800 helis, let's the trend being?

[pgkevet]

You can't get away from physics... bigger= more mass = greater kinetic energy on impact = more ££ = more folk scared to fly their big birds hard = no point owning it.

Well until someone figures out how to block the interaction of higgs bosons and the higgs field and give us mass-less crashes....

[trillian]

I think the 800's are a flash in the pan fad as far as hobbyists go. I can't see that they are all that popular. I've never seen one at any flyin and most people seem to want to sell the one's they have. Of course, I've not been to every flyin on the planet! Lol.

We have three Xxtremes at Boxhill! But I agree it's more of a fashion statement at the moment than something really practical. What makes more sense is the size inbetween the 600 and 700, the new '630's etc. where you have pretty much a similar flying characteristic but not having to lug all the weight around, or 7 cell LiPos etc.

Although, I have not flown an 800, so maybe I'd change my mind.