the 450 is the extra battery cost, but it will be a bit more stable than a 450.

You can get batterys from ebay which are much cheaper than those avalable from UK shops. The 3cell packs im using work very well (for my level of flying anyway) so you can save money that way when learning.

[SadSack]

Yep.

I think you need 5 or 6 cell batterys for a trex500 so you will need a charger capable of charging 6 cells.

Please do buy a good quality charger as I have damaged packs using a cheap ebay charger!!

The biggest extra expense of the 500 over the 450 is the extra battery cost, but it will be a bit more stable than a 450.

You can get batterys from ebay which are much cheaper than those avalable from UK shops. The 3cell packs im using work very well (for my level of flying anyway) so you can save money that way when learning.

smartmodel.com.hk its a clone but you will crash and price is cheap you could have 2xkits