Hello & a few questions

[BobJ]

Hi

I have no idea on that one as there are loads of rip offs of the T Rex 450, I am sure some are ok but most are poor at best.

The Blade 400 is a nice model, both the airframe and supplied radio in the model are ok but not up to the quality or performance of a genuine T Rex but certainly good enough to learn on and as most on here will testify it comes from a very good distributor with great back up and spares support, spares are very sensibly priced too.

It's supplied with a Spektrum DX6i transmitter which real is the part which gives it the most value as it's a great transmitter which can be used with most other future models where as a lot of the basics trannys you get with RTF models are not much cop for anything else.

Cheers
Bob

Thanks Bob

More to think about, how's the Blade 400 compare to a 450 clone? Edit: I see there's lots of info out there, I'll have a read.

Cheers
Steve

[gorber]

Hi

With that budget you might want to consider a Blade 400 Skyline*Models :: Helicopter*Kits :: Electric :: E-Flite*(Blade...

With the 10% extra offered until Christmas eve you get it for 215.99:-) so could squeeze a MCX BNF in for indoor flying to!

This way you end up with a decent little transmitter as well.

Cheers
Bob

Or, even better, he could get Phoenix simulator.

[PGpilot]

Or, even better, he could get Phoenix simulator.

Yeah, that had crossed my mind, better than giving my 2 yr old an haircut lol!

[brin]

hi and welcome to the forum steve. as Bobj has pointed out thats a very good deal on the 400 and the dx6i will let you add more models as your collection get's bigger.+1 for the sim.

[PGpilot]

Thanks Guys,

I think you've all convinced me on the Blade 400 & Pheonix Sim, plus I think I'll try the KDS FlyMentor 3d stabilization, at $73 if it saves me a few broken parts while I learn it's got to be worth it.

Incidently I found the Blade 400 from another UK shop for £8 less!! But that's equalled by the discount on Pheonix at Skyline

Now I've got a couple of overseas jobs to get out of the way before xmas, so I will put my order in just before xmas. Gives me time to soak up as much info as I can between now and then.

Thanks again to everyone, it was just the type of feedback I needed.

Steve

[CiaranMal1]

Yea ur best getting a sim and a gud heli and transmitter, im a newbie to rc helis aswell never flew any rc heli before, i started with a esky belt cp v2, piece of crap got nowere with it cudn even hover, so i sold it and got a dx6i tx and pheonix sim, have used pheonix sim bot 10 times to practice hover and flight since and about a month ago i got a good bargin on ebay, i bought a mini titan e325 with loads of extras for £190 including hitec hs65mg servos, align tail servo and gy750 align gyro and joined a local indoor club and have been hovering and flying right away for three weeks now with no crashes(fingers crossed hope the gud luck lasts)lol, All i can say it was the best move i ever done and that was buy gud quality heli and tx.

Good luck on your decision

[PGpilot]

Well I've taken the plunge, Blade 400 & Pheonix Sim combo £278.99, thanks to Bob J, he was a pleasure to deal with.
Skyline*Models :: Training*Aids*&...

Just waiting for it to get through the snow now!