gutted!!

[Midnight Sun]

I'm a complete novice...but for what its worth, I've been flying my Twister Bell 47 around the lounge for several weeks. Crashed loads, but cheap and very easy to repair.
Last weekend I bought a Blade 400 3d. Completly ready to fly out of the box for £260.00 inc Tx, Lipo etc. I have managed a couple of flights on the lawn....wow, what a difference to the Twister. Soooo much twitchier.
Took The Blade to local indoor club last night and got an expert to test fly and trim it for me. He described it as the sweetest RTF he'd ever flown and straight out of the box.
I also looked at the Trex se v2, but at about £500 (minimum, please correct me if I'm wrong on this point) I can do a lot of crashing and repairing with the Blade just to come up to the Trex price.
Eventually I want to end up with something 600 size, so the Blade will hopefully be a good learning tool.
As I said, I am a complete novice and welcome comments both positive and negative, this is just the route I have taken.

[jboweruk]

Then bank on half that for the heli and the rest for crashing it. As Boggy I'm sure will point out it's not IF you crash but WHEN. So don't spend too much on heli, and make sure you get spares like blades.

[richieclarkie]

I also looked at the Trex se v2, but at about £500 (minimum, please correct me if I'm wrong on this point) I can do a lot of crashing and repairing with the Blade just to come up to the Trex price.

You are right in a way, but set up properly the V2 realy does fly a lot better.

However if you are on a budget, which most noobs are until they realise the reality , the blade 400 is the best RTF I've flown

[moyesboy]

On cheaper helis the parts will actually wear out and go sloppy a lot quicker than on something like a trex450SE where there are ball bearings everywhere and the ball links are stainless rather than ali (or even plastic).
I started with an ARKx400 becuase it was a little cheaper than a trex - then after many crashes and upgrades it is now more of a 450SE and there are no ARK parts left on it! I should have gone for the trex from the start.

Just bear in mind that after a bit of learning parts don't just fail from crashes - they wear out too.

After learning to hover my 450 in the garden, and only occasionally going somewhere were there was more room, I eventually got it so I could fly all right side up orientations in my garden without hitting anything.

Then I bought a 50 size nitro - and it seemed completely easy to fly - and it was that that I went upside down with first - followed by the 450. Being competant at flying the little heli meant I didn't find the big one too scary. If you start on a big heli then its so scarey that the first flights are short and pilot recovery time long!

Now I'm trying to make myself do 1/2 hour a day on phoenix doing all inverted orientations (only really confident nose in inverted so far with the real helis) and backwards fast flight trying to get that feeling natural on the sim. Once things are natural on the sim then they are natural on the real heli (phoenix is that good).

[spaceman1972]

Alright guys, i have just order a Belt CP with spare battery and plenty of spare blades>

It should received it on Monday, latest Tuesday. I ordered from Nobay, Uk seller, DHL 2morow. CANT WAIT!!!

[spaceman1972]

Buy the way, is there any decent battery, thats not too dear? thanks