My First Helicopter...

[Darren_Heli]

Hey people,

Im new to here and helicopters.

I dnt want to do the normal 'which helicopter is best?' question as Ive done some research into them myself before I start asking things.

Ive got a budget of £150 max RTF and want a CP helicopter to learn on.

I originally thought Id go for a Honey Bee CP2, but after reading some bad reviews about them Ive been put off.

I now think that I would like a Twister CP V2.

My main question really is do people think this will be a good training helicopter?

I will mainly be planning to fly indoors, but might venture outside if the weather is good.

Any advise would be great, even if its dnt buy the Twister get a ... instead.

Thanks in advance,

Darren

[Made2Fade]

If your completely new then go get a blade CX 2 (its a counter rotating co-axial micro heli), fly it, and come back and tell us how much you liked/disliked it. If you disliked it then box it up (if its still in one piece) and sell on fleabay. If you like it then save the cash for a 30/50 size nitro heli (raptor/knight/sceadu/airskipper) or if ya wanna stay electric and micro then invest in a Trex 450 se v2 or Dragnus etc. I wouldnt bother with the Twister or Honeybee personally IMO there just cheap crap that cant really be made to fly that well.
Lee

[Made2Fade]

One last thing, if ya do decide to take the hobby up then join a local club and get BMFA insurance. Avoid flying by yourself.
Lee

[Ade_Law]

cp micros are finicky, difficult to fly and fragile....

i'd go for the cx2 as well.

Ade

[Made2Fade]

Yip, i agree. You be doing more fiddling than flying.
Lee

[pxr5]

I wouldnt bother with the Twister or Honeybee personally IMO there just cheap crap that cant really be made to fly that well.
Lee

i agree the cx2 is defo the way to start off these days even though ive never tried one and anything is better than a heli with a tail motor but i just spent the weekend balancing my twister out and its very smooth and hardly needs input. i had it like this 2 years ago when i last flew it so its nice to get it good again. i smoothed down the linkages so everything very slippery cos from new they are quite tight. one tip for tail motors is when your battery is dying and you need to discharge the battery a bit before charging make sure you only let the main blades spin not the tail cos it gets erratic and i think thats what damages the motors cos my current one has been going for about 50 hours of flying, before it was more like 10 hours max.

best thing is the thin carbon fibre rods that break the most are available in 1 meter lengths for £2 online.

[Made2Fade]

Where do you fly your twister then? I found there too much for your living room unlike the blade cx. There also useless outdoors as the slightest bit of wind throws it off. Basically what im saying is unless your flying somewhere like a small hall or something similar. Then IMO there just too much. What i mean by 'too much' is it takes far too much concentration to get one of these flying half descent in any sort of place that is small. And because of the type of heli they are and there also micros, thats where there supposed to be flown really. IMO no matter how smooth you manage to get it flying a blade CX will be far easier and more practical for beginning. I remember i had one similar to the twister a few year back. Basically once it was crashed it never flew the same again, even after changing out numerous parts.
Lee

[richieclarkie]

Made2Fade and Ade are right. With a budget of £150 you can buy the CX2 and a copy of Phoenix flight sim.

The Contra helis are actually pretty good fun to fly, will teach you all your basic orientations and you can easily sell it as you progress. Phoenix will teach you to hover pretty well so when you get get a proper heli you are more than likely going to be able to hover it.

Or buy a pile of Poop/Shite/Crap like the Twister CP or the Honeybee CP (they are basically the same heli by the way).

[Bubblefish777]

Hey people,

Im new to here and helicopters.

I dnt want to do the normal 'which helicopter is best?' question as Ive done some research into them myself before I start asking things.

Ive got a budget of £150 max RTF and want a CP helicopter to learn on.

I originally thought Id go for a Honey Bee CP2, but after reading some bad reviews about them Ive been put off.

I now think that I would like a Twister CP V2.

My main question really is do people think this will be a good training helicopter?

I will mainly be planning to fly indoors, but might venture outside if the weather is good.

Any advise would be great, even if its dnt buy the Twister get a ... instead.

Thanks in advance,

Darren

http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7193 Read this.....it was written for you.... we get this question every week so we put together something that may help....

[mneil]

went down the cheap and cheerful route myself and takes a lot of effort for little reward. i then invested in a Twister 3D from midlandhelis( they have them on special) and cannot praise it enough!