Advice for newbie

[Bri B]

Hi everyone

I've always wanted to own a r/c helicopter. I used to live in N
Ireland (where there's loads of open space to fly one), but
unfortunately they were prohibitively expensive then! Now I live in
London where the open space is much more limited, but can now afford
one!

I still want a r/c helicopter and understand that they are not easy to
fly! ;-) , so instead of going overboard and buying one with an engine
(and probably crashing it during the learning process), I'm thinking
of getting an electric/battery one so I can practice indoors before
graduating to a *proper* engine-powered one - I have lots of space
indoors!

Problem is that I'm not sure what to buy. I was thinking of a budget
of GBP200 - 250.

Has anyone any advice or recommendations?

Many thanks.


Bri B

[Average Heli Person]

Bri - I forgot to add an important detail about the Hoverfly. Don't get the
'TXI' version. This is the one which comes with a joypad type controller -
I don't know what the hell they were thinking about but that thing is not
for flying helis, believe me. I suggest you get the non TXI version and get
yourself a cheapo 6 channel tranny instead - you can currently get a new
Futaba Skysport 6 for £20. Though not suitabe for flying glow models, it's
ideal for the HF and for use on your sim if/ when you get one.

Good luck - let us know how it goes.


--

John

http://www.heligenius.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

[Bri B]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:38:05 GMT, "Average Heli Person"
<notellin@ya.com> uttered:

>Bri - the ONLY Hoverfly that comes with a controller is the TXI version.
>You can still use a proper tranny instead of the supplied controller but why
>waste the dough? To clarify, the Hoverfly, whether supplied with a
>controller (TXI) or not (non TXI) will work with a proper transmitter. The
>TXI version includes a useless joypad which pushes the price up.

Ok thanks for that John! :-)


Bri B