R/c Helicopter?

[Neil aka KC]

Anyone know much about them, thinking of getting one

[doz smith]

if you get a good one, then they are expensive...

[fly boy benny]

they are difficult to fly:D

[craig.w1599968638]

Anyone know much about them, thinking of getting one

 

Yeah mate...i got a Raptor 90

heres a pic of mine in flight

http://www.westwardwind.co.uk/e107_plugins/coppermine_menu/albums/userpics/10001/normal_DZ.sized%7E0.jpg

 

They are expensive, not easy to learn how to fly but well worth the effort.

I would go for a Raptor 30 if your going to go for a petrol ..CLICK HERE.. (new around £600 will get you everything you need to go flying around 400 second hand/ebay) My top advice if you go for it is Join a Local heli club as set up for first flight is real important with a full on heli...also you must get a good simulator for your PC to learn how to fly it, it will save you loads of money and crashes....because you WILL crash it.

 

if you want an electric get one of these...they are perfect for no wind fun

CLICK HERE

They are pretty easy to fly, real cheap to repair as well (because you WILL crash it) not as complicated as a full on petrol.

 

Ive got one of these as well.. CLICK HERE ... but they are as compicated as the big raptor and actualy harder to fly !! i would go for the other electric if you want one like that

 

if you want any more info PM i also got a couple planes as well

 

....one other thing....petrol R/C heli's are no good for the beach...all that sand and those little engines ...nasty!!!

[abba]

My next door neighbour brought one a couple of years ago for £1000 and still hasn't flown it. He hasn't even finished putting it together yet.

 

But then again all good in my eyes, cus he'd fly it in the field i kite in, and 2 or 4 blades spinning round at a high rate of notes don't go well with four strings.

[denno17]

If ya gonna go into helis best of luck. Find someone with a lot of experiance and get them to teach you on a buddy lead. If you go down the solo route i hope you got deep pockets. You won't go far wrong with a raptor or if you feel really rich buy one like mine a hirobo sceadu. http://www.modelhelicopters.co.uk/acatalog/m_index.htm won't go far wrong buying from midland heli's

[KaptainKremmen]

Reflex XTR simulator is expensive but worth it. It uses your own Transmitter and looks sooo sweet.

 

Check it out http://www.reflex-sim.de/

 

d/load the demo and see for yourself

[denno17]

Very nice sim i used to own it myself. it helped me out no ends when i started flying well worth the money

 

 

 

Reflex XTR simulator is expensive but worth it. It uses your own Transmitter and looks sooo sweet.

 

Check it out http://www.reflex-sim.de/

[neilj37]

I have a little electric one that you can fly indoors and you also get a simulator with it that you can load onto your pc and then in your transmitter to practice with. Got to admit though not that good at it and i still have the stabiliser pods fitted

[Neil aka KC]

cheers guys, and funny first posts lol ...

 

Craig thanks for all the info, i was looking at the rapters on ebay, and seen a few of the 30, 60 and 90's... like anything its a case of not wanting to get ripped of and poss get a good deal at the same time.

 

I've seen the training software on a few sites and on ebay after having a look today, very good idea and sounds grate for learning on. Also seen some with the training kits.

 

Do you have msn at all so i can pick your brain

 

mine is darkromz AT hotmail.com

 

cheers

[encona1599968593]

they look great fun, but think i have enough boys toys

[Neil aka KC]

lol.... i think i nead to branch out more , more so for them so frustrating no wind days before i officoaly commit my self.. into the pycho ward. ...

 

you just know when i get one, the winds out going to be out.

[Pablo]

As stated before, they're expensive, when things go wrong, they go really wrong, worst repairs I had weren't even crashes. hovering about a foot off the ground, hear something woosh past my head and start to lose control, cut power and land it, lost a tail rotor, no problem head down to the hobby shop, 70 pounds later it's back together. Another time I bounced it a little bit on a landing, 50 pounds for a whole new rotor tilt assembly or whatever it's called.

 

Cheapest crash was when I lost power 200 ft up, gyro'd it down and all that happened was some bent landing gear. go figure.

 

In short they're evil little creations that are best suited to consuming large ammounts of kite money.

 

If you want to fly, go with a smaller electric airplane, cheap to buy, easy to set up and inexpensive to repair or replace the airframe in a crash.

[Mark Rose]

http://www.westwardwind.co.uk/e107_plugins/coppermine_menu/albums/userpics/10001/normal_DZ.sized%7E0.jpg

 

 

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I am no expert Craig but that 1 of yours doesn't look right to me.

Did you build it yourself?

[Bushy99]

I am no expert Craig but that 1 of yours doesn't look right to me.

Did you build it yourself?

 

It's in whisk mode:D Cakes anyone?

[craig.w1599968638]

it flys just as well the wrong way up as it does the right way up

I would cut the grass with it if i had the bottle to fly it that low upside down! :eek:

 

I am no expert Craig but that 1 of yours doesn't look right to me.

Did you build it yourself?

[eifion]

Craig is right. Go for the raptor 30. They're a great piece of kit. If you wait and shop around you can get some good deals on ebay. Got mine for £230 - including engine, gyro and 5 servos, and the heli had some quick uk upgraded parts on it. Just needed to buy a transmitter - also ebay for £50. Had most of the other associated starters and gubbins from my planes.

 

And definately join a club, get some experienced pilots to check over your heli and take it up for the first time. If there is anything drastically wrong with the setup a decent pilot has at least the chance of getting it down in one piece. You'll have none! Also find the instruction manual online somehwere and check that every single linkage rod is the right length to the mm. And get a pitch guage and check the pitch is set up as the manual says.

 

But, if you learn to hover the simulator indefinately - and the heli is set up right you should be ok. It IS difficult - but not as hard as you think it's going to be. If anything a well set up heli is easier to fly than the simulator.

 

You'll have a blast if you get one. Been flying mine a couple of months and loving it. Just got out of hovering and starting to do lazy eights.

[craig.w1599968638]

ah those lazy eights i remember all that

 

...it was when i first stuffed my 30 into the ground!!!!

[eifion]

He he the guy that's teaching me to fly recently got the dubious honour of being the first person to fly a heli inverted on our field. Unfortunately it wasn't intentional but he did manage to land the heli perfectly flat and level upside down! Somehow the only damage was a bent flybar arm!

[aerostef]

Eifion, where do you fly your R/C helicopter? near Wantage?

[eifion]

hey aerostef.

 

I fly with the white horse model club details here:

 

http://www.whmc.org.uk

[J2NZ]

I got a sweet indoor electric chopper - very stable - can fly it from table to table, through doors etc. DON'T take it outside though - slightest gust = broken :-(

 

It was a Hirobo XRB SR - about £220 complete with everything you need. Can get them (and spare blades) from Midlands Helicopters: http://www.modelhelicopters.co.uk/acatalog/HeliKits_Electric.html

 

They are top staff there for advice too, so what ever chopper you are after (indoor/outdoor/electric/IC) and whatever your budget/experience, worth giving them a call for some buying advice.

 

Have fun & buy spare blades! ;-)

[denno17]

Here's what happens when iy all goes wrong when you try to 3D your Heli.

 

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/valleyflyers/_img/helecrash1.jpg

[craig.w1599968638]

ouch!!.... i must admit ive had one or two of those crashes over the years!! :o:o

 

£££££

[denno17]

Yeah bit of a mistake on my part. About a foot of the ground inverted and for some strange reason i put +tve pitch on. WHOOPS!!!!!