Small Electric Heli's

[Bobby Bee]

HI guys...
I fancy having a play with a small electric heli...any
comments on the Hornet / Picollo / Hummingbird?..

Many Thanks... BB.

[HeliMan]

If you can fly go for the Hornet, by far the most responsive . manouverable
out there, well chuffed with mine. If you are learning go for the
hummingbird.


"Bobby Bee" <rob.flyboy@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> HI guys...
> I fancy having a play with a small electric heli...any
> comments on the Hornet / Picollo / Hummingbird?..
>
> Many Thanks... BB.
>
>

[tom gaskin]

Hi,
I happily fly a Picollo - just like my 30 & 60 size helis, I have gradually
upgraded it to a "Picollo pro" as bits have worn out or broken...

However, the Century Hummingbird is the newbie on the block that seems
awfully good, combining the the features of the Hornet & Picollo, and it's
dead cheap! I am seeing a load of these at the Lancing indoor meeting each
month.
--
Regards,
Tom Gaskin
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"Bobby Bee" <rob.flyboy@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> HI guys...
> I fancy having a play with a small electric heli...any
> comments on the Hornet / Picollo / Hummingbird?..
>
> Many Thanks... BB.
>
>

[Bill Wolff]

Hi Bobby... Maybe these URLs will help:

http://www.nottingham-rcs.supanet.com/eolo.htm

Purchase for $378.49 at:

http://at.robbe-online.net/cgi-bin/rims_at.storefront/3fa92de6034cfadf27173e0dc1210675/UserTemplate/1/?ISID=3fa92de6034cfadf27173e0dc1210675

And I wouldn't worry too much about the stories of the Feda Dragonfly /
Hummingbird burning out motors. Although if this does start to become a
problem, one can always pop in a brushless motor for about 80 bucks. Stock
motors cost around 15 to 18 bucks.

My flight time on the Dragonfly is about 20 minutes. Although I land a lot.
And about 7 minutes worth if running at full power during all of this time.

Bill


From: "Bobby Bee" <rob.flyboy@btinternet.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 16:45:29 +0000 (UTC)
Message-ID: <bob9f9$4ef$1@hercules.btinternet.com>

> Thanks for the info on the EOLO. I'd like to ask you a few more questions,
> if you don't mind , my friend...
>
> What sort of flight times are you getting?
> What flight batteries are you using?
> Is the model partly built out of the box?
> Do you have to replace the motor / brushes every few flights?
>
> Many thanks... BB.



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[Bobby Bee]

Great reply Bill... I'll check out the links you've given.

Thanks again...BB.

"Bill Wolff" <wolffsoft@nospamnetzero.net> wrote in message
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>
> Hi Bobby... Maybe these URLs will help:
>
> http://www.nottingham-rcs.supanet.com/eolo.htm
>
> Purchase for $378.49 at:
>
>
http://at.robbe-online.net/cgi-bin/rims_at.storefront/3fa92de6034cfadf27173e0dc1210675/UserTemplate/1/?ISID=3fa92de6034cfadf27173e0dc1210675
>
> And I wouldn't worry too much about the stories of the Feda Dragonfly /
> Hummingbird burning out motors. Although if this does start to become a
> problem, one can always pop in a brushless motor for about 80 bucks. Stock
> motors cost around 15 to 18 bucks.
>
> My flight time on the Dragonfly is about 20 minutes. Although I land a
lot.
> And about 7 minutes worth if running at full power during all of this
time.
>
> Bill
>
>
> From: "Bobby Bee" <rob.flyboy@btinternet.com>
> Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 16:45:29 +0000 (UTC)
> Message-ID: <bob9f9$4ef$1@hercules.btinternet.com>
>
> > Thanks for the info on the EOLO. I'd like to ask you a few more
questions,
> > if you don't mind , my friend...
> >
> > What sort of flight times are you getting?
> > What flight batteries are you using?
> > Is the model partly built out of the box?
> > Do you have to replace the motor / brushes every few flights?
> >
> > Many thanks... BB.
>
>
>
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[cornwellsb]

Just don't go stock - go ahead and spend the extra money on a cusom / upgraded kit with a brushless motor and Li-Poly or you will end up doing it anyway.

For one, its near impossible to learn on the 6 to 7 minute flying time you get with the batteries (you basically only get to fly for 6 minutes every 2 hours why you wit to recharge with the stock batteries and of course the stock motor doesn't last long.