What to buy?

[Adam151082]

whats a good elec heli to start off with? i have a Honey King 2 but it's just a kit without the radio gear. dont want to spend to much on my firdt one £100ish. Any help guys?

[Holst]

Good heli for £100

Good luck

You could get a MCX or another contra rotator for that sort of money.

Any "real" heli for £100 will be cheap and nasty.

Best way to spend that money will be a good simulator.
This way you can learn to fly before you try it for real. Phoenix sim is the most popular for heli pilots.

Im not saying you need to spend thousands but to get something half decent that you can fly outside you will need more money than that. Even buying second hand you will need £300+ to get everything you need.

[tourerjim]

Keep saving & get a good heli otherwise the Blade msr is good fun.

[murph]

Look in the for sale section, there is a twister storm going for around £80 I think, have heard good things about them. I had a King 2 and could not get it to fly wel at all, don't bother getting the radio kit for it, just get the storm instead. (think you will need rx and tx tho)

Here's a link to it:
http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/sale/2...m-3d-artf.html

You do need tx and rx, but at £70 I think it looks ok, save a bit more and get yourself a DX6i and you're away!!

[matt27]

twisters better than the honey bee!
however i would still w8 a while and get maybe a trex 450 sport or second hand (some floating around atm) or maybe even a blade 400
will get you started and altho there quality isnt as good as the trex it comes with a dx6i so then you can buy other models and use the same transmitter

[Adam151082]

how much would a second hand trex 400 be? i've never flown a heli before so am bound to break it. just after a nice starter 6ch heli. thanks for the help guys, keep it coming.

[Mark_T]

Best way to spend that money will be a good simulator.
This way you can learn to fly before you try it for real. Phoenix sim is the most popular for heli pilots.

+1

Cheapest way to learn to fly if you have a suitable PC to run it on.

If you really want a real heli first then you need to make sure you can not only afford to buy it but also repair it on a regular basis while learning.

If the funds are available then great, if not then the sim really is good advice.

[SadSack]

read this http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/other-...one-build.html

that said if i started again :

DX7
secoundhand trex 450 v2
good servos main and tail
atleast 401 gyro
and Pheonix sim

and just to play MSR or Walkera CB100 Could work well useing sim + little heli, more fun as well

[jamesb72]

how much would a second hand trex 400 be?

I got lucky on ebay with a Blade 400, with Dx6i and two lipos for £150 delivered which was a bargain, it needed checking over and a few bits had been repaired incorrectly but easily sorted for about a fiver in bits (new tail shaft, some head bits, and tail servo was fitted backwards), but there are bargains to be had.

Twister 3D is almost identical to the Blade400 (many parts the same), but I'd recommend a 2nd hand blade400 as the DX6i radio is superb.

Keep an eye on ebay for a bargain, and get someone to help check it over and test fly it for you, and you will be away.

[Lynx.1677]

2nd hand blade 400 with DX6i would be worthwhile. Will cost a bit more than £100 though probably. It's a great way to learn about collective pitch heli's.

[Adam151082]

read this http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/other-...one-build.html

that said if i started again :

DX7
secoundhand trex 450 v2
good servos main and tail
atleast 401 gyro
and Pheonix sim

and just to play MSR or Walkera CB100 Could work well useing sim + little heli, more fun as well

thats looks like a nice heli. gonna look into that a bit more. wheres the best place to buy it? not Ebay, I'd rather a reputable shop.

[Nick B]

For 100 spondooners a cheap transmitter and pheonix simulator is the best option

These heli's are tricky to fly for a newcomer,i had the blade 400 and crashed it loads.Go check out the Pheonix simulator at there webby


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[SadSack]

thats looks like a nice heli. gonna look into that a bit more. wheres the best place to buy it? not Ebay, I'd rather a reputable shop.

Nearly all in UK apart from one ebay and other still HK. Like it said slow but do get here...in the end

[simon1]

+1 for the blade 400, the sim will learn you the basics, but for me personally I didn't really learn until I flew heli's for real.
On pheonix I can hover inverted, but can barely do figure of eights on my raptor 30, again personally, its a false sense of security on the sim, you will learn the core elements but when you fly outside its a different ball game, mainly repairs.

A second hand twister storm rtf wouldn't be a bad start and would be cheaper than a 2nd hand blade 400.

But on the flip side, what I have found, is in this game you get what you pay for

Oh and don't buy 2nd hand from ebay if you can help it, its a lottery and i have been stung myself, buy off here, or someone you know.

cheers
simon

[Terry-T7]

Check out the Storm deal at leeds model shop, Not bad for £160 all in,
as others have said the Storm is much the same as the blade and comparatively cheap on repairs.