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R3-
Apr 19, 2003, 04:03 AM
I've been on the fringe of the RC Helicopter hobby for probably 20+
years, and I have never had the money, or time, or what-nots, all lined
up correctly at the same time. That has now changed, sort of- A person
is offering me his heli setup for $300, and I was wondering if there
might be some guidance from the list as far as if this is worth it?
What he has told me so far is thus:

"I've got basically an entire RC Heli kit with everything you'll need to
fly it. All you need to do is spend a little time tweaking it, and buy
gas. You'll probably have to spend maybe $30 or so more dollars on
little knick nacks here and there but this heli is fairly complete. Its
a concept 30 dx so its a very mature and stable platform to work and
learn from. It is a .30 size gas engine."

I know this info is sparse, and that the rc heli world is quite
different from the time this bird was made. What I would like to know
is if its worth the money to learn & build on, or should I go a
different route?

Thanks!

Ray W.-

LES
Apr 20, 2003, 05:44 AM
no, get a raptor
"R3-" <radius11@covad.net> wrote in message
news:3EA0E70A.4000000@covad.net...
> I've been on the fringe of the RC Helicopter hobby for probably 20+
> years, and I have never had the money, or time, or what-nots, all lined
> up correctly at the same time. That has now changed, sort of- A person
> is offering me his heli setup for $300, and I was wondering if there
> might be some guidance from the list as far as if this is worth it?
> What he has told me so far is thus:
>
> "I've got basically an entire RC Heli kit with everything you'll need to
> fly it. All you need to do is spend a little time tweaking it, and buy
> gas. You'll probably have to spend maybe $30 or so more dollars on
> little knick nacks here and there but this heli is fairly complete. Its
> a concept 30 dx so its a very mature and stable platform to work and
> learn from. It is a .30 size gas engine."
>
> I know this info is sparse, and that the rc heli world is quite
> different from the time this bird was made. What I would like to know
> is if its worth the money to learn & build on, or should I go a
> different route?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ray W.-
>

Beav
Apr 22, 2003, 04:02 AM
"LES" <LESLIEROGERS@members.v21.co.uk> wrote in message
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> no, get a raptor

And that "advice" would be based on what?


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