Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / January 2008

anyone bored with Blade CX2 and fancies a bigger one? I have a Nexus 30
that hardly gets used, it could do with a new set of main blades and
canopy & skids as they are a little tatty, no RX fitted,but all Futaba
servos + Futaba digital tail & CSM gyro are fitted and if you fly a

Any one know of a US dealer that has parts for these things? I love the heli
and its a great time to fly, but the US parts availability is horrible. I
already got the blades (AUS) and am in the process of getting the metal head
kit (HONG KONG) but I hate having to wait for ...

Anyone know where I can get M4 7x2mm bearings?
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Dave Scott
Hampshire, England

Could someone please HELP me with the setup of my RD600 Spor
Transmitter to function correctly with FMS.? I have tried runnin
through the calibration settings, But i still cant get all functions t
work correctly to get me up of the ground in any sort of stable manner.

I was helping a buddy set up his new heli. We were unable to figure
out how to disable and enable the revo mix automatically when
switching between HH mode and standard mode, so we ended up disabling
standard mode.

Hi just a quick question before I start to strip down my t rex 450. When
hovering its sit there nodding like a dogs head in the car :-). Has anyone
any instant thoughts i.e. blades etc. P.S it has not been crashed and was
flying fine a few months ago last time I got chance to fly ...

I'm new to the group and to R/C electric helis also, though I did have
a short dabble a couple of years ago.
I just bought a Twister Medevac heli and am getting on OK with it
except that the flight duration between charges I'm getting are very

Does anyone know where in Australia I can get really cheap spare parts
(blades in particular) for the Twister Hawk (manufactured by J Perkins - I
think ??)
Thanks for any tips,

I would like to buy one of the smaller toy helicopters to fly within
the house.
I see a number of competing products..which is the best to buy?
I also expect to buy a simulator in anticipation of buying a electric

Please also copy your response to kmian2003@hotmail.com
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I am planning to buy one of the followings or something else for a
friend who is brand new to this hobby and has no experience in flying

Don't make the financial mistake of "Priceing" match, some expensive
ones are crap for a beginer and some cheap ones are nothing but trash,
and some cheap ones fly well. So how do you know?
Fiirst of all log onto helifreak.com,  runryder.com, google these

I am looking to get in to flying RC Helicopters, and with the research that I have done I think an electric helicopter would be good to start with.  I am looking for a good helicopter to learn on but one advance enough to get in to a little bit of aerobatic flying with out ...

Hi . Because I am nuts about rc toys i founded a site http://www.cheapRcToys.info
.The site is updated every day with a few reviews of products from all
the web.Do you think it is a usefull site? I also want to add a blog
next month. Please say opinions and suggestion.Thanks

I have an eflight cx2 and the remote that came with it has a switch at the
top left corner labled trn.
There is no refrence to it in the manual.  Could someone educate me about
it.

am planning to buy an rc heli sim to learn how to fly an rc chopper.
have never seen / used a sim before.  please advice what are the bes
sims in the market today
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