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Hello all,
I have spent the first 60 mins looking over the forum, its a wealth of infomation and looks like a great place to help and advice. With that in mind, I am hoping some of you will be able to help me out with making a decision on a Heli. I have pasted an email I sent to a few stores last week, the advice they gave me was good and in fact after further research I started looking at options they had not suggested. My point is, I wanted you to see the email I wrote to give you an idea where I am, and then I will fininsh the note off with the choices I have given myself
"Hi guys. I am going round and round in circles (no pun intended) as I try and figure out what helicopter to get. I have spoken to people on forums, in shops and I even resurrected an old mate of mine who used to be a test pilot for Ripmax back in the day. Each of them have different opinions on what I do next.
Based on the advice so far, people are split down the middle in terms of my next step.
Myself and my son have been flying indoor 4 channel, fixed pitch, single rotor heli’s for a couple of months. We are both pretty competent, him (16 years old) more than me. We want to take the next step on our progression but want to be sure we are doing the right thing.
50% of those who we have spoken too are saying that there is no point in going to a another 4 channel heli. Even though the flight characteristics are going to be different with a model which is designed to fly outdoor. They are saying to bite the bullet and go for a 6 channel heli. Ranging from a Belt CPX to a T-Rex 450.
The other 50% are saying go the Honeybee 2 route. Learn to fly that outside, then move onto a 6 channel. A small number of people have even suggested a 6 channel heli with a Helicommand or something similar to help whilst learning.
I am on the fence, and cant seem to get off. Everyone seems to have a valid opinion. I don’t want to waste money on a heli that I may only use for a month, at the same time I don’t want to set us up to fail. Some of the advice has even focused on the TX unit, that the TX unit in some cases should be a higher priority that the Heli."
Since writing that, and speaking to people who actually fly I have com to the conclusion that I should get one of the following:
Eflight Blade 450 Package
Century KDS 450 Q (Package or Heli Only and Serperate radio)
Century Razor 500 (Package or Heli Only and Serperate radio)
There are pro's and cons with each. I'd love the 500, but the initial outlay for batteries is huge, the saving I make on the batt's could be spent on more for the 450 size helo.
Then there is the radio issue. i know, from previous R/C aircraft expernce that the radio, especially for heli's is important.
I'm of to Hong Kong and Tokyo in a month as well. I do not want to buy a heli there but I know stuff like the radios and batt's are a lot cheaper.
Any advice you can give would be very much appreciated.
Sorry in advance for going on a bit!!!
I have spent the first 60 mins looking over the forum, its a wealth of infomation and looks like a great place to help and advice. With that in mind, I am hoping some of you will be able to help me out with making a decision on a Heli. I have pasted an email I sent to a few stores last week, the advice they gave me was good and in fact after further research I started looking at options they had not suggested. My point is, I wanted you to see the email I wrote to give you an idea where I am, and then I will fininsh the note off with the choices I have given myself
"Hi guys. I am going round and round in circles (no pun intended) as I try and figure out what helicopter to get. I have spoken to people on forums, in shops and I even resurrected an old mate of mine who used to be a test pilot for Ripmax back in the day. Each of them have different opinions on what I do next.
Based on the advice so far, people are split down the middle in terms of my next step.
Myself and my son have been flying indoor 4 channel, fixed pitch, single rotor heli’s for a couple of months. We are both pretty competent, him (16 years old) more than me. We want to take the next step on our progression but want to be sure we are doing the right thing.
50% of those who we have spoken too are saying that there is no point in going to a another 4 channel heli. Even though the flight characteristics are going to be different with a model which is designed to fly outdoor. They are saying to bite the bullet and go for a 6 channel heli. Ranging from a Belt CPX to a T-Rex 450.
The other 50% are saying go the Honeybee 2 route. Learn to fly that outside, then move onto a 6 channel. A small number of people have even suggested a 6 channel heli with a Helicommand or something similar to help whilst learning.
I am on the fence, and cant seem to get off. Everyone seems to have a valid opinion. I don’t want to waste money on a heli that I may only use for a month, at the same time I don’t want to set us up to fail. Some of the advice has even focused on the TX unit, that the TX unit in some cases should be a higher priority that the Heli."
Since writing that, and speaking to people who actually fly I have com to the conclusion that I should get one of the following:
Eflight Blade 450 Package
Century KDS 450 Q (Package or Heli Only and Serperate radio)
Century Razor 500 (Package or Heli Only and Serperate radio)
There are pro's and cons with each. I'd love the 500, but the initial outlay for batteries is huge, the saving I make on the batt's could be spent on more for the 450 size helo.
Then there is the radio issue. i know, from previous R/C aircraft expernce that the radio, especially for heli's is important.
I'm of to Hong Kong and Tokyo in a month as well. I do not want to buy a heli there but I know stuff like the radios and batt's are a lot cheaper.
Any advice you can give would be very much appreciated.
Sorry in advance for going on a bit!!!
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