What was your first heli?

[Flamestriker]

HHHeeeeeeelo everyone!!

I am the proud owner of a shiny new blue Blade MSR (AKA Blade or Buzz) and I was wondering what your first helis were, if you had named them and what happened to them...did they fly off in to the sunset, do you still fly them, or did you get rid of them because you could no longer get parts? Buzz is my first, and I do not think I could get rid of him...y' know, you always remember your first car, well why not helis?

Going down memory lane....

[rachel]

All my helis have names

"Rexy" Trex 700 Le
"Dave " Rave ENF flybared
"Totalvibe" Vibe 50 flybarless with Total G flybarless computor thingy.

My first heli ???????????

Hirobo shuttle loved him

[stunks]

T rex 600 le nitro

[tourerjim]

FP Picolo returned to shop some weeks later exchanged Zoom 400 both of which were poo then Align came out with very first Trex 450 bugger to fly but much improved from previous two.
Names yeah bitches

[josh h]

my first heli was a esky honeybee cp2, they are rubbish, it went in the bin!

then i moved upto a logo 10 and farious others

[daren]

A raptor 30 with 148 servos and a pg03 gyro, learnt to hover then swapped it for a raptor 60 that i still sort of have.

[ChrisP]

Zoom 400.... Also known in the states as a Shogun. Worst heli known to man. Very poor design for the torque tube which was quickly changed to belt drive and bad design for collective and elevator! With the belt drive installed, this limited the elevator movement, its what you would call a no win situation. Taught me loads about setting up and repairing helis (crashed alot ). No longer have it, sold, was costing me a small fortune.

[coptermanic]

Esky Lama 4 coax - still works, batteries knackered

[ChrisP]

A raptor 30 with 148 servos and a pg03 gyro, learnt to hover then swapped it for a raptor 60 that i still sort of have.

My Zoom had a pg03 on it lol, took me a while to figure out how to reverse the action lol.

[chrissy]

my first blade cx 2 you never forget your first

[Bart101]

My first heli was a T-Rex 250! Still have it and still fly it!

[Rainman]

1st heli was a second hand Kavan Shark (collective version) which I flew on a fixed wing Webra 40 engine, and a fixed wing radio (pre computer radio days and a Y lead for throttle and collective!) Although gyros (mechanical) were available, I couldn't afford one, so I learnt without! Managed to learn to hover (ish) and circuits, before I gave it away to a friend.


Moved on to a Schluter Mini-Boy after that. It was heavy but quite stable. Went on to Kalts after that with a Cyclone followed by Space Barrons. Still have a Mk.1 Cyclone and a couple of Space Barrons





Richard

[Rotorhead]

Concept 30.

[KnifeEdge]

Hirobo Shuttle 30

[Twisted]

Twister cp gold brings back fond memories apart from the stock gyro.

Still got all its bits could rebuild it as a brushless! Lol