Recommendations for a budget heli

[mgjackson]

Hi,

For my sins, I have to go over Luxembourg one a month or so and it would be nice if I had a heli to play with while I'm out there.

I already have a Trex 450 and 500 which are as we know expensive, but cheap to maintain....but another one does seem a bit extravagant for the sake of a couple of flys a month.

I've also got a Century Neon blaze (retired) and a Century Kestrel (a fail), which are cheap models but expensive to fix.

So I'm looking for a compromise - I can use the Tx, receiver and the gyro from the Kestrel which are actually not too bad.

Any suggestions?

[EtheAv8r]

Something small and portable.... TREX250SE or an Hirobo Quark perhaps?

[mgjackson]

It doesn't have to be small as it'll stay over their permenantly.

I've also found that aiport secuirty can get quite excited when a transmitter goes through the x-ray machine :-)

[mark_w]

second hand 450 or a 450 clone?

Then you can take some spares with you and if you dont need them you can still use them when you get back

[jamiem]

Blade 400??

[mgjackson]

Thanks for that pointer - Blade 400 is 280 quid all in, including a Spectrum transmitter. Seems a better deal than the KDS which comes a rather nasty looking tranny.