Which indoor heli to practice with? Help please!

[easynews]

Hi all!

I want to get an indoor elec heli to practice / play with (normally fly a
rap 30 when the weather allows...), but the question is which one?

I figure the 3 choices are (current package price):
Hoverfly ( £170)
Piccolo (£265)
Hornet (£299)

The hoverfly scores on being the cheapest, and unlimited flight times due to
the cable, but I am concerned as to how it flies compared to my raptor, i.e.
is it going to a realisitic machine to practice with?

The Piccolo and Hornet appeal more as they actually appear like proper helis
(and I can put bodies on them! :-) ), so I presume they are more realistic
flyers, however what sort of flight times are you guys getting with these?

I also have a limited space indoors of around 15' x 13', its a kitchen /
dinning area so fairly robust, but am concerened about what damage the
larger Piccolo or hornet may do when I crash it, or whether they will be to
big to fly properley in this limited space?

I would be grateful for all your thoughts on this, as I want to make sure I
get a suitable one (but am in new toy mode and want to rush out and buy one!
:-) )

Many thanks!

Anthony

[Martin Round]

I own a Piccolo and a Raptor (and others). I've tried a Hoverfly,
never a Hornet though.

In my opinion, none of them are worth the money - a PC simulator is
much better. The Piccolo flys nothing like a Raptor - it's much
harder to control, has very limited flight time (4 minutes) and in
a space of 15' x 13' you'll only be able to do tail-in hovering
unless you are an expert (in which case you'll find it boring).

The Hoverfly behaves more like a 'real' model heli in the hover, but
you can't do any aerobatics, and it soon gets boring too.

The Hornet is supposed to be a bit better than the Piccolo, but
suffers from the same drawbacks, and your indoor space is too small
to get much fun out of the heli - really you need a sports hall or
similar, or outdoors on a very calm day.

A PC sim is a better bet - more realistic! (yes, really!), proper
aerobatics, cheaper.

Martin.

"easynews" <anthony.bradley@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:UwCR9.1495$Jh2.40981@news.easynews.com...
> Hi all!
>
> I want to get an indoor elec heli to practice / play with (normally fly a
> rap 30 when the weather allows...), but the question is which one?
>
> I figure the 3 choices are (current package price):
> Hoverfly ( £170)
> Piccolo (£265)
> Hornet (£299)
>
> The hoverfly scores on being the cheapest, and unlimited flight times due
to
> the cable, but I am concerned as to how it flies compared to my raptor,
i.e.
> is it going to a realisitic machine to practice with?
>
> The Piccolo and Hornet appeal more as they actually appear like proper
helis
> (and I can put bodies on them! :-) ), so I presume they are more realistic
> flyers, however what sort of flight times are you guys getting with these?
>
> I also have a limited space indoors of around 15' x 13', its a kitchen /
> dinning area so fairly robust, but am concerened about what damage the
> larger Piccolo or hornet may do when I crash it, or whether they will be
to
> big to fly properley in this limited space?
>
> I would be grateful for all your thoughts on this, as I want to make sure
I
> get a suitable one (but am in new toy mode and want to rush out and buy
one!
> :-) )
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
>

[chris gerard]

Hi there,

I would also consider a smaller model like MIA housefly or WES LH-35...

Cheers, chris

"easynews" <anthony.bradley@virgin.net> a écrit dans le message de news:
UwCR9.1495$Jh2.40981@news.easynews.com...
> Hi all!
>
> I want to get an indoor elec heli to practice / play with (normally fly a
> rap 30 when the weather allows...), but the question is which one?
>
> I figure the 3 choices are (current package price):
> Hoverfly ( £170)
> Piccolo (£265)
> Hornet (£299)
>
> The hoverfly scores on being the cheapest, and unlimited flight times due
to
> the cable, but I am concerned as to how it flies compared to my raptor,
i.e.
> is it going to a realisitic machine to practice with?
>
> The Piccolo and Hornet appeal more as they actually appear like proper
helis
> (and I can put bodies on them! :-) ), so I presume they are more realistic
> flyers, however what sort of flight times are you guys getting with these?
>
> I also have a limited space indoors of around 15' x 13', its a kitchen /
> dinning area so fairly robust, but am concerened about what damage the
> larger Piccolo or hornet may do when I crash it, or whether they will be
to
> big to fly properley in this limited space?
>
> I would be grateful for all your thoughts on this, as I want to make sure
I
> get a suitable one (but am in new toy mode and want to rush out and buy
one!
> :-) )
>
> Many thanks!
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
>


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[angenoir]

Definatelly an Hornet
But a Voyager E or Logo 10 will suit better.
Angenoir