Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / August 2005

Logo 10 sized can handle some wind, the bigger and heavier they are,
the more wind they can handle.

Small fixed pitch helis are useless in the wind. Collective ones like
the Zoom and T-Rex can handle some wind.

So: variable pitch is mandatory for outside flying, and I would suggest
you go for a Logo 10 sized heli or bigger with decent motor/LiPo setup
if its gonna be your only heli for outdoors flying. My Logo 10 with 13
cell NiCD was marginal in the wind - not enough power to do any more
than circuits and very cautious acrobatics. Stick in LiPos and decent
headspeed and its much better

That's the catch with these micro helis.  Initially they look excellent
value for money and you think the weather won't be a problem because you can
fly inside.

The reality is that unless it is absolutely still, outside flying is no go.
They are just to light and get buffeted by the slightest breeze.

More of a surprise comes when you try indoor flying.  For a beginner the
typical English house is just too small to do anything but just hover.  You
may see movie clips of them being flown around a living room but you really
do have to be a skilled pilot to acheive this.

Ideally you need access to something like a sports or parish hall to get a
large enough volume of still air to begin to learn.

There are always exceptions to the rule but I think this is pretty typical.

That's why I bought one kept it 6 months hardly flew it and then sold it on.

Cheers,

Nigel

Goedendag ;-) Grendel,

Collective pitch, always.

You could als ask/read/search in the two electric helicopters subfora at
www.rcgroups.com
Or
http://electrifly.uk.com/forum/
http://www.rcmodelflyers.co.uk/

Vriendelijke groeten ;-) Ron van Sommeren
near Nijmegen, the Netherlands
int. electric fly-in, Aug.28: http://home.hetnet.nl/~ronvans/

I got an eolo, bigger than a T-rex, smaller than a logo, and it can tak
a fair amount of wind

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Hugeon