How did you get into heli's?

[tiddler]

I originally started with planks over 30 years ago, but life family and the usual got in the way and it just fizzled out.
A couple of years ago I had my first encounter with helis by way of the little mCX coaxial when I saw one being demonstrated in my local model shop. I was blown away by just how controllable it was and the way it just hung in the air. I just had to have one.
It was quickly followed by another so we could have dog fights with them. Subsequently purchased a Ripmax minicopter, a CX2, a Walkera HM4G1 (Which was a heap of crap) Then got Phoenix and an mSR. Finally got my first 450 size cp heli in the way of a Innovator MD530 closely followed by a T Rex 450 also ended up getting back into planks a little bit. and bought a Trojan T 28.

Since then I've had a love hate relationship with these dam infernal machines. I love the huge buzz you get from flying them and learning new moves
But I hate the way they have bled my extremely limited finances

[Kozmyk]

Suddenly found myself with time on my hands, and a lot of time on my back.
Kid brother bought me an Airfix kit one Xmas for a laugh so I built it.
Started doing plastic kits again.
Also started combat flight sim'ming again.
Stumbled on the RC modelling section of SimHQ and got hooked again, I used to RC in my early teens.
Got an mCX cos it would fly in my room and so I veered towards heli'ism despite a lifelong fascination with WWII fighters.
mCX led to mSR and ... well my sig tells the rest.

I am now doomed to zoom.

[jamiem]

I bought a 2nd hand hummingbird v3 off of ebay about 4 years ago, taught myself to do lazy 8's on that with the help of a mate, then about 6 weeks later I bought a complete Raptor 30 off ebay. 16 odd models later here I am, 2nd place in the champs intermediates, and coutless thousands of £ worst off! Would'nt give it up for anything!

[noddyflyer]

i got my first heli in 79 it was a morley mk 2c in kit form sent off weekly for parts finished it in 4 months but it was stolen so i never flew it i still think of it after 30 years and want another one (loved the 47g ,still watch the vids ) took up helis again in 07 with a hughs 300 (piece of crap) still got bits of it got a cx 250se learned to hover and fix, cant put it down im hooked still miss the mk2c

[derrick]

Two years ago my wife bought me a 2channel heli for £19.99.
Then got a cx2 and really got hooked, just loving this hobby,
Del

[Allen Key]

It started for me at the RC Hotel in Corfu where I was taught to fly by Spiros(not sure if that was a good thing) lol. Ive been hooked ever since. Im just dabbling with flybarless now so Im hoping for a decent winter to continue flying.

Regards

Dave

[oneandonlyian]

I blame my dad he went to maplin and bought a pico z and it's all spiralled from there.

[adieuk]

I blame my dad he went to maplin and bought a pico z and it's all spiralled from there.

hehe me to Ian i bought a pico myself so only me to blame

[Voodoo]

I flew planks for the last 16 years. About 4 years ago a colleauge asked me to by a helicopter becouse he wanted to become a dealer and he needed some people to sell 10 sets for the first attempt.
So I ordered one SJM 400 for about 270 Euros.
This was really a fu.....xcxyxcuiiii quality.
Actually I have learned to fly with a poor quality heli.
Everything which come later was far better.

[Red3]

chap i worked with asked me if i wanted to come to midland helicopters with him one saturday about 5 years ago spent a shed lode of money on an evo50 and all the gear. then when it was finished he took me to his club nr bedford where i met a chap called ian contessa ( coolice )
i have now spent more money than i ever want to think about.
but made some great frends.

[nobbycopter]

I got back into RC gliders after 20 yrs a couple of yrs ago, then got chatting to a mate who had moved from cars to helis...thought no more about it until I impulse bought a picooz for a fiver on eBay, then got a contra which was fun to mess with. Now after spending a few weeks on a sim have bought a Gaui 255 off my mate and flew it for the first time last Sun at his club...didn't crash it and now hooked he's now trying to sell me a Trex 600 nitro pro....ooooh the temptation am managing to resist at the mo but not sure for how much longer!!

[Cuppa]

I was into custom bikes, still am realy just not so good to ride to far anymore, two goes with cancer left me twiddling my thumbs and a bit knocked about this was about four years ago, i've always liked helis from my days in the army(good feeling seeing your lynx comming to take you home) so as a bit of O.T. (bonzi enginering!) got a mini titan, still have it though it is now an A C Cobra scale, from then things have got much better tho i do not feel my hands and legs to well i have been well bitten by the heli bug wich has help'd me pull my self up by the webbing straps! i would also like to say i have met some real quality people through heli's who have helpd me overcome some of my prblems so a megga thank you to you all

[Biggles]

1998.......Was in a model shop.....saw a concept 60 and I was hooked.....the bloke who I became good friends with sold me an SRX and I never looked back........Awesome bloke, unfortunately passed away not so long ago. Always had at least one concept in my collection since.....Still got the SRX from all those years back.

Currently restoring a 60 SR and it really does look new!!!!!!

[coptermanic]

Nov 2007, in a toy shop in Beijing. Could not resist buying an Esky Lama4 - God knows why - and I was hooked.

[simm0]

my dad was into rc planes,then my brother before me,i started flying planes in 1979(aged 9)then helicopters in 1993 and havnt stopped yet,also stefan started flying planes then helicopters a couple of year ago.
four generation of flyers to date

regards craig simmons