After a large one thats as easy to fly as possible (within reason), from a reliable TM supplier who also supplies parts if required. Anyone have any good or bad experiences!. Any sensible advice appreciated.
tonyrockyhorror,
Jan 7, 9:50am
Budget!
tonyrockyhorror,
Jan 7, 9:53am
Oh, and if you want 'easy' to fly you'll want co-axial. 3.5 channel is dead easy, 4 channel, not so easy.
mokaubach,
Jan 7, 9:55am
Not too worried about budget but I guess $200 max for a start. What difference does the Channels make!.
jmma,
Jan 7, 10:01am
It says radio range 60m, then says can fly over 100m high, how does that work!
tonyrockyhorror,
Jan 7, 10:13am
Simplicity as far as controls go, being a 3.5 channel, but you'd want to investigate spares.
For example my 450 crash bent a tail boom, feathering shaft (goes between the rotors), tail boom strut and busted the blades (they hit the tail boom). Total parts bill. probably $25. Do the same with that one in your link and I'd expect it would be considerably more simply because the components probably aren't interchangeable with other brands. But being co-axial it's less likely to happen anyway.
the-lada-dude,
Jan 7, 8:59pm
this is because looking straight up seems further than the same distance horizontally. so we always use the heightenburger coefficient in these situations.
jmma,
Jan 7, 9:11pm
That one flew over me (o:
smac,
Jan 7, 10:11pm
As far as simplicity - even within the 3.5 there is a major step: the real cheapies you have to hold the throttle on to achieve altitude, it will spring back to a dead stop - maintaining a set altitude is damn hard. Further up the food chain you get a fixed throttle, kinda like a tractor. So you can pick a height and it will maintain.
tonyrockyhorror,
Jan 7, 10:22pm
Within reason.
a.woodrow,
Jan 8, 12:31am
If new to rc heli, get something like a syma s107, cheap and cheerful. you can fix the spring loaded throttle by taking the back cover off the tx and removing spring. for a $40 odd investment you'll get a good feel as to whether you want to move up to a full function rc, and you won't do much damage crashing a s107 into things as you get used to it. when you're bored with it, move up to larger. Will sve you the heartbreak of smashing up your expensive heli on its maiden flight
neville48,
Jan 8, 1:53am
Get one of those blow-up sharks mate, apparently they can fly up to 2500metres high. You have no control what so ever at this height with the 15 metre max, but you can either ring the local airport or listen to the news broadcasts to follow it.cool toy huh !
mantagsi,
Jan 8, 2:00am
It is a strange old thing with the helicopters, I've bought a tonne of them and had a blast with every single one. The litle co-ax jobs are good fun to buzz around the lounge, and the bigger co-ax ones even more so but they don't really deliver the proper experience. The collective pitch choppers like trex 450's, belt CP's, they aren't easy to fly but the biggest barrier to a good flight is poor setup, I have found. I can fly my belt CP 450 in my lounge without too many issues as I've worked hard to get it just so. The bigger ones are easier to fly as they are less twitchy and more stable, but you start paying some serious coin though
zephyrheaven,
Jan 8, 4:22am
I got one from Norman Ross before Xmas a T Series T11 - pretty big, co-ax & 3ch - went great got the hang of it very quickly - but now the battery life is very limited (about 10mins if lucky) Was a good 30mins before - and now the drive gear for the bottom rotor is worn like it was never engaged correctly - bit of a shame as it was loads of fun for a while I guess looking for the receipt would be a good idea 8)
Have you been flying it until it will fly no more!
tonyrockyhorror,
Jan 8, 5:04am
Yes, you have to be very thorough otherwise they're unstable. You need to balance and weigh main rotors, roll feathering and main shafts along glass tabletops and verify the swashplate is moving level throughout its travel otherwise they are a nightmare.
wellabolla,
Jan 8, 8:09am
I have been mucking around with flying models for years.i just got hold of a Skyking from 1-day.its 1m long 3.5 coaxle.easy to fly and real fun.parts are non existent and 1-day aren't helping in any way (need rotor blades).also it has to be so still for it to fly out side.not even a slight breath of wind otherwise it wont go forward or backwards.and its to big to fly inside.otherwise great fun
zephyrheaven,
Jan 8, 8:49am
Course!
Just ordered a swag of spares from that website today - some I need now, others I will need when I finally get to take it out of my backyard (easterly wind in Chch = very boring)
tonyrockyhorror,
Jan 9, 12:14am
That's the problem then. LiPo batteries (which is what's fitted mostly these days) don't like being deep discharged. once the voltage drops below 3.7V/cell they'll begin to be irreparably damaged.
zephyrheaven,
Jan 9, 6:05am
Spew - well I bought a spare now (if this chinese website deal goes thru lol) so will be more careful in future mr rocky
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