hi guys

[astra 8vt]

hi guys this is my 1st post

i wouldnt say i new to r/c as i have flown planes and done cars but i really wanted to fly a heli but i was always told stay with planes they are easyer so after a few years later i got shot of all the planes as my main hobby is drag racing ( drag seasons over now ) till the other week my son wanted a little 3 channel heli so off to the shops an got a cheap 3 channel toy lol after a while i picked it up and played with it and im now hooked back on helis !

so i when and get myself a e-razor 450 and took it out side and run 1 battery through it and what a rush

so i found a raptor v2 cheap on ebay all ready to go so when i got it i put it together and though fook me ! it was all upgrade parts on it and it was well looked after but i didnt have the balls to fly it

so sitting on ebay again another raptor turned up really cheap compleat again ( to cheap realy ) got it home and the engine was well and truley jamed so after a lot of buggering about i free`d it up and got it running spot on so monday i strapped on the training gear and decided to give it a go as i wasnt over bothered if i crashed it as it was one i have got for next to nothing

i managed to get it off the ground just but as soon as i dropped the throttle a little it would just drop so hard and when i was on the ground after landing it it would just jump up if a dropped it to idle quick

though to my self somethings not right as my 450 didnt do that so i though it was down to me and i was doing something wrong ..

so today i went through everthing , the heli and radio to find out all the setting on the radio were well off to what i had read on raptortechnique.com so i set it up to what they said for beginners and boy did it change it as im a learner ive still got to a lot to learn and a lot to ask but i am teaching my self as there no clubs that i no of near me that fly heli`s and if there was i need someone to teach me of an eveing or during the week as i work weekends

the only clubs i no of are planes and i really dont want to fly planes again they are boring compaired to a heli ive trimmed it out to the best i could but the tail is still needing a lot of stick to keep it straight but other than that it seems to fly ok

got my old boy to take a video of me with it please take into acount this heli has had less than half a gallon of fuel through it so i think its had 4 flights now or should i say i have


just waiting on video to upload then ill post link


my old boy wants to learn to fly one as well but i think i need to get a bit better before i can teach him

if anybody has any pointers i would be greatfull as like ive said im teaching myself

cheers all

jay

[astra 8vt]

video

[Steve]

Jay

There is an helicopter club that flies at the rugby club in Thorney I believe. There are a couple of forum members on here who fly there who you could try and contact. Site user POLAR BEAR is one of them I think.

I work in Peterborough but have never been there or met them as I live 65 miles away!

[astra 8vt]

hi steve

thank you very much ill have a dig about as it would be nice just for some help and advice and thorneys is about 10 mins from my house

cheers

[trexsteve700]

Hi, i live in long sutton near spalding and i work nights so am available most mornings if you need a setup check or pointers. I started with the rap50 and now have a kasama. If your interested pm me and ill give you my number and address

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[Spasmod]

That's a nice bit of hovering mate, well done.

[chugga-bug]

as my main hobby is drag racing ( drag seasons over now )

Welcome to the forum Jay What do you race?

[astra 8vt]

thank you i will be in touch ive got a 450 that needs setting up a bit but im waiting on funds for new radio 1st as the radio thats with it is crap its a 2.4 ghz thats done via switches then turn the pot then flick switch back etc i hate it so im going to get myself a new radio and a few recivers and do the lot of one radio

and ive just got another raptor so ill be sorting that one out with parts as well

thanks again for the offer i WILL be in touch at some point

[astra 8vt]

Welcome to the forum Jay What do you race?

thank you

i drive and own europes fastest astra mk2 8v turbo all motor ( 10 sec car ) ( prob in the world but still looking in this ) well did ive retired the engine now and buiding a new monster engine for next year as i had a few problems with the engine destoying itself this year


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[astra 8vt]

got a bit fed up today as ive done my shoulder in and it was windy so i thought i would take my little 450 out to have a mess around its not set up like my rapter its a bit of a hand full really i could do with toning down a little but i though sod it ive got to learn one way or the other and ive read so many differnt things and i think half of it is worrying about crashing some say push that little bit harder and try different things others say just hover and the wind botherd me a little (didnt with planes i would fly in stupid winds )