what do you think

[heliluke]

what do you think, for me as my first heli?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Raptor-50-V2-C...QQcmdZViewItem

[Biggles]

Gotta start somewhere!!!! Not a fan of the TT 50 being an os man myself but I am sure it'll do for a beginner....Would be ideal if you could get someone to have a shuffty over it as you might just be getting a bag of bolts!!!

Hard to judge from piccies alone!

[Biggles]

Are they willing to show you it flying????

[heliluke]

iv just wrote to him asking if hes got a sim with it, didnt think of asking him to show me it flying,

[Biggles]

I think asking for a sim is asking a bit much as a decent sim like phoenix is about £80.

[heliluke]

true but its worth asking tho, are jr transmitters good as iv always futarba in the past, or how much are the raptors to buy new?

[Biggles]

I prefer Jr over pootaba but it's personal preferance I even have a 3810adt bit old now but still a good radio.

The 50 V2 has been superceeded by the V3 Titan now

[Biggles]

There you go http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=130159150909

Much better than the V2!!!

Plus it's got better gear!!!!

[Guest]

Raptormadsteve is selling a Titan, see

http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6442

It's currently on ebay

[moyesboy]

The difference between a raptor 50v2 and a titan is negligable, and not all the changes are improvements anyhow. This is why the raptor is falling a bit out of favour. If the v3 had been a reduced weight ccpm heli then the new helis would be still in its shadow...

Anyway nowt wrong with a raptor, lots of readily avialable cheap spares and plenty of folks who know how to fly them and set them up.

The electrics and motor are not the best in this one - adequate and not up to 3D flying. for that you probably need to upgrade the gyro and tail servo and at least the collective pitch servo. The extra air frame makes it interesting, but note that all the commonly broken bits are already broken so to make use of it as spares means a big smash!

These helis are hard to find cheap on ebay, they often go for a bit much. The ones with good electrics etc don't necessarily fetch much more as the buyers don't know what they are looking at - so look for one with digital servos and a good gyro and that is where you will find better value.

Look up thr new prices of all the servos etc before you buy.

[Ade_Law]

i wouldnt personally bother with that one. there are much better equpped models out there non of the components are what i would recomend for a noob.

this thing is going to cost you a fair bit in the long run when you upgrade the components to get it to fly nicely.

Ade

[heliluke]

thanks ade i keep checking everywhere for the moment then and see what i can find or my consider buiding one up myself?