Some R/C Heli advice please...

[PDV]

I'm looking at buying one for my dad for his birthday.

He is a complete novice so I'm looking for something that's fairly easy to fly, but not too easy.

I've got about £200 to spend, does anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks,

Pete

[Chairman LMAO]

yes, don't spend £200. Spend 75-100 on a Heli (try heliguy.com), and some on a simulator + spares.

[[AJ]]

If it's his first heli, then you will want something fixed pitch, probably contra rotating if he has no model experience at all.

Take a look at some of the beginner models at Heliguy:

http://www.heliguy.com/Electric-RC-Helicopters/Beg...

I never bothered with contra rotating helis, I went strait to regular fixed pitch, but had quite a few crashes to begin with.

Where will he fly it? Inside, outside in the garden, in a big open field? Something very small and light may struggle outside, however the sub micros are great fun indoors.

Buzz Fly SE

Buzz Fly CX (Contra rotating version)

If you do go for a regular fixed pitch heli, something like the Honey Bee with some training gear is a good place to start.

If he has had some fixed pitch flight time and you want to get him something a little better, the ESky Belt CP or the HoneyBee King are very popular.

[PDV]

Thanks for your help guys.

We're on farmland here so he'd probably want to move up to a larger outdoor heli at some stage but I think he should start with something relatively small first.

[Holst]

PDV said:

Thanks for your help guys.

We're on farmland here so he'd probably want to move up to a larger outdoor heli at some stage but I think he should start with something relatively small first.

Ive just bought a Bzzfly SE and its very very hard to control it. Even practicing on the simulator before flying didnt help much.

As a first heli I would go with a contra rotating one (with two sets of blades) these are much easyer to control and less frustrating.

The bigger the heli the more stable it will be, once he has the hang of a small contra rotator he could then move up to a larger fixed pitch model to fly outside.

[[AJ]]

Holst said:

Ive just bought a Bzzfly SE

Great fun around the house though aren't they!

[Holst]

[AJ] said:

Holst said:

Ive just bought a Bzzfly SE

Great fun around the house though aren't they!

Im enjoying it alot now.

Ive never flown a heli before and the only practice ive had is with a £25 simtransmitter.

My first flights with the buzzfly resulted in a broken tail, but ive now fixed it and its stronger than standard.

I flew an entire battery today without any crashes (a few bumps)
So it goes to show that you can learn to fly with one of these small helis.
Although its harder to control them they are much less frightening and cheaper to repair.. so you might crash more often but it wont be so expensive (I hope)

At the moment the best I can do it keep it in the centre of the room and not crash into the walls, its going to take quite some time before I can really fly around the house.