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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / August 2008Coco Lama 3 review
All - I wanted to share my experience with my first helicopter. I've flown remote control planes before and I guess I thought this would not be too much harder. It really isn't so much harder but very unforgiving when you crash. At this point, after many, many replacement parts, I do not crash as often, but I will tell you many of the parts are constructed of brittle plastic. See pictures here: http://www.schmooseme.net/cocoloco.htm Let me know if you have any tips on this copter if you own one. RSC >All - > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >do not crash as often, but I will tell you many of the parts are >constructed of brittle plastic. Those contra-rotating helis are a breeze to fly. Pick up a collective pitch heli and give that a whirl. I guarantee you it will be more difficult to fly than your airplanes. >>All - >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > pitch heli and give that a whirl. I guarantee you it will be more > difficult to fly than your airplanes. Agreed! The contra-rotating heli's like your Lama are great little machines for introducing rotory wing flight to beginners, whether they have fixing wing experience or not, but they absolutely "do not" give an accurate picture of what it's like to fly a standard single rotor/tail rotor style model. You'll find that configuration "much" more challanging! >>> All - >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > accurate picture of what it's like to fly a standard single rotor/tail > rotor style model. You'll find that configuration "much" more challanging! I can nose in hover my cx-2 for several minutes but its a bitch on my t-rex :-) and I still can only manage a few seconds before it goes to pot  SignatureKevin R Reply address works I had a Ocean Rescue looks basically the same. Cost me a fortune in repair parts also. I gave it away. Now I have a Blade CP, That is a bitch to get to fly right all it wants to do is go to the left and crash. Took it camping this past w/e and it rolled over on grass at full speed and snapped off the tail rotor shaft. I'll replace it and try it a few more times. I am using the nylon blades and can't seem to get it to lift off and fly. Would appreciate any help from you experienced fliers. Howard,Seabrook,NH >>>> All - >>>> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > I can nose in hover my cx-2 for several minutes but its a bitch on my > t-rex :-) and I still can only manage a few seconds before it goes to pot >I had a Ocean Rescue looks basically the same. Cost me a fortune in repair >parts also. I gave it away. Now I have a Blade CP, That is a bitch to get [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >fly. Would appreciate any help from you experienced fliers. >Howard,Seabrook,NH Hi Howard, Have you tried a simulator? Real Flight is probably one of the most popular programs. I personally like the Phoenix Sim. The only downside to the Phoenix is you provide the transmitter while the Real Flight comes with one. It would save you tons of money in spare parts and eliminate the rebuild process. Develope your reflexes on the computer and then retry the real thing. Good luck! Steve R. www.enjoyhobbies.biz www.rchobbycn.com ESKY,Wakera,Art-tech > All - > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > do not crash as often, but I will tell you many of the parts are > constructed of brittle plastic. That's because toy helicopters ARE made of brittle plastic. These aren't model helicopters anymore than a photograph of an AC Cobra is either a car or a snake. > See pictures here: > > http://www.schmooseme.net/cocoloco.htm > > Let me know if you have any tips on this copter if you own one. Get something that's closer to being a model and learn to fly it. I wonder what kind of "model planes" you have. SignatureBeav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19 As an absolute beginner, I couldn't decide between a blade CX2 or CP+. I ended up buying the CP+, and while it is hard for me to fly (I am just beginning to get the hang of hovering after $50 + of blades and simulator time), I am glad I did not buy the CX2. I had RC plane experience and the heli is much harder. The plane can fly itself once off the ground and trimmed out, there is no such thing on the heli. >> All - >> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > Get something that's closer to being a model and learn to fly it. I wonder > what kind of "model planes" you have. > As an absolute beginner, I couldn't decide between a blade CX2 or CP+. I > ended up buying the CP+, and while it is hard for me to fly (I am just > beginning to get the hang of hovering after $50 + of blades and > simulator time), I am glad I did not buy the CX2. I had RC plane > experience and the heli is much harder. The plane can fly itself once > off the ground and trimmed out, there is no such thing on the heli. the cx2 is so stable you can put the tx on the ground and watch it hover, the cp is never going to be the same, I never broke any thing learning to hover but I did learn on a sim + Kyosho Nexus 30, try the bigger birds and the difference is amazing but dont try the big ones on your own they are deadly in the wrong hands >>> All - >>> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> Get something that's closer to being a model and learn to fly it. I >> wonder what kind of "model planes" you have. SignatureKevin R Reply address works |
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