Electric Recommendations Requested

[Mark Zivley]

I'm in the market for an electric. I have borrowed my brothers Hummingbird over
the last few days, but it's small size and the fact that it's a bit beat up have
made the early learning a bit more challenging than I'd hoped. The linkages
aren't very tight so trimming for a somewhat stable hover is a moving target and
I'm disappointed with the gyro stability as well.

I'd like to get something that is a bit more capable looking ahead rather than
buy a trainer and then have to upgrade. I'm new to helis, but I've got a good
amount of RC practice.

I've looked at the Blade CP and also the Swift 16. At the moment the Swift
strikes me as a good choice since I'm figuring that the larger size will make it
a bit less squirrly.

Thoughts and suggestions welcome.

Thanks,

Mark

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[Zeneca]

T-Rex a bit smaller that your reference, but nice build and flight. Have a
look at:
http://www.helihobby.com/html/trex_helicopter.html

A bit bigger are Mikado Logo's
http://www.helihobby.com/html/logo_helicopter_products.html
However as far a size is increased the batteries also increases noticeabily
in price.


"Mark Zivley" <mzivley@hothotmail.com> escribió en el mensaje
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> I'm in the market for an electric. I have borrowed my brothers
> Hummingbird over the last few days, but it's small size and the fact that
> it's a bit beat up have made the early learning a bit more challenging
> than I'd hoped. The linkages aren't very tight so trimming for a somewhat
> stable hover is a moving target and I'm disappointed with the gyro
> stability as well.
>
> I'd like to get something that is a bit more capable looking ahead rather
> than buy a trainer and then have to upgrade. I'm new to helis, but I've
> got a good amount of RC practice.
>
> I've looked at the Blade CP and also the Swift 16. At the moment the
> Swift strikes me as a good choice since I'm figuring that the larger size
> will make it a bit less squirrly.
>
> Thoughts and suggestions welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
> remove the extra "hot" in my e-mail address to reply direct.
>