bit by the heli bug. HARD.
 

so, 98% of these stories start the same way. my brother and i got a cheapo r/c heli - the little micro 2 channel ones that go forward and backward, and turn left and right. we had a blast over christmas break with them, and my avalanche heli addiction starts.

since then, i now:
-bought a spektrum DX6i
-bought a blade mcx s300 (with lots of add on mods to make it much more of a stable rocket than it was stock)
-bought a used blade CX3. just more of a scale flier
-bought a used blade MSR (as i get better with CP birds, i get better with this little speed demon)
-sold my blade CP+ and bought 2 used blade 400's
-just got a toshiba satellite laptop and the phoenix flight sim to practice. i need a lot more too, lol

i'm getting good enough on the sim to have the balls to take my blade 400 out once it gets nicer here. the plan is to get good enough with that, and eventually get a monster brushless T-Rex 600e. :diablo:

any other heli addicts?

I got a blade msr for christmas. I love that little heli. It is a blast to fly!

it is a blast....but my house isn't big enough to fly it in. either that or i'm not good enough with FFF in small spaces. i keep getting in trouble bouncing it off heads, lamps, computers etc. lol

I am surprised how durable the msr is. I have broken some small parts, but it has taken numerous hard hits. :lol: I have even taken it to our indoor carpet track to play with when my other lipos are charging. It is nice flying in a larger space because you can try things that you normally wouldn’t try in tighter conditions. It is surprisingly fast!

Just traded a slash for a pheonix sim setup with a 5e.

i like the phoenix sim, as it has all the models i have, but i'm a bit disappointed in the training portion. just some videos showing what you should do. realflight g5 at least has hands-on practice sessions. and bullet-shooting dog fighting!

My boss at the hobby shop has a Trex 600 . It flys on 6s lipo & is BAD ass :smile:. Thank's again for giving up your avatar to me .

the msr with the links moved with absoutlely HAUL, im big into helis but i never had my own sim, im played on the ones in hobby town here and there but if you can fly the decent on the sim then what are you waiting for

take the blade 400 for a spin, they are very easy to fly when setup well (it usually takes longer to learn how to properly setup and build your helis than it does to fly them)

i sold my blade 400 months ago and built a t-rex 450ra but i have never flown it, i fly my MSR when ever i feel the need and to fly my big helis it takes up alot of time... but come summer ill be able to take my big helis to the track with me and fly them when im not practicing...

speaking of the 600s, one day i was at mikes and some heli guys were over on the flying pad and flying over the onroad track with some 250s and 400s an little micros and im driving on the offroad track and all of a sudden this ROAR starts up and EVERYONE stopped what they are doing (driving, wrenching, walking, anything) and just stared as the huge beast flew.... big electric helis are awesome, but ill never shell out for one.

let me know if your boss ever wants to sell his trex. :lol:
and no problem at all. i've been away from here for a while...glad to see you still have it.

i made my own training gear for my b400(s)... as soon as i can operate the rx outside without my fingers going numb after 2 minutes, i'll have it out. the sim is great because while i'm pretty good at hovering now, i can try different tricks and get good at them. i have a feeling i'll use it a lot, even when i'm better at CP flying.

the good thing is that i have a pretty good community in my area - a few guys have years and years of experience and are very willing to help anyone out. there's a community college nearby with a big field they all fly at.

ive had nothign but trouble with training gear on helis i found they are much more stable and consistant flying them clean. Youll be alot more cautious when first flying which is a good thing.

Have you guys heard anything about the Hobbyking Helli kits they look nice and cheep.

I'm thinking about moving out of the Blade 400 into a Kong 450 kit?

The MSR is my simulator.

Rootar,
How do you move the links on the msr?

+1 Training gear just messed with me more than it helped.

look here for how to move the links. under 'tame or insane'.

I too am a heli addict, in fact, I've brought mine out of the drawer, dusted them off, and now need a new 4in1 for my ESky HBFP, and currently flying my little ESky Lama V4..

The things are a blast, but I doubt they're for me, getting the nose-in and side-in and such orientation is a bit tricky.

Okay got it thanks Clodmax I gotta try that tonight.

I was thinking about getting a heli a few months back (I have no real experience with them) so I did quite a bit of forum reading and the Hobby King 450 was said to be decent as well as compatible with T-Rex. Here's a link to a wish list of items that are needed to complete it. http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...Customer=44588

no prob. i'm still on the 'tame' settings, lol. you know about the dual rates too, right? just want to make sure you're not running the low rate when you can switch to the high.

also, regarding the HK kits: this is a nice build thread (70 pages long and counting, lol). supposedly they're coming out with a 600 kit soon too... the nice thing about them is that align parts are interchangeable.

I think the dual rate is to click the right stick?
Flashing light mode(low?)feels like less swash travel?

I have some reading to do thanks for the links guys.

yep... if you have the RTF version (stock controller comes with it), you push the right stick. if you have a dx6i or dx7, it's the gyro switch.

yea i dare anyone to move the links on their MSR and then try to fly full speed from one room to another through a door way, for me its from my living room into my kitchen and i have to be in a hell of a bank to make it clean with out hitting a wall in the kitchen.

so far ive got about a 60% succes rate....... and yes the other 40% i either couldnt get it turned around in the kitchen in time to slow it down or i smashed it into the doorway/wall at full tilt (ive only broke 1 blade grip and 1 landing gear)

E-flight has a new model coming out in febuary . It's called the sr . My boss at the hobby shop says it's about the size of a cp in length but has longer rotor blades . .

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...rodID=EFLH1500

i too got addicted to helis. Good thing you sold that CP...HORRIBLE TO FLY!

The 400 is a really good deal all in all and is a pretty stable heli. Start getting into the Trex 600 size and you can fly without your heart jumping out of ya!

the nice thing about the sr is that it has a belt-driven tail.

that cp was a biaaaatch....i thought about adding a gyro to make it better, but thought i should cut my losses and let it go. i got a great deal on a BNF 400, and the same guy shot me a text saying he found another one in his basement (he has a lot of heli's, lol) and all that was missing was a gyro and rx... so i got that one for a full set of spare parts. all told, i got both for $280. :party:

andrew, i'm stoked about a 600. i know on the sim it's SO much easier to fly than the 400!

The reason I'm not on here as much as I used to be is because I have been spending all my time on the helifreak forum. Is that cheating, I feel kind of dirty, I like it. Anyway I have 2 esky coaxials and a Trex 500 and a Trex 250. I don't fly the coaxials much cause they suck. I have never crashed my Trexs but I crash the coaxs just about every time I fly them.

Sims are a must. Only 2 things can teach you inverted hover in my opinion and that's the real thing or the sim. I don't have the bank balance to practice on the real thing so I practice on the sim.

I just got a msr as well, and also got the new hyperion lipo's(25c130mah) for it. Hyperion is coming with a charge adapater so you can charge your msr lipo's with a quality charger.

I used to have a coax for the living room, but it was still too big and noisy. The msr is perfect for in the living room and really durable.


it doesn't actually...

aaah, you're right. i thought i read somewhere that it was belt driven. looks like it has a little tail motor after all.