Why Are You A Heli Addict

[Jamez]

Always wanted to fly something, started of wanting to fly fixed wing when i was about 10, thought about getting in to it a couple of years back, chatted to some people, and got a heli instead, more versitial than a plane, and more challenging. Just wish they were cheaper..

[marktigere1]

I'm a masochist

[guest222]

I started flying planks 3 years ago,( i did aquire a gorham cobra 15 yrs ago but as a 12 yr old i had no chance of getting it and keeping it in the air,) then a work move made me join a new club in madley, one chap there flew a raptor and after watching him fly i was hooked 3 weeks later and an ebay fight i owened a rappy 50 and since then sold all bar one plank and have 4 helis!

i love them, i worl with real ones, during the week and fly models at the weekends,
bliss!!

[SRH990]

I started off as a kid building the Kiel Kraft stick & tissue planes then when I started a new job in 1985 the guy I was working for was well into RC planes which lead to me buying my first plane & radio gear (Futaba Challenger 5 channel, cost £135 then). I flew fixed wing only for 5 years then fancied helis and I was finding planes a bit limited. First heli was an MFA Sport 500 fixed pitch with no gyro, I spent much more time repairing it than ever flying it. This lead to a Kalt Cyclone then a Morley MXA, Schluter Junior 50, Kyosho Concept 30, Shuttle ZXX then a layoff for around 3 years with health problems. In the last 3 years I've bought more helis than in the previous 15 years and my flying has improved massively, mainly due to these new fangled heading hold gyro thingies. My passion for gadgets has now lead me on to electric helis and flybarless systems.

I think the real addiction to helis is the constant improvements in technology, both in electrics and mechanics, there always seems to be something new to try whereas with planes it really seems to be been there done that. I still fly planes now but only electric and nearly all are WWII fighters, a passion I have and I can actually enjoy flying them in as scale like a fashion as possible, although it's not a challenge now, just enjoyment

[Steve]

I'm a heliaddict because I'm addicted to RC helis!

[mattydred]

rc stunt copter on the playstation1 - 15 years ago

first heli century hummingbird v3 fixed pitch - 3 to 4 years ago
[ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZLBp55ISiI[/ame]

2nd - robbe mosquito 30 scale r22 - 1 1/2 year ago

3rd - kyosho concept 30sr - 1 1/4 year ago
[ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jfVr1_ehkTw[/ame]

4th - esky honey beeking2 - 1 1/4 year ago
[ame]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3mJ67_zu0sY[/ame]

5th - raptor 50v2 scale md530 - couple months ago

6th - esky belt cp - couple weeks ago

i taught myself how to fly - im very thankfull for rcheliaddict - taught me lots more.
thanks guys - im very greatfull

[pxr5]

i saw a huge model plane hanging from the ceiling in a model shop age 9 but my parents said lmao no chance dude so here i am 25 years later, still looking at huge model planes in model shops.

[Rotorhead]

.....
I'm actually a recovering WoW addict (world Of warcraft)
This is my come-down.
If you haven't played it or tempted too....don't.
WoW is like crack.
It is without doubt the most addictive computer game ever devised. It has 16 millions players all paying 8 quid a month and it soaks time up like you wouldn't believe. I wasn't hardcore but used to play around 20 hours a week. Nearly cost me my marriage amongst other things.

However I know lots of people where it did cost them marriages, jobs, friends and in some cases their life... no I'm not kidding do a search...

So for me .... a few mins a day on the boards and a slow build mixed with some shooting I do now is a nice gentle 'come down'
I miss it like mad.....but hoping this will keep my interest for a while.
Don't feel addicted to this at all.

I cant imagine ever wanting to play that game, the whole thing seems to suck big time, that southpark episode sums it up for me...... how do you kill that which has no life

[xygax]

First muddle was a rubber powered cessna (keil kraft) sort of mid 70's... it broke i fixed it et al then i got a little engine cox diesel i think plouged in to a tree half a mile away and destroyed itself swore i wouldnt touch balsa and tissue paper ever again.... Baught a shuttle z 5 yrs ago mechanical gyro ect... didnt get on with it used as an ornament for 3 years... Then got pi$$d off with being moand at about it being sat on the shelf.... Got a raptor 20 2 years ago was scared of that one then had a few lessons made the diference... Shuttle still wont fly properly still scared of the 60 but practiced on a twister all summer now i can hover without crashing just... Got a 450 SE and it flys properly.... Still got the scuttle and it still flys like a bumble ball.... still scared of the 60.. maybe next year......... Now i gets moaned at for being up the field every weekend.....

Steve

[guest222]

Im started as a kid loving rc boat and submarines, i joined the army when i was 19 and became a helicopter crewman, 8 yrs later im working on lynx helis, 3 yrs ago i started flying planks but just had to have a heli so 2 yr ago i bit the bullit and got a rappy 50, never looked back!

[SteveH39]

rc cars club level, rc heli in 1994, planks for a bit, lay off due to life commitments (women, house, car etc) back into helis as of 6 months ago.

[Taffage]

Started Jan of this year after my mum bought my 8yr old daughter an indoor flying saucer thing for Xmas, just went up and down, but made me think that dad needed a new toy!

Had never flown anything before, but I now own a Dragonus II Elite & T-Rex 600N pro.

It is not often you can blame your mother for wasting all your money!!!

Cheers

Grant

[mattydred]

brad my oldest is 3 on friday. i bought him a rc heli for his birthday. he loves em too. the link is the 1 i bought him.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN:IT&ih=019

my uncle has one just like it and brad shows him how to fly it. i have little fights with brad over whos go it is on the simulator. he will play on it all day if i let him.

[jamiesawyer28041978]

Was allways into all forms of flight , started of in planks when i was about 12 Built my first a Precedent Fly boy saved all year and the damb radio gear failed one day and it ditched in the sea 2 miles of the coast. BUMMER..Just carried on from there and now 29 and the heli collection is growing steady . Started getting into taking video footage but cant work out how the hell to get it on this forum so you guys can have a look.

[robgt]

Started getting into taking video footage but cant work out how the hell to get it on this forum so you guys can have a look.

Upload it to www.rcheli-vids.com (create an account if you haven' got one) and then link to that video from here.

Or upload to youtube and then you can use the video link (second from the right in the quick reply box - for me anyway) in the editor to paste the video URL in and have the video display in the thread

Cheers,
Rob