Because learning is very expensive otherwise
is anyone into them after some suggestions of what to buy preferably electric for 150-250
Have you ever flown one before ???
Because learning is very expensive otherwise
Start off with a e flute mcx2 or mcpx small enough to fly inside and great fun
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Originally posted by big_l
Have you ever flown one before ???
Because learning is very expensive otherwise
Ditto e flite are a good make for beginners and the supper small ones are mega responsive ..
Also because there so light when you crash they usually don't break
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Originally posted by carlknight1982
Start off with a e flute mcx2 or mcpx small enough to fly inside and great fun
I'm sponserd by a model shop in Leeds and could probably sort one at cost +10%
He's probbebly got some in stock . Mb models check it out MSG me if you want me to get ya some discount
Simulators are gay get a £100 chopper to learn with once you can wiz that about then look at a single rotor chopper with collective pitch and a
simulator is recommended with the big ones I've done £200 damage in one crash before 
I have an E-flight Blade CX2 sat here in its box with transmitter and a load of alloy upgrades fitted. Has two Lipo batteries and a few spare blades
etc.
Bought it over a year ago but never actually used it as I buggered off to uni and didn't have time for toys :-)
Make me a festive offer for it and I will post it when the postoffice opens.
E-Flite MSR X
or
E-Flite 120SR
The latter is a little easier to fly as it's larger, but you obviously need a little more room.
If you're really brave, get an MCPX but be prepared for a *very* frustrating and steep learning curve...
http://www.rc-choppers.com/
[Edited on 25/12/11 by stevebubs]
If you think you will take it up as a hobby then get something with a DX6 transmitter...
Clicky
The DX6 transmitter can then be bound and used for other models (planes, helis), also...and plugged into the PC for training via simulator
[Edited on 25/12/11 by stevebubs]
What about a Quad !!!
after 25 years flying R/C choppers starting with a MFA sport 500 fixed pitch, and many many different air frames in between ending up with an Align
T-Rex 600, i have gone to quadcopters.
I think they are quite a bit easier to fly than a standard R/C Heli.
multirotor
Im flying on a home made setup with a multiwii control board with autolevel.
or you can go for an all singing and all dancing DJI wookong setup that will fly to anywhere and return home on it own too
[Edited on 25/12/2011 by Hector.Brocklebank]
Honeybee v2
Got one last chrimbo and YES very hard to fly. at least it comes with a flight sim and cables etc to help you learn....
Bloddy hell it is hard.
Also got a
a mini heli linky it is well easy and fly round
the living room. 
[Edited on 25/1212/11 by mad4x4]
Yep, gets expensive. I still dont know why this happend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqpyuTNVOsc&feature=plcp&context=C3f5a14fUDOEgsToPDskKjCo5ZOA4U7f_YVReryx9C
Blade CX2 - is absolutely, exactly what you need
Blade 400 will follow.... but you'll quickly realise how easy (and expensive) a tail rotor heli can be to crash. You'll crash.
When you're happy with the 400, you'll get the bug for something serious (the Blade 400 is actually serious enough though).
You'll build a Raptor (or somesuch). I built a Raptor 25... the crashing becomes a frightening expense.
So, yep, get a CX2.
[Edited on 25/12/11 by motorcycle_mayhem]
id love to get another, with my old one the legs eventually got smashed beyond repair, and i couldnt be bothered ordering new parts. It was only a
cheap one. They are hard to fly but certainly not impossible, within a few hours you will see improvements (though i never had a stable hover after
maybe 5 hours, which is about as long as it lasted all in). I damaged my monitor and took some artex off the roof
Id say, what ever you get, order new blades and legs for it now, so that if you do break it, you can fix it immediately and not get put off by a week
delay.
I got a Blade MXC 2 http://www.sloughrc.com/default.asp?WPG=SRCM_HomePage1&itemid=EFLH2480 for Christmas and it's really easy to fly, I have
just finished doing a few circuits of my bedroom. It's a great first helicopter to learn on because it hovers on its own and you can learn to fly
with the helicopter pointing towards you (all the controls are reversed
I also go a Blade MSR X http://www.sloughrc.com/default.asp?WPG=SRCM_HomePage1&itemid=BLH3200 and its twitchy and I wouldn’t recommend it for a
first heli although it is still relatively easy to fly
I got these both as Bind N Fly and got a Spectrum DX6I http://www.sloughrc.com/default.asp?WPG=SRCM_HomePage1&itemid=SPM6610E allowing me to buy
many other models, which I would recommend
It's great my misses knows about RC models and bought me all the right kit!!
BTW Tris on here knows a little about RC helicopters!!!
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Originally posted by SPYDER
CLICK HERE
AND CLICK HERE
Same pilot. Lousy cameraman though.
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Originally posted by big_l
Have you ever flown one before ???
Because learning is very expensive otherwise
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Originally posted by Hector.Brocklebank
What about a Quad !!!
I'm liking the quad copters alot 
Where can you get these from and are they expensive
You can probably build one yourself for around £100, including motors, props, speed controllers, battery, but apart from the radio gear. That can be
bought from HongKong for around £60. You will also need a flight control board with gyros & a microprocessor, otherwise your first and last
flight will last about 1 second - these can be bought for about £25 for the simplest one (called a kkmultiboard). You can get more advanced ones (at
a price) but that one will get you in the air safely.
Anyone who can build a Locost will have no difficulty with a multicopter!
This is a good thread to get you started...
Hmmmm Locostbuilder quad copter
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
Anyone who can build a Locost will have no difficulty with a multicopter!
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
Anyone who can build a Locost will have no difficulty with a multicopter!
I'll rephrase that... Anyone who can build a Locost will have no difficulty with making a multicopter - flying it is another matter...
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Originally posted by welderman