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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / November 2006Hypothetical (electric) helicopter!!
Hi I have been an R/C flyer - fixed wing - for more years than I care to admit to, but have no heli experience other than playing with virtual helis on FMS and other flight sims. However, I am contemplating treating myself to an electric heli to play with in the garden on sunny, calm, days as a change from glow powered fun-fly models with wings attached. If - and this (alas) is where the purely hypothetical bit comes in - if money were no object, then what would be your ultimate electric heli to give reasonable performance whilst still being controllable for a newcomer to rotary wing models (or is that a contradiction)?? In reality, I will probably drool over the ultimate - but way too expensive - model, then lower my sights to one that I can nearly (but not quite) afford, but which still keeps my marriage intact; I can accept the inevitable few days frosty silence and muttered comments about the washing machine needing replacing - that's all part of having an "expensive" hobby!!!! 8^) Regards KGB I have a rather nice zoom 400 brushless, ready to fly with the hubdave belt drive installed, she's a good looker and pretty easy to fly, which I want to sell, I was thinking to put it on e-bay in a few weeks time. > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > Regards > KGB not the ultimate but I am a fixed wing pilot of a few years experience and here's my 2 cents worth, don't bother with the honeybee type of craft they are hard to fly even when you can, a T-Rex or similar sized is a lot more stable and a 30 powered glow are even easier go for the biggest you can afford even if it means flying a glow down your field then downsizing once you have mastered the beast Brace yourselves ;-) http://indoorpylon.de/videos/mamo3mlipoheli.wmv (14MByte) Vriendelijke groeten ;-) Ron van Sommeren near Nijmegen, the Netherlands 14th.int. Electric fly-in, Aug.26. http://home.hetnet.nl/~ronvans/ > Brace yourselves ;-) > http://indoorpylon.de/videos/mamo3mlipoheli.wmv (14MByte) that thing is HUGE! I saw this one yesterday, flabbergasting, what more can you say! http://www.rcuvideos.com/view_video.php?viewkey=1d1c21bd1635f59edae0 Hi Folks >> Brace yourselves ;-) >> http://indoorpylon.de/videos/mamo3mlipoheli.wmv (14MByte) > >that thing is HUGE! Unfortunately my garden and wallet are not big enough. >I saw this one yesterday, flabbergasting, what more can you say! >http://www.rcuvideos.com/view_video.php?viewkey=1d1c21bd1635f59edae0 In my original post I stated: "reasonable performance whilst still being controllable". I was thinking of something possibly a shade more boring and staid than the heli in the video!! 8^) Regards KGB > being controllable". I was thinking of something possibly a shade > more boring and staid than the heli in the video!! 8^) if you're watching the pennies, take a look at the £30 Hughes-alike being offered by Maplin... but only 2 channel. Still looks like fun - but set me looking around - here is a 4 channel Hughes going for $80 on ebay; http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-HUGHES-300-RC-4CH-RC-RTF-HELICOPTER_W0QQitemZ16004711385 7QQihZ006QQcategoryZ2563QQcmdZViewItem interesting video here, although I found that I had to save it out first to get it to work... and, afaik, the same one from a Japanese store: http://www.hobbyjapan2000.com/store/proddetail.php?prod=EHH-4-EASTHOBBY total cost inc shipping, about $110 - and this for a RTF 4 channel helicopter...amazing. cheers Dave > Hi > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > about the washing machine needing replacing - that's all part of > having an "expensive" hobby!!!! 8^) I have a Trex 450XL and I would recommend it highly. I have gone through several small electics including the Piccolo Pro, Hornet, Zoom (or Shogun) and the Eolo (which is a bit bigger). I was about to give up on small helis until I bought the Trex. I started on glow helis and fly a Raptor 50 and IMO, there is no other small heli that flys as close to a large model as the Trex. A key to getting the Trex to fly well is getting all the ball joints to move with no binding whatsoever. The looser the setup the better but not so there's slop. Another key to a great flying Trex is good servos - I use Hitec HS-56 which are very good as are the HS-65. Obviously no good heli is complete without a decent giro and I use & reccoment the Futaba GY-401. I have tried others (Telebee, GWS micro, Futaba G190, GWS PG-03) and none of these comes anywhere close to the GY-401. Yes it's in a different class but worth every penny IMO. So to sum up, I'd get the following if I were you; Trex 450XL CDE 4 off Hitec HS65 servos Futaba GY-401 Giro Align 430L & 35a ESC Flightpower EVO20 2150 3s battery Though not exactly cheap, you will not be dissapointed with this setup. HTH. <SNIP> >I have a Trex 450XL and I would recommend it highly. <SNIP> Hi Thanks for that. I have been considering the Trex 450 so you may just have persuaded me. Regards KGB "KGB (KGB)" <FedUpWithSpam@NoEmailAddre.ss> wrote in message > Thanks for that. I have been considering the Trex 450 so you may just > have persuaded me. YKIMS ;-) |
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