Next Heli after HBFPV2?

[Nathb]

Hi guys, I'm after some advice on where to go after my HBFPV2, which I have modded

I have basic building knowledge and really want to build/kit one out myself as oppose to RTF, as I get used to its layout, I can decide which electronics to use and its cheaper

So where to go?

I was thinking about going to a Esky Honey Bee ct tri blade helicopter, but I'm having second thoughts.. I have also been looking towards the 250 and 450 sizes. Ideally I want to stay around the honey bees size as it is just small enough to fly inside my house.

Also does anyone know where I can get a good 6 channel transmitter and receiver for cheap?

Thanks

[Dannyyy]

450 pro.... Awesome Heli

[Balders]

Trex 450 but I wouldn't wanna fly it in my house!

[Vanquish]

Which heli you buy next depends mostly on how much money your planning to spend.

Your best bet, and i'm sure most would agree, would be to buy a Trex 450V2 sport. Great little heli to build and you will learn alot in the process. More expensive than Esky's etc but its a very popular well built heli with spares widely available.

As far as tx's go your looking at a Spektrum Dx6i or Futaba 6ex 2.4ghz both great 6 channel radio's. I have a spare Futaba 6ex I may be selling, pm me if your interested.

[tiddler]

If its a kit your looking for then the Trex 450 is a good choice

[unwind-protect]

What you have to realize is that all these helicopters are much more complicated and fragile than your FP.

With a small fixed pitch heli you can run it into a wall and, more often than not if you've killed the power the heli will be fine. This is due to many things: less complicated head design, highly asymmetric flexible blades, lower headspeed, less weight, etc.

With a collective pitch helicopter, any contact of the rotor disk and obstacles will lead to repair time. There are more bits to break, the blades are stiffer, less efficient and need a higher headspeed. You can fly them inside, but you really need a good amount of space (think squash court size for simple hovering around).

[challis349]

another vote for trex 450, what bufget do you have though, as this will help everybodies advice, also is it a must to have a size to fly inside, as flying a 450 size heli in your house is not a good idea

[davew]

I agree with Kev, anything bigger than the one you've got is no good in the house (unless you have a stately home or something!)

Buy a 450 clone kit for twopence, buy the lot, servos everything from Hobbyking or Giant Cod and it will work out quite cheap. You'll enjoy building that and it won't be a bad heli either.

I assume you'll need a proper transmitter as well? Don't waste your time with a DX6i, tempting though that will be, look out for and buy a s/hand DX7.

When you make the move from the little heli you have to the next stage you should be aware that the costs just escalate exponentially! This is an expensive hobby.

[Swashbuckler]

I have a DX7 for sale and could sort you out a receiver too if you're intersted pm me.

[Nathb]

Cheers for advice guys..

Budget wise, well I haven't really set one.. I will be incurring the costs over a period of months as I'm in no rush to get it airbourne..

I was looking at a cheap setup along the lines of:

HK-450 CCPM 3D Helicopter Barebone kit - 5.36
HXT900 9g / 1.6kg / .12sec Micro Servo - 1.44 x3 - 4.32
D922MG Digital Metal Gear Servo 1.8kg/ 12g/ 0.07sec - 5.36
Hobby King 401B AVCS Digital Head Lock Gyro - 6.86
Turnigy 450 H2218 Brushless outrunner 3200KV - 6.31
Hobbyking SS Series 25-30A ESC - 4.54
11t pinion - 0.60
325mm Fibreglass Main Blade (1pair) - 2.66
Fiberglass Canopy for Trex-450 - 2.54
Turnigy 2200mAh 3S 25C Lipo Pack - 6.42 x2 - 12.84

Coupled with a;
Turnigy 9X 9Ch Transmitter w/ Module & 8ch Receiver (Mode 2) (v2 Firmware) - 29.51

So about £110 all in including postage. What do you think?

The 250 was appealing though due to its size! Is it much more complicated to work with??

[heliboy]

Yeah davew its expensive if you keep crashing !!

ahah

[Nathb]

Lol ^^

So no body flies their 250 indoors?

[challis349]

I have seen a few video's of 250 indoors, although it is just far to twitchy, I havent flown one but many people dont recommend them for a beginner due to this, far to unstable, the larger the heli the more stable it will be

[Nathb]

Suppose a 450 is not much bigger than a Honey Bee?

What is peoples opinions on the King 3 or Belt CP, as a base?



Newbie question:

Could I turn a 450 kit into a large FP 4 Channel helicopter to learn on??

[challis349]

not good haha, save your money and put it towards something better, not seen a hbfp, but think its a fair bit bigger at roughly 600mm end to end, and main rotor disc of around 690 to 700mm