looking at my first build

[cyrus2493]

Ow-do all. I'm new to the heli world with a B/400, but whilst I'm learning to fly I'm thinking about building a heli. It's looking like I'm going to go for a rappy 50, so I'll be in here from time to time asking the obligitory daft quetions. Firstly i would like to know what would the best reciever be to use with my DX6i transmitter, which servo's would be better to use and which gyro would people recomend for the rappy.
All advice will be greatly recieved, cheers C.

[Mike W]

I use fataba 2.4ghz so cant help on that count ... As for servos ... starting out ... 3152's all round even throttle ....Check out www.inwoods.co.uk for cheapest prices on those ... Tail servo ... futaba 9254 or ... I use a Hitec 6965 with no problems ... Choice is yours ... Gyro ... has to be ole trusty GY401....

[Gaza07]

Id go for the spekturm AR7000 and the rest of the gear what he said above

[moyesboy]

you could save a few quid and get a 600 sport, or knight sport for less money than a new raptor 50.
nothing against raptors, I loved mine, but save a few quid on the heli maybe you can get better servos/gyro.

[Mike W]

I like my Raptor titan but after seeing the knights in action ... think thats next on the cards for me hehe ...

[cyrus2493]

I've done a lot of asking around, and most of the people i've talked to seemed to think that because i am still a newbie that the raptor would be better for my first build as it is a bit simpler, and when it is finished and test flown by one of the boys in the club, it's a bit more stable in the air.

[DbyMA]

I've done a lot of asking around, and most of the people i've talked to seemed to think that because i am still a newbie that the raptor would be better for my first build as it is a bit simpler, and when it is finished and test flown by one of the boys in the club, it's a bit more stable in the air.

From a similar starting position as you, I asked the same sort of questions of the guys at my local club and got the same answers. So, I went ahead and bought a 600n Sport as I still preferred eCCPM over mCCPM.

I took my time over the build, for a couple of weeks, as I'd never built a heli before. Used the measure twice cut once approach, which turned out to be measure it 10s of times during the setup onto my old Futaba FF6. A friend, who flies large scale helis, re-did most of the head and tail setup in the FF6.

However, I ripped out 35MHz and fitted an AR7000 2.4GHz and setup the whole thing again by myself onto my new DX7 (I just didn't trust my FF6 to control a heli). And took it along to my local club to be test flown. Although they were expecting all sorts of problems, it flew straight off the ground without needing any trimming, perfectly stable, easily controllable.

Two of the guys tried it out during the maiden and were very impressed, and passed the controls over to me. I picked it up into a hover for about 2mins before doing a forced no-fuel auto from about 6'. That was the 1st flying tank of fuel through it (I had had put a good deal of time on Phoenix by then too!).

Finally, if you take your time with the setup, read what you can find, watch the build videos, and ask questions rather than guess, you'll be able to tame any of the current 50 sized model helis for a beginner to learn to fly on.

Mac

[cyrus2493]

From a similar starting position as you, I asked the same sort of questions of the guys at my local club and got the same answers. So, I went ahead and bought a 600n Sport as I still preferred eCCPM over mCCPM.

I took my time over the build, for a couple of weeks, as I'd never built a heli before. Used the measure twice cut once approach, which turned out to be measure it 10s of times during the setup onto my old Futaba FF6. A friend, who flies large scale helis, re-did most of the head and tail setup in the FF6.

However, I ripped out 35MHz and fitted an AR7000 2.4GHz and setup the whole thing again by myself onto my new DX7 (I just didn't trust my FF6 to control a heli). And took it along to my local club to be test flown. Although they were expecting all sorts of problems, it flew straight off the ground without needing any trimming, perfectly stable, easily controllable.

Two of the guys tried it out during the maiden and were very impressed, and passed the controls over to me. I picked it up into a hover for about 2mins before doing a forced no-fuel auto from about 6'. That was the 1st flying tank of fuel through it (I had had put a good deal of time on Phoenix by then too!).

Finally, if you take your time with the setup, read what you can find, watch the build videos, and ask questions rather than guess, you'll be able to tame any of the current 50 sized model helis for a beginner to learn to fly on.

Mac

thanks mac,, dead nervouse about building this, it's a fair bit of money to ditch into the ground if i dont get it right, but like you say take the time put in the effort measure loads and cut once. this is gonna be great. lol