Black Friday microheli

[Jetman71]

Looking for a Black Friday deal (or at least hoping). Need something to fly indoors over the winter - ideally 3D capable. I already have a Blade 180CFX and a nano cpx (but it may be on its last legs).

Any suggestions welcomed 🚁👍

[kenny d]

I’ve just bought a xk k110 , cost about £70 delivered inc programmable radio , about the size of a mcpx bl , it’s only 1s but flys great , far better that a bl , crashes well , the Spares are VERY cheap IE complete tail inc motor £3.50 delivered , skids £1.40 delivered , it’s shares most of the same Spares as Wltoys v977 , I’ve owned most of blades small heli’s & this makes them look like a pile of s##t , well worth a look at


https://m.tomtop.com/p-rm3633.html?c...AaAhu7EALw_wcB

[Jetman71]

Yes, was looking at a review on RC Saylors on YT - what’s the quality of the transmitter like? I appreciate it is designed for the XK K110 but quality wise compared to my DX8?

[kenny d]

If it did genuinely compare to your dx8 it wouldn’t be £70 inc heli
that said it is futaba compatible, 10 model memory Heli & plane ,It has a back light , does DR , EXPO , pitch curves , throttle curves , I would say
awesome for what it is , I use a dx9 BUT I realy like this

[Jetman71]

OK thanks and yes fair point about the price and quality. Will do a bit more research. ��

[kenny d]

If you have the time read this ( I did lol) https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...in-Progress%29

i now have 3 of these , first one was £66 , then I found gearbest with a special offer £53 inc del , limited to 10 only , so I bought another 2
im over the moon with them

[Jetman71]

Thanks, I ended up ordering one last night while they were on offer. £69 all in - clearly exchange rate is killing us a bit at the moment. Will have a proper read of the link over the weekend but appreciate your advice. Lots of positive things being said about the XK K110. A couple more questions ...

Just read the article - looks like I may have some suitable batteries that I used on one of my very first quads some years back - Nanotech 600mah 35-70c. Also wondering if some of the spares of my old Blade MCPX v2 may also be useful. Where did you source spares?

Were you ever tempted by the smaller XK K100?

Thanks again - really appreciate you giving the time on this.

[kenny d]

Batteries I like these (£1.81) best power to weight https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-...o-pro-100.html
you have to reverse the polarity on the connector, takes 3 minuets each ,you probably know how , just bend down the locating tab and slide the wire with brass end out , bend tab back up f put wires in the opposite way

These are £2.17 BUT I find them to heavy , alright for sport/inverted practice https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-...mqx-120sr.html


Spares , bangood or eBay , typical Spares , main gear , Origonal tail boom , or get a solid boom , I haven’t had mine long enough to get a feel for Spares yet
spares are so cheap I bought loads as per advice on that rcgroups thread , I needed them as I’m going to Australia for a 2 month holiday & bought mines for the trip , hence why I have 3 of them

k100 has a brushed motor , so takes a bit more looking after , I don’t have one BUT a friend has just bought one to replace his blade nano ( see how it goes)

ive only done about 30 flights with mine & im so impressed, I feel like I’ve won the lottery, much like finding my oxy3’S
I can do all the moves on this that I can do on my fleet , but just a bit harder , teaching me better collective management

You wont regret it , makes me realise how bad & costly blade heli’s are

[kenny d]

Batteries I like these (£1.81) best power to weight https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-...o-pro-100.html
you have to reverse the polarity on the connector, takes 3 minuets each ,you probably know how , just bend down the locating tab and slide the wire with brass end out , bend tab back up f put wires in the opposite way

£2.17. I find them to heavy , alright for sport/inverted practice https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-...mqx-120sr.html


Spares , bangood or eBay , typical Spares , main gear , Origonal tail boom , or get a solid boom , I haven’t had mine long enough to get a feel for Spares yet
spares are so cheap I bought loads as per advice on that rcgroups thread , I needed them as I’m going to Australia for a 2 month holiday & bought mines
for the trip , hence why I have 3 of them

k100 has a brushed motor , so takes a bit more looking after , I don’t have one BUT a friend has just bought one to replace his blade nano ( see how it goes)

ive only done about 30 flights with mine & im so impressed, I feel like I’ve won the lottery, much like finding my oxy3’S
I can do all the moves on this that I can do on my fleet m just a bit harder , teaching me better collective management

You wont regret it , makes me realise how bad & costly blade heli’s are

[Jetman71]

Now I can’t wait for it to arrive. The batteries you suggested for sport flying / inverted are what I have from my old Blade MQX quad so I’ll give them a go to start with. I’ll look again at the article and get some spares too. Australia for two months - nice one and with the helis too - win win all round! As you say I may just not go back to my Blade micros.

[kenny d]

My 3 nano’s are on eBay now , blade heli’s !!! , I’ve had 2-Msr / 4-msrx / 3-nano cpx / 3-nano cps / 5-mcpx bl / 3-130X / 2-180cfx
spent £100’S either fixing them or upgrading them so they could fly , IMO the 180cfx was the best flying one of them all ( spent about £300 on upgrades)
the K110 is everything the mcpx bl should have been

[PKNEC]

Following this gents.
Did you get hit by any customs charges etc.

[kenny d]

Following this gents.
Did you get hit by any customs charges etc.

Ive had 3 delivered now with no customs charges , I had 2 ordered from gearbest both arrived in 9 days , I had another 2 ordered with tomtop , only 1 arrived (19 days)the other got refunded , I’m not sure why , there excuse wasn’t clear , I also have a v977 on order through eBay , 23 days & still waiting
i ordered the v977 first , then read more about these heli’s , I was panicking a bit that it wouldn’t be here for my aus trip , so ordered mor just to make sure lol
i will have a spare v977 up for grabs at what it cost me £76

[Mike656]

I got mine from Tomtop, came straight through. Have since ordered another from Banggood as they worked out cheaper. Fingers crossed.
Just check the screws in the feathering shaft, as the blades ejected three minutes into the first flight. Haven’t been able to get it back in the air yet, as I lost a tiny spacer and am waiting for a spare to arrive.
Pretty impressed with the first flight though.
Also considering flashing the esc to the blheli firmware, as it apparently runs in governor mode. https://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=794458. Got a spare esc on order to try.

[kenny d]

I got mine from Tomtop, came straight through. Have since ordered another from Banggood as they worked out cheaper. Fingers crossed.
Just check the screws in the feathering shaft, as the blades ejected three minutes into the first flight. Haven’t been able to get it back in the air yet, as I lost a tiny spacer and am waiting for a spare to arrive.
Pretty impressed with the first flight though.
Also considering flashing the esc to the blheli firmware, as it apparently runs in governor mode. https://www.helifreak.com/showthread.php?t=794458. Got a spare esc on order to try.

i had already read this thread on rcgroups, https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...in-Progress%29.

so have checked them for tightness (didn’t threadlock them) they seem ok BUT now you mention it ,
I think I’ll strip it and threadlock the feathering shaft just Incase

i ordered red lots of Spares at the same time as I ordered the heli’s, they are so cheap & I needed them for my aus trip