Second Electric Heli Choice?

[Sao]

I'm just going to bung this one through the door and run


Ikarus Eco 8

[Pipistrelli]

Er..what was the question??? Ah yes, what's the best second heli?

I still say have a look at the Swift 16

David

David,

All well and good, but I bet spares are as cheap or plentiful as the Trex 450 series!!

regs

Pip

[Smoothound]

I hate Swifts and Century period Utter crap unless you use 6 cells and then they look like a dogs dinner with cells hanging off the bottom. Mind you to get the CoG right on a 4 cell one you'll probably have to hack the canopy to get the cells far enough forward

Not sure how the newer one is though but the above is my experience with the original one. Mate has one on 6 cells it flies ok with loads of power but looks gash

[Sieze2]

Get a trex 450 (SE if you can afford it) and a decent gyro (spartan and a s9650) and HS56MG's should be arround £500 ish total thats a decent setup ITs the best heli i've got and it wont disapoint.

Steve

Or £375 from Hong Kong is you don't get hit with VAT etc.

[David Drew]

I hate Swifts and Century period Utter crap unless you use 6 cells and then they look like a dogs dinner with cells hanging off the bottom. Mind you to get the CoG right on a 4 cell one you'll probably have to hack the canopy to get the cells far enough forward

Not sure how the newer one is though but the above is my experience with the original one. Mate has one on 6 cells it flies ok with loads of power but looks gash

C of G on mine is fine on 4 cells. True, it's not the best looker. As for spares I've had no probs getting them & don't really think they're expensive. Not perhaps as cheap as Trex, but I would suggest a learner may crash a bigger model less in the first place.

Horses for courses. I like mine....now I sorted it from the original crap stock motor

david

[Pipistrelli]

Guys,

Come on please! Can we give this guy some sensible & practical advice!

Yes the TRex 450 SE is the best IMHO, but this guy is learning on a Blade CX2, probably doesn't want to part with too much money, but wants to progress more into proper model heli's.

Can I give you an example:

I started flying/crashing/hovering micro heli's such as dragonfly's hummingbirds and aerohawks, but it wasn't until about 18 months ago I bought a very used Trex 450x of unknown vintage (from that auction site) with basic servo's, gyro and receiver. I flew the pants off the thing every day. Sometimes as many as 8 flights a day across the whole of summer. I learnt to hover, forward flight, circuits, loops, nose-in, in just a few months. My outfit cost £150 plus another £50 for 2 flightpower batteries and apart from when I crashed it, it flew faultlessly, it was sooooo reliable. I have since sold it to a club member and he loves it too.

I am now at a good level of flying because of it. It also means I can fly any heli, even the 260 gram dragonfly gets thrown around indoors throughout the winter! Just because of what I learnt on the Trex!

My Rex was such a basic, bog standard 450x with basic electronics and even so, it is such a good machine to learn on or just fly. If you want to fly 3D then yes an SE with 401 gyro is what you need, but this guy wants to progress probably without getting a bank loan to do it, at least for now!

Would anyone disagree with me?

regs

Pip