never flown a heli before any advice at this stage would be good

[loz]

wot ill do is fly/crash it, take a pic, and post it here for u all to laugh at hahahaha

[Boggy]

yeh i prob should hav joined this forum b4 i bought it, oh well too late now

my point exactly. you will be surprised what you can learn from it. dont spend any money on upgrades they wont help. take it steady dont run before you can walk. google it there are loads of video's some good a lot bad watch them learn from their mistakes. most of all have fun with it

[tiddler]

Is it seriously that bad? will it not fly or is it just that the quality isnt that great, explain what the issues are with this heli, if u dont mind, cheers

Loz, Sorry if I have come across as seeming negative towards your heli. Its just that I did exactly the same as you and entered the hobby with a similar cheapy heli thinking it was the best way to get a toe in the hobby. I soon found out, as many others do, its not the way to do it. Yes your heli is poor quality and very hard to fly.
Anyway, on reflection, the best way for you to discover this is as Boggy says and go ahead and try it. Just dont let it put you off the hobby cos there are some really nice helis out there and they reall are great fun

[loz]

ok cheers guys ill let u know how many pieces it ends up in

[loz]

when u guys get a min can u let me know what the good the good helis are, i prob wouldnt spend more than about £100 on one at this stage, cheers

[tiddler]

Loz m8, You just aint going to get anything worth having for that sort of money unless your happy to go with one of the little indoor coaxial helis.
For a heli that can be sensibly be flown outside you need to be looking at spending £200.00 Plus, absolute minimum.

[tiddler]

As I mentioned earlier the Blade 120SR is a good little heli and can be picked up RTF for about £115.00
Only draw back with this heli is it really doesn't like the wind Other than that its a great little novice machine

[simon1]

when u guys get a min can u let me know what the good the good helis are, i prob wouldnt spend more than about £100 on one at this stage, cheers

I bet you can pick a 2nd hand blade 400 Fast Lad Performance up for £100-120ish, now that would be an improvement, I wouldn't learn on anything smaller than a 400 tbh if you can. Im sure a lad is selling 2 blades in the for sale section on here.

[challis349]

Gary131 I think it is

[tiddler]

I bet you can pick a 2nd hand blade 400 Fast Lad Performance up for £100-120ish, now that would be an improvement, I wouldn't learn on anything smaller than a 400 tbh if you can. Im sure a lad is selling 2 blades in the for sale section on here.

Don't forget that requires a Transmitter, Receiver, Battery and Charger on top of the purchase price.

[tiddler]

Gary131 I think it is

OH yeah, forgot about that one,

Take a look here Loz >>> http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/sale/5...tml#post631059

[loz]

ok well if this heli lark gets hold of me maybe it'll b a good idea to get a good second hand one, eventually, well cheers for the advice peeps i have a feeling you havnt heard the last from me as im going to try this heli out shortly

[Steve watts]

Hi and welcome to the forum, the people on here really are helpful and worth listening too, I like you bought a walkera before looking into it, it lasted about 5 seconds, I thought just get it in the air, how hard can it be!!! Very hard as I found out!! After binning that I found a local club, went and introduced myself and was advised what to get, I ended up going for a raptor 50 and was helped with buddying to learn to fly, I also have the phoenix sim which is worth every penny, so I agree with the others to invest in the sim and see hoe you get on. 

[TomW]

I think Stumps is in enfield, not too far from you, and he might be able to show you the ropes?

Next time i visit my folks ill give you a shout, they all live a stones throw away from cheshunt.

[loz]

I think Stumps is in enfield, not too far from you, and he might be able to show you the ropes?

Next time i visit my folks ill give you a shout, they all live a stones throw away from cheshunt.

yes he has pmd me saying he would lend a hand which is great news, and great if yr ever about too thanks