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About the Blade mainly, but also a little generally:
A year ago now I started getting into the idea of having something that 'really flies', I chose helis, mainly for space limitations I figured something small enough to fly indoors on cold days.
As the next couple of months progressed naturally I enjoyed the hobby, then on my B'day I bought a FlycamoneV2. I loved putting this on my Blade CX2 but it killed the battery quicksmart (flight time wise) due to the extra weight.
I started looking with longing at something a bit larger, something I could fly in my garden that could easily lift the FC1. Two helis sprang to mind, one was a large CX heli, that would have at that stage maybe been a moose to convert to 2.4 (at this stage I'd tried to do just that with a Twister Skylift which sadly hasn't really flown since). The other was the Blade 400. I chose the latter, thinking I'd get it ordered near the end of June when I was going to be off for a week, have it come around half way into that week and spend the rest of the week learning to fly it.
Now a lot of people say buy once buy right, okay so at the time I did, and to this day don't regret the Blade, though a lot urged me towards a Trex.
My first 2 flights were not successful, both ended in a crash within 2 seconds. Then came nearly 2 months of frustration, knowing very little about helis really I was landed with having to strip, rebuild and test a heli I couldn't even fly.
High winds precluded much of anything, so it was September before Asfalloth on here and I met up at the club he was a member of. And I flew, finally I could fly my Blade.
Time passed and with the summer behind me I started looking towards something larger, maybe a 500/600 class. At this point my mom was a great help, several times she said to me 'if you like it get it, I'll help you out'. But my reply was that it was nearly the end of the season so no point yet, and maybe I'd get it after Xmas, as my plan was to join Asfalloth's club.
Sadly mom passed away Xmas day, and things change then. But this year with some luck I've already done more than in the whole of last year, most of you have seen my vids by now I'm sure.
My thoughts are now that I love my Blade more than ever, I've got her set up right, and can do stuff that this time last year I couldn't even attempt on a sim, heck I didn't have the sim this time last year, just a small 3ch heli.
I guess because mom helped me so much in buying the Blade, it has great sentimental value now more than ever.
Here's to all, whatever you have, enjoy flying it, if it's all you can afford, so be it, still doesn't stop you looking does it, I look at nice cars, don't mean I can afford one.
Sorry for the long post, but seeing some threads here just had to put these thoughts into words.
A year ago now I started getting into the idea of having something that 'really flies', I chose helis, mainly for space limitations I figured something small enough to fly indoors on cold days.
As the next couple of months progressed naturally I enjoyed the hobby, then on my B'day I bought a FlycamoneV2. I loved putting this on my Blade CX2 but it killed the battery quicksmart (flight time wise) due to the extra weight.
I started looking with longing at something a bit larger, something I could fly in my garden that could easily lift the FC1. Two helis sprang to mind, one was a large CX heli, that would have at that stage maybe been a moose to convert to 2.4 (at this stage I'd tried to do just that with a Twister Skylift which sadly hasn't really flown since). The other was the Blade 400. I chose the latter, thinking I'd get it ordered near the end of June when I was going to be off for a week, have it come around half way into that week and spend the rest of the week learning to fly it.
Now a lot of people say buy once buy right, okay so at the time I did, and to this day don't regret the Blade, though a lot urged me towards a Trex.
My first 2 flights were not successful, both ended in a crash within 2 seconds. Then came nearly 2 months of frustration, knowing very little about helis really I was landed with having to strip, rebuild and test a heli I couldn't even fly.
High winds precluded much of anything, so it was September before Asfalloth on here and I met up at the club he was a member of. And I flew, finally I could fly my Blade.
Time passed and with the summer behind me I started looking towards something larger, maybe a 500/600 class. At this point my mom was a great help, several times she said to me 'if you like it get it, I'll help you out'. But my reply was that it was nearly the end of the season so no point yet, and maybe I'd get it after Xmas, as my plan was to join Asfalloth's club.
Sadly mom passed away Xmas day, and things change then. But this year with some luck I've already done more than in the whole of last year, most of you have seen my vids by now I'm sure.
My thoughts are now that I love my Blade more than ever, I've got her set up right, and can do stuff that this time last year I couldn't even attempt on a sim, heck I didn't have the sim this time last year, just a small 3ch heli.
I guess because mom helped me so much in buying the Blade, it has great sentimental value now more than ever.
Here's to all, whatever you have, enjoy flying it, if it's all you can afford, so be it, still doesn't stop you looking does it, I look at nice cars, don't mean I can afford one.
Sorry for the long post, but seeing some threads here just had to put these thoughts into words.
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