model for a beginner, Ive fancied having a go for ages, may give it a go this year
Who has one on here, who can supply and what prices to pay, I know some go for thousands!!! Carbon fibre and Titanium

 

pm tim on here he sells them
https://passionford.com/forum/profil...wprofile&u=103
I have a couple & can't even fly them yet
went a bit mad & bought this

 

I've heard they are REALLY hard to fly would love a go tho!

 

I used to have one, it was a Raptor 30, i had it doing figure of eights. was just getting good and I sold it

Wouldnt mind another though, the indoor ones are very good now i hear

 

I bought a complete package on ebay for about £600 i think it was..

 

There is a guy who flys RC helecopters near my workshop and you have never seen nothing like it, loop the loops, flying upside down, free falling he is the fooookin bollocks, is amazing to watch.

 

I have PMd Tim- he had his car featured in Performance Ford Daddy thrash V

I believe copters need a gentle touch and v.good hand eye... so I may struggle to take off
got to try though

 

maplin, £20 good to learn tho on i bet, just a small indoor one

 

shit me, i swear to god i would cut some ones head off for with that, or even worse my own

 

www.nitro-models.co.uk

 

after growing up watching airwolf on tv it had to be that one.
already had an incident at work when the muppet I work with caught the throttle & it started to lift off
the amount of power those blades generate is unreal and that is one of the smaller nitro powered ones

 

ive got starter copter, its the twister cp, but its a little to advanced for me apparently i should have bought just the twister as that is for purely learning and controls the tail rotor its self, so i bought that one as well, the cp is totaly independant control just like the big boys toys, however its only 175 , electric and a brilliant place to start

 

i got some rc chopper for xmas

only controls teh main blades and the tails works itself out

but omg does it get lift quick, i know its only electric but its good to practice and start somewhere

this is the one i want, even if i just have it on display, but just listen to it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYm8fGbOY8k

 

i got one of these, does that count, only cost £20

i want a proper one tho

 

also as your next door

midland helicopters uk

based in hinckley

 

get back in your garage

 

I got one of the MASH ones from Hobbystores, they said it was the easiest one to fly, 6 sets of blades, 2 wobbly bar bits and a main shafty bit, later are they right!!
My dad bought one as x mas pressie for my bro, tried it inhis bedroom before he wrapped it and crashed it!!
I find the easy ones incredibly hard, but the guy in the shop was flying it around easy in and out of displays other hanging stuff etc, awsome to watch.
tabetha

 

get a cheap one from ebay for around £100 and learn on that before spending major dosh.

how easy they are to fly all depends on how you set it up in the first place, set it up incorrectly and they are unstable, and you WILL struggle to fly it

 

that is the one that made me want one that is a proper gas turbine engine in that though, looked into it and the engine alone is about a grand
if you like that then have a look at this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IXQVh5IbHc

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL7up...eature=related

Watching grown men cry

 

look at the size of this bastard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XapSTmWeXpM

 

jeeeez!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Rx8RlBxsKc

 

not a helicopter, but jusus this is impressive!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeJBuSP4hCQ

 

Truely awesome vids Daboy12s
What control

What sort of licence do you need for the Airbus RC craft above and do you need permission from the air authorities to take off

 

Oooh yes where is that then Rich? The model shop on Sapcote road closed, does Punctilio model spot in Hinckley do them or is there another? Midland helicoptors uk sounds just what Im after

 

Learning RC helis is a tricky one IMO.. buy one too cheap and it'll be shonky and not a nice true fly and you'll have to be working the sticks (which makes learning hard)


On the other hand you don't want to spend a fortune coz you'll most certainly be smashing it up a few times..

Personally I'd buy something like an electric hummingbird or similar. Fixed pitch but you can fly around, control up, down, forward and back and left and right pitch and the nose with tail rotor speed.

They are cheap to buy and repair. Don't use training gear on a small electric heli, they are too light to fly nicely with a load of unbalanced crap hanging off them.

A basic heli like that will come pre built and only thing you'll have to keep your eye on is the flybar paddles (making sure they are flat and level every time you have a littl prang)

I taught myself to fly on a hummingbird and it took me a fair while. I got my mate to buy one and I had him hovering quite nicely in no time as telling him the things that take you a while to figure out on your own helped. He was struggling until I looked over his heli and noticed the paddles were slightly off (you'll be fighting against a bad setup if you don't know) What I suppose I'm getting at is a teacher will have you flying in no time.

WHile you are doing this buy yourself a raptor nitro heli setup, take time to get to know it and the setup. When you've mastered the small electric fella go for the raptor and you'll be fine.

The bigger nitro heelis are actually easier to fly, a few things help.. size and weight not as effected by breeze, collective pitch blades mean you can run faster head speed creating a more stable effect etc.

I had a nitro heli but found it all a bit too serious for me and you obviously need a big area etc. They are most certainly a serious bit of kit, it's quite scarey the 1st time you get one up to speed before lift off (especially if you've built the fooker ) I sold mine and bought a sort of mid size electric collective pitch heli, brushless motor an lipo battery etc. It suits me better as I can use it in the back garden, my nitro one just sat unused.

It's certainly a lot easier to get into RC helis these days. I remember around 20 years ago my uncle building one which took a fookin age. I was there for it's first flight... I think he managed 10 feet in the air, shit himself, pannicked... one bag of scrap, literally.

 

Mr C

i dont know where exactly they are mate, just had a look on there website lol ad noticed they werein hinckley

www.midlandhelicopters.co.uk

 

thats on the A5, if you come off the M69 on to the A5 heading for hinckley/nuneton after the petrol station on your right you will come to a roundabout..... turn right

i work round the corner Mark... you could pop in for a quote on a respray on you cossie

 

He does this sort of thing, is amazing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2m45...eature=related

 

you want a contra-rotating helicopter like the twister medivac (£80 ish).they are as stable as anything but can only be flown indoors or outside on an extremely calm day.I got one and it is fantastic to learn with.it doesnt fight you and almost hovers by itself.I just bought a chinook today (£135) and thats even better.dont buy one with a tail rotor and paddles because you will get fed up trying to keep it in the air.

 

Oh and nearly forgot.buy a 4 channel one.my neighbour keeps buying 2 channel ones from china (e-bay) for £20 and he is getting peed off crashing them into his conservatory roof.tight wad.

 

we had three off tim butch lol and what a laugh dogfights in my unit
many crashs but cheap to mend i can land it on the top of the two post lift about 12" round lol miss judge and it's a set of blades lol and new balence bar as they seem to vanish top fun