Ordered a helicopter this week!

[SlipStream77]

It's one of these...

http://www.silverlit-flyingclub.com/picooz_atlas/

Less than £20 and it can be flown indoors!

My first (albeit modest) foray into RC (well, IR) helicopters.

Can't wait for it to arrive! Anyone else into models?

[oh feck]

WARNING - if drunk do not click on the link - it will cost you £20 i just found out
ref drunken ebay thread

[Sheets Tabuer]

Omg I have loads of these, indestructible my arse.

Fantastic fun tho

[Hollywood Wheels]

oh feck said:

WARNING - if drunk do not click on the link - it will cost you £20

[Flintstone]

Those are fun for about ten minutes (he said, eyeing three of them on the shelf).

[Baby Huey]

They are indestructible unless you fly them into an open fire while drunk.

[Balmoral Green]

A Baby Huey?

[Racefan_uk]

You'll possibly get bored with it fairly quickly as the two and three channel ones are a bit limited in what they can do. But if you like it you'll be wanting to get a four channel one minimum after wards and then you can really get into it!

Something like this...

http://www.trendtimes.com/beginner-rc-helicopter-0...

[Baby Huey]

Balmoral Green said:

A Baby Huey?

I get that, thanks to google.

[Viper_Larry]

Me too

[Baby Huey]

Having had so much fun with my Picoo Z I'm quite tempted to get something a bit more serious.

Picoo is great though because it doesn't matter if you crash. Hmmm.

[HiAsAKite]

Am so glad I was sober when I clicked on this thread!-

How much indoors space do you need to realistically use one of these?

[Baby Huey]

Not very much. The skill is stopping it crashing into the walls/ceiling.

I doubt you will be disappointed.

[Asterix]

I got me one those but in the shape of an Apache.

Realised rather quickly that my lounge is what would be known as 'restricted airspace', so drunkenly (seems to be a reoccuring theme here) I took it out to a sandy bit of wasteland behind my apartment block to see if I could get to grips with it.

Sort of.

I seem to have a habit that if it starts to go a bit AWOL, I give it more beans and frantically try and get it to fly in the right direction.

This ended up with the bloody thing going out of my view, over my 5 story apartment block - I'm still giving it the beans on the throttle - I then got it back over the sandy bit, no idea how, let it come down and then went home and never used it again.

[sadako]

My last one lasted a few weeks till the cat decided to make sure it was dead once and for all. If we replace it one day we'll get a proper remote controlled 'copter for outside use

[SlipStream77]

Racefan_uk said:

You'll possibly get bored with it fairly quickly as the two and three channel ones are a bit limited in what they can do. But if you like it you'll be wanting to get a four channel one minimum after wards and then you can really get into it!

Something like this...

http://www.trendtimes.com/beginner-rc-helicopter-0...

Thanks for that. I will get some practice first, but I'm pretty sure I will be looking into a more advanced version sometime.

[Ultra Violent]

I have an E-Flite Blade I was about to put on ebay if anyone is interested. 4-Ch:

http://www.simplyt-rex.com/catalogue/helicopters/r...

[I.T.B]

Ultra Violent said:

I have an E-Flite Blade I was about to put on ebay if anyone is interested. 4-Ch:

http://www.simplyt-rex.com/catalogue/helicopters/r...

I'll give you a tenner and one shoe

[Bungleaio]

I.T.B said:

Ultra Violent said:

I have an E-Flite Blade I was about to put on ebay if anyone is interested. 4-Ch:

http://www.simplyt-rex.com/catalogue/helicopters/r...

I'll give you a tenner and one shoe

There's an offer not to be sniffed at

[Ultra Violent]

I couldn't take his life savings off him, that would be taking advantage...