Helis I've Owned.

[tourerjim]

Picolo FP (sold
Very first trex 450 X 2 of them (storage scrap, one still flies
3D pro (storage scrap, still flies
CP Gold (storage scrap
Blade 400 ((storage scrap, still flies
Horobo SRB cable powered (storage scrap, stll flys
All my current flyers listed below.

[Gav]

MFA Sport 500 - FP Nitro .46 1989 - sold to buy a Commadore Amiga 500 lol
MFA Sport 500 collective with Hughes 500 fibre glass fuselage - Still in my old mans barn collecting dust
Walkera DF4 FP - learnt nose in with this critter and took a huge amount of abuse
Picooz - tail motor burnt out
Shuttle +2 OS32 - Sold (no time to fly nitro)
TREX450 XL - only the frame left.
3DX450B - current heli
450 clone - getting parts in to build up

[callum]

3Ch Peice of crap (Crashed, on first flight, would eventually get back into the hobby a year later)

Picoo Z - what great fun i had with it! (Snapped the tail off in spontanous rage some months back)

Belt CP - Currently sitting on my desk with work need doing to it, this was my first proper heli, and still flies like.. crap, okay i could spend a load of time on it and get it flying really well, but.. i dont see that happening

Raptor 30 v2 hybrid (had v1 head) later crashed and fully changed to a v2 - this was my first ever big nitro helicopter, and i absolutely loved it! very stable and it autoed really nice... later sold to another member who now is progressing well with her.

ElyQ Vision 50 v1 - (second hand, setup superbly by moonmanflyer) Well, this was my first .50 sized heli and wow, it blew my socks off and i now could unleash my true potential in 3D Flight, from going from a raptor 30 to a ElyQ this is what i pulled off on my first ever .50 flight:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LjmnP0_ovY]YouTube - Vision 50 -- 3D Flight[/ame]

Sadly a couple more flights later i had a tail malfunction and it piroed round and had a mid air boom strike, this was a total wreck and a rekit would be required,


ElyQ Vision 50 V2- Well, this was my first ever helicopter kit that i would build from the ground up, i must say, it was a seemless build that i really enjoyed, and was very eager to take it to the skies, this kit had some upgraded and improved parts over the v1 kit, here is the video of me taking the v2 for a spin:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNMEXebzlag]YouTube - ElyQ Vision 50 v2 -- 3D[/ame]


Unfortuantly, again... a few flights later a human induced failure accoured causing me to kill the engine in mid flight thus pretty much causing it to fall out the sky, it seems that i demand too much out of the .50 size engine! here is the video of the demise:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXe0dMd9_00&feature=channel_page]YouTube - Vision 50v2 - Thorn Bush Crash![/ame]

Skip forward to 1:20 for the entertainment!

and here is a video of me recovering it:

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp9DFztnNwA&feature=channel]YouTube - ElyQ Vision 50v2 Thorn Bush Crash -- The Recovery![/ame]




Funny enough the only damage is a broken tail servo case, and a bent flybar..

at the time of writing this.. it is still currently not fixed.. i guess ive been lazy and actually havent been botherd to actually fix it!


-Callum

[heliboy]

ok...Here goes..been in the hobby about a year.now it think far too many helis....should have concentrated on a few not in chronilogical order
sabre fp( just kidded across floor)
blade mcx(was a god send at the time)
blade cx2(first real heli)
blade 400(great machine)
mini pred (ok if set up right)
mini pred se(stay in box then sold)
honey bee fp(disliked )
twister cp v2(disliked)
gl450 se(great)
mini titan ec325(great heli...shame have to buy tt parts)
trex 600 e cf(beautiful)
trex 250(couldnt get it to fly tail problems)
trex 250(2nd chance hated the first beating me..flys beautiful)
century airwolf(horrible)
zoom 400(fine
lama v
apache contra rotating(great fun)
art tech hughes 500 md(great fun until guy at our club..turn on his transmitter )
rc systems pro copter(nice little flier)
mini pred 2.4 g(ok)
trex 450 xl(beaut..shouldnt have sold it!)
buzzflyer(too twitchy..needed faster servos)
century nitro kestrel(only started then sold)
century hummingbird v4((horrible)
honey bee king 2(never flown just sold on)
rc tek phantom(beautifuuly made..shouldnt have sold it)

So that takes me to where i am today...In my fleet i have

Trex 600 e cf
Gl450 x 2
Trex 250 x 2


I love the trex 250 and my gl450 amazing........Trex 600e cf is off the planet.

[Tosh]

concept srx
concept sr
concept srx
xl carbon pro 60
hirobo eagle 60
futura 60
futura 90
millennium 90
raptor 30
raptor 50
zoom
raptor 50
raptor 50
xl fury 90
logo 10 carbon V-bar
logo 14
twister 3D
mini titan
logo 500 V-bar

[Adrian]

Honey bee fp
Falcon 450
Gaui hurricane 550
Raptor 30 v2 x2
Raptor 50 in md530 fuze
Trex 600
Trex 450
Hirobo lama 30
Hirobo freya 70

Id like to own some sort of flying skill to if i could buy some

[antsis]

Phew and I thought I was the only one who went through heli's like pairs of undies

Since 2004

Hummingbird FP V2
Hawk Sport
Long Ranger/hawk III mechs, OS32
Long Ranger/Hawk mechs, OS50
Piccolo Hughes 300 CP
Robbe Supersport 60
Raptor 60
Raptor 60 (MD500 Defender)
Hummingbird 3D (load of cr*p)
Predator 90 max
Vario Airwolf (swapped for A109E)
Graupner A109E
Raven 50
Century MD500/Freya 60 mechs
X400 x 2
Trex 450
Predator 90 Carbon
Hummingbird FP V3
X400 (yes another one. Makes 3 in total)
Graupner A109E (yes another one)
Graupner Jet Ranger
Graupner AS350 Squirrel
knight 3D
Raptor 50
Raptor 90 3D
Mini titan (super Cobra fus)
Trex 250
Trex 600e/MD500D
Trex 600e

Current fleet has bee slimmed down and consists of the Raptor 90 3D, MD500D/T600e, AS350, 3 x planks and 1 yacht.

[andylinney]

Ok, in chronolgical order starting in about 2002.*

Raptor .30v2
Schluter Heliboy (never flew this...)
Mikado Logo 20
JP Bell 47g
Robbe Eolo/Spirit*
Hirobo Sceadu .50
Trex 450sev2
Trex 600n
Trex 600e
Hirobo Lepton
Mikado Logo 10
Mini Titan
Mikado Logo 500
Trex 500cf
Trex 450sev2
Blade Mcx
Mikado Logo 400
Graupner Uni Expert Scale Bell230

Transmitter wise;

Hitec Eclipse 7
Futaba 6ex
Futaba FF8
Futaba Skysport 6
Futaba FF6
Spektrum DX7
JR DSX9


As for the future, the T Rex 700 gasser is a certain contender but, I'll not be buying it on the first batch and I really see myself edging towards scale rather than 3d so possibly a few more scalers too.*

[swampy]

go on,,,I'll play,,,,,,CX2,,still curent, blinged to buggery, and lent out to another new guy,,,Gaui 200 ep,, up to V 2 spec,,,still in its case, might go back to it to sharpen up when I get the time,,,Mini Titan SE, best heli I've had,,,brilliant,,great learner, given me confidence, and kept me pluggin' on despte the crashes,,Hirobo Lepton, ,,,,,,,I still gaze in awe at the beast,,,far too much power for it's size, awesome build quality,,Swift, my first "big" heli, ongoing project,,,looking forward/ dreading the day, when I finally get to fly her,,,,

,,,and all this from a Syma 2 ch piece-o-crap-so-much-fun-for-20-quid that I bought off the market 5 months ago for 20 quid,,,,,,,,
,,,I know,,,there's no hope,,,,,

[cupracing]

Honeybee cp2 back about 5 years ago had a few tries to hover, broke it and gave up.
Returned to the hobby in jan this year

walkera 5#4 - great laugh
walkera 22e - pile of poo
blade 400 - good but could be better
beam e4 - cursed and sold, unlucky buggar
trex 450 pro - brilliant piece of kit
trex 250 - my favourite
blade msr - faulty

[Holst]

I started flying at the start of the year.

Walkera 4#3B - Learnt to fly using this heli, its currently broken but will be repaired. Fantastic learning tool and still fun to fly.

Upgraded Belt CP - My first propper hei, with upgrades it flew nicely but I crashed it very badly and im currently repairing it so I can sell it.

Alight 450 PRO - Great heli that im flying all the time.

I dont like spending lots of money so I dont think I will be buying any more helis untill I have mastered the 450 PRO. I might buy a bigger heli in a year or so if im still addicted.

[wildc4rd]

Only been flying for 8 weeks or so.

Blade CX2 (love it, indoor plaything)
Art-Tech Mini Pred (Piece of Shit, currently thrown in the boot of my car somewhere)
HDX 500SE (nice heli for learning, if I don't want to get the fuel's out)
T-Rex 600n (magic, I love this heli)
X-Cell Spectra G (awesomeness, but a little daunting)

[josh h]

honey bee cp2- went in the bin, it was rubbish
logo 10-sold
twister 3D-sold
trex450-sold
nexus 30-sold
e-flite blade-sold
piccoZ-(if you can count these)
trex 500-sold
knight 50 3D-still got it
gaui 200-still got it
atom 500-still got it
logo 500 3D- still got it

there isnt another heli i want at the moment, got the ones i wanted, id like to try v-bar on 1 of them next time i get the urge to spent again

[dam74]

I'm new to the hobby and probably impulsed bought the first which turned out a total dud. Which is a Century Hawk Pro. I've also bought a Blade 400 3D and at the moment awaiting some replacement parts that I've damaged. Also have the MSR on order as it looks like fun for a bit of indoor flying (well that's what I've bought it for).

Anyway the question is that reading some of these posts it seems that not many have a good thing to say about Century helis. Was the Hawk Pro a bad buy? I bought it after reading that it was a good heli for beginners in the IC realm of helis. Now I'm starting to doubt what I've ready on various forums (not this one).

Darryl

[acwman]

Decided to sit down and try and remember that far back... but I think this is probably as complete as it could be!.. Quite a few helis


Ishimasa Skylark EH-1
Hirobo falcon
Kalt Cyclone
Morley hughs 300
Hirobo Iroquis UH-1B
Hirobo shuttle
Hirobo GPH 346
Eco - 8
Vario Foxy
Vario Sky Dragon
Vario Sky Fox
Vario Extreme 3D
Kyosho Nexus 32
Kyosho Concept 46VR
Piccolo FP helicopter
Piccolo collective pitch
Hummingbird
Robbe Mosquito
Bergen 60
X –Cell 60
Robbe future Super Sport
Robbe Futura
MS hornet
Robbe Millenium
Henseleit Rocket
Henseleit 3dNT
Zoom 400
Raptor 30 v1
Raptor 30v2
Raptor 50v2
Hirobo Sceadu 50
TZ-50
Trex 450 xl
Ark – X400
Graupner Bell 222
JR Vigor
JR CS Vigor
Hirobo XRB
Hirobo Eagle II EX
Blade 400
Century Airwolf
Trex 450 SE V2
Gaui 100EP
Gaui 200SD
Blade MSX
Trex 250
Trex 500
Trex 600E
Beam E4
Miniature Aircraft Furion
Trex 450 Pro
Trex 450 Sport
Blade MSR
Protos 500

..and a couple of pico Zs thrown in for good measure