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Buying RC Chopper

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  • #2
    coolwings
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 3,460 Mod ✭✭✭✭coolwings


    You are looking at a toy with a fuselage made of aeroboard. It hovers in a room, but there is no precision is its controls. It spins when trying to takeoff, and "drifts" while trying to hover.

    There is nothing in common with the model helicopters that use nitro-glowfuel. They have metal or carbon parts, and about 20-30 times the power, and go exactly where you point them.

    If a toy chopper is what you want go for it.
    But if you want to be able to take off, hover, move to forward/side/backward flight and then fly a rectangle flight, then return to hover and land - or even just hover outdoors in the most gentle of breezes - this is not able to do that.

    Good for a beginner? Yes - after some practise - beginners can "hover" toy helis without difficulty.

    Would a fuel one be better? Yes - immensly better..... and also cost more.

    They cannot be compared because the bigger ones both fuel and electric power fly with precision and authority .
    RC helis use radio waves to communicate with the transmitter at long range, these toys helis use infra red at a similar range to your TV remote.

    So by model flying standards it is not a heli. It's an electric toy.


  • #3
    syl77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭syl77


    That toy heli has only 2 channels... throttle (up & down) and rudder (nose direction left & right)... there are no channels for aileron and elevator (forward/back, left/right).


  • #4
    Cmar-Ireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,340 ✭✭✭Cmar-Ireland


    What would be an entry price for a small decent electric heli?


  • #5
    The Doktor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭The Doktor


    lots of info here
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055042077


  • #6
    brianbruff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 99 ✭✭brianbruff


    howdy, a m8 from our local flying club in Tipperary is selling a Raptor 30,
    George 087 6455951, think his asking price is around 600 this includes everything to get started in the nitro world everything from glow drive to transmitter to training gear.

    If you really want to get fancy he's got more expensive gear he may install ans sell to ya at additional cost but i wouldn't recommend if you are only a beginner

    brain

    http://briankeating.spaces.live.com


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  • #7
    faigs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 800 ✭✭✭faigs


    Thanks for the advice, I see what you're saying. All I really want is a toy I suppose, but obviously I would like to be able to fly it outside, not just hover in a room. Would this one be any better?


    http://cgi.ebay.ie/Walkera-No22E-6-Channel-R-C-Helicopter_W0QQitemZ180076682151QQihZ008QQcategoryZ123847QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

    and is it worth the money? I can't see myself spending €600 just starting off tbh, its more for a bit of fun rather than a full time hobby.


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