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OP: Sorry my answer wasn't the one you were hoping for, would it help if I lie instead?
For proper wind performance you are 6 channel CP helicopters that required a big learning curve to fly, and over £200 to get kitted out.
Go to www.helifreak.com, and read the getting started forums.
To do it properly you are looking at £200-300 minimum, with experience of picking what works at low prices.
rhinochopig said:
Blade SR can be flown outside for not much more than your budget.
If there is no wind - they're not that fast TBH but better than Coaxial.For proper wind performance you are 6 channel CP helicopters that required a big learning curve to fly, and over £200 to get kitted out.
Go to www.helifreak.com, and read the getting started forums.
To do it properly you are looking at £200-300 minimum, with experience of picking what works at low prices.
Globs said:
If there is no wind - they're not that fast TBH but better than Coaxial.
For proper wind performance you are 6 channel CP helicopters that required a big learning curve to fly, and over £200 to get kitted out.
Go to www.helifreak.com, and read the getting started forums.
To do it properly you are looking at £200-300 minimum, with experience of picking what works at low prices.
Perhaps if you sounded like less of an arse, it would help. Your second response was much more helpful than the first, and sounded less stereotypically nerdy heli enthusiast For proper wind performance you are 6 channel CP helicopters that required a big learning curve to fly, and over £200 to get kitted out.
Go to www.helifreak.com, and read the getting started forums.
To do it properly you are looking at £200-300 minimum, with experience of picking what works at low prices.
mrloudly said:
Nahh these are what you need 
no no no no noTHIS is what you need........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STdAr1JNXIU
Failing that get a Goblin
CharlieCrocodile said:
mrloudly said:
Nahh these are what you need
no no no no noTHIS is what you need........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STdAr1JNXIU
Failing that get a Goblin
Joking apart, that thing is bloody awesome.
I started out on a 20 pound co-ax. Its the best place to start and you should stay there till your 100% comfortable.
My next step was to buy a spektrum dx6i and an msr, I managed to get both for a £180 bundle. Just as stable as the coax but much more involving. You can fly it outside, in low winds, but you soon find its limits if your enthusiastic.
I got to the point with the msr that I could land it anywhere big enough to get the skids on, but the self stabalising effect of the fly bar was holding me back.
I recently got an msrx. Its still fixed pitch (the rotor bpades dont change pitch angle for lift, the blades spspeed up and slow down) so its user friendly, but the lack of flybar makes the world of difference and within a few days im as confident with it as I was with the msr. Its a completely different beast, and without the msr it would have been much harder.
I think the moral of the story is get somthing small enough to fly indoors, but when its a calm day, you can set it free a little outside. You also want to step up to four channels so you have aileron (sliding/rolling left and right rather than turning/spinning) before stepping up to full collective pitch. Your looking at lots more money and alot less air time. Step it up gradualy and you can have loads of fun whilst keeping costs down. Once your hooked, youll soon be eyeing up £500 worth of heli (minus electrics).
I can highly reccomend the msr, msrx and dx6i, but I hear walkera do some excellent 'starter' helis aswell as eflite.
Sorry for the essay.
Have fun!
My next step was to buy a spektrum dx6i and an msr, I managed to get both for a £180 bundle. Just as stable as the coax but much more involving. You can fly it outside, in low winds, but you soon find its limits if your enthusiastic.
I got to the point with the msr that I could land it anywhere big enough to get the skids on, but the self stabalising effect of the fly bar was holding me back.
I recently got an msrx. Its still fixed pitch (the rotor bpades dont change pitch angle for lift, the blades spspeed up and slow down) so its user friendly, but the lack of flybar makes the world of difference and within a few days im as confident with it as I was with the msr. Its a completely different beast, and without the msr it would have been much harder.
I think the moral of the story is get somthing small enough to fly indoors, but when its a calm day, you can set it free a little outside. You also want to step up to four channels so you have aileron (sliding/rolling left and right rather than turning/spinning) before stepping up to full collective pitch. Your looking at lots more money and alot less air time. Step it up gradualy and you can have loads of fun whilst keeping costs down. Once your hooked, youll soon be eyeing up £500 worth of heli (minus electrics).
I can highly reccomend the msr, msrx and dx6i, but I hear walkera do some excellent 'starter' helis aswell as eflite.
Sorry for the essay.
Have fun!
FussyFez said:
I started out on a 20 pound co-ax. Its the best place to start and you should stay there till your 100% comfortable.
My next step was to buy a spektrum dx6i and an msr, I managed to get both for a £180 bundle. Just as stable as the coax but much more involving. You can fly it outside, in low winds, but you soon find its limits if your enthusiastic.
I got to the point with the msr that I could land it anywhere big enough to get the skids on, but the self stabalising effect of the fly bar was holding me back.
I recently got an msrx. Its still fixed pitch (the rotor bpades dont change pitch angle for lift, the blades spspeed up and slow down) so its user friendly, but the lack of flybar makes the world of difference and within a few days im as confident with it as I was with the msr. Its a completely different beast, and without the msr it would have been much harder.
I think the moral of the story is get somthing small enough to fly indoors, but when its a calm day, you can set it free a little outside. You also want to step up to four channels so you have aileron (sliding/rolling left and right rather than turning/spinning) before stepping up to full collective pitch. Your looking at lots more money and alot less air time. Step it up gradualy and you can have loads of fun whilst keeping costs down. Once your hooked, youll soon be eyeing up £500 worth of heli (minus electrics).
I can highly reccomend the msr, msrx and dx6i, but I hear walkera do some excellent 'starter' helis aswell as eflite.
Sorry for the essay.
Have fun!
Cheers buddy, very helpful My next step was to buy a spektrum dx6i and an msr, I managed to get both for a £180 bundle. Just as stable as the coax but much more involving. You can fly it outside, in low winds, but you soon find its limits if your enthusiastic.
I got to the point with the msr that I could land it anywhere big enough to get the skids on, but the self stabalising effect of the fly bar was holding me back.
I recently got an msrx. Its still fixed pitch (the rotor bpades dont change pitch angle for lift, the blades spspeed up and slow down) so its user friendly, but the lack of flybar makes the world of difference and within a few days im as confident with it as I was with the msr. Its a completely different beast, and without the msr it would have been much harder.
I think the moral of the story is get somthing small enough to fly indoors, but when its a calm day, you can set it free a little outside. You also want to step up to four channels so you have aileron (sliding/rolling left and right rather than turning/spinning) before stepping up to full collective pitch. Your looking at lots more money and alot less air time. Step it up gradualy and you can have loads of fun whilst keeping costs down. Once your hooked, youll soon be eyeing up £500 worth of heli (minus electrics).
I can highly reccomend the msr, msrx and dx6i, but I hear walkera do some excellent 'starter' helis aswell as eflite.
Sorry for the essay.
Have fun!
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