500 or 600 Heli

[KeithE]

Running cost is way more important than purchase cost really. Assuming you are aiming to go electric, 550 or 600 size batteries are a lot more and, electric or not, blades will break and cost; ironically most other bits like booms aren't a lot more 600 sized - but frames certainly can be! However, assuming you have somewhere safe to fly (i.e. not a park or local bit of waste ground) every thing does happen slower and more predictably with a 550 or 600 than a 450 or 500 and, of course wind is a lot less of a problem. I often have my first flight with my 450 and then the 550 seems easy. If cost is an issue even a 500 will seem a good jump in performance/ability to handle the weather and, personnally, with the sort of energy in a 600 I wouldn't be able to bring myself to feel safe flying a HK600.

[jackpe]

[QUOTE=Fewrious;805536]

Telling us your budget may help. There is a few good deals on 2nd hand aligns just now so you might be able to snatch yourself a bargain



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To be honest I only want to spend a few hundred as I'm in the middle of building a quadcopter and with being a newbie to this I've been trying to build my fleet, I've heard bigger is better, I wish I could spend a bit more but the wife might divorce me with what I've spent already.So I really need to keep cost down.

Seriously, I would always buy Align second hand rather than a new copy. It is a false economy. Not so much because you might have to upgrade some of the parts but also because when you come to sell it will be worth bugger all. I got a second hand Trex 500, with all electrics and a lipo for £260. I had a Dx6i already and then had to buy a charger and two more batteries. If I come to sell (and I know at some point I will) I doubt I will loose much. Had a bought a new clone and new electrics I would have spent more and it would have been hard to sell for a decent price.

[vinny155]

i agree with the above,i bought a second hand 500 esp off here 6 or 7 months ago for 300 quid plus two lipos,it was bind n fly,sold it a couple of weeks ago for 300 quid,i added a further 2 lipos to the sale but didnt have to and could of still got 300 quid for it but it was for one of the lads i fly with so chucked in two batts,point is they drop to a certain point and tend to hover around a decent resale price for quite a while

[BavarianRob]

hover around a decent resale price

ha ha......hover.......I see what you did there.....lol

[PilotPhil]

I agree also lee, don't get a clone, buy a second hand 500 or 600

[Fewrious]

Thanks guys think I will go for the genuine article just have to wait abit longer and get more use out of the 450 sport, I'll keep my eyes peeled on the for sale section as you never know when a bargain will appear.