Mini Spark which was a Walkera 4#3 clone

well actually a Century Hawk III but the Mini Spark was the first one I learned to fly on.

Kyosho concept 30. 1993.

One hover and done!

First heli was Double Horse 9116 that no longer works. First CP was HK450GT crashed countless times but still going.

Mine was a Heli-Baby in and around 1977-8. One hover, one forward flight, one tip-over in the water, and that was it. Sigh.......

Don

H995 (xeida 9958 rebrand) still have it, still flies My wife bought it for me as a Christmas present, I was having plank withdrawal in the winter... now the helis are in my hobby room, the planks are in the garage, LOL I just wonder if she would have re-thought that gift if she knew how addicted I would become? the world may never know... but helis are like rabbits 16 and counting... (not including full birds intended to be spares)

First heli was a POS coaxial from fry's electronics. Second was a Blade SR 120 which was still a POS but at least flyable. Biggest issue with that was the battery tray that would break just from normal use.

Third was a Walkera V120D02

Fourth was an HK450 which I learned a lot from. It was a cheap piece of crap but I learned a lot from it and when I totaled it in the end I didn't mind too much because of how little it cost.

From there it has been:

Tarot 450 Sport
Tarot 500
Trex 550
RJX Xtreme 600
KDS Innova 700
Rush 750

Latest is a TSA Infusion 700e which I will be stretching to 800.

JC Designs is working on a gasser based on the TSA Infusion 700N which I have my eye on. Supposedly they are getting together with TSA to sell it as complete kit rather than a conversion. Given the very high commonality of parts within the 600-700 electric and nitro TSA helis I like the idea of having an electric and a gasser that use most of the same parts.

GMP Cricket, very early '80s.

My first heli was a V977.

What is implied by "first heli"?
Toy grade or hobby grade?

My first heli, all in all, was a first edition Havoc heli by Airhogs. My first hobby grade heli was the Esky HBV2 .

- SpekBo

Originally Posted by Murgo

I had the same thing (except in gray and skids, no floats) in the 80's when I was 15 or something like that. Fixed pitch, no gyro whatsoever. Never got it to fly for more than a couple of seconds at a time. Still have the frame and tail boom, no blades and don't know where the canopy is. Also the main gear is stripped and the engine is missing.

Cool, I was 15 when I got mine in '82 IIRC.... I got it to fly, but only after I found a Kavan Gyro (the one where you had to drill a hole in the tail servo to connect some wires to the feedback pot) but it took me 3 years and LOTS (and I mean really LOTS) of repairs, before I could get it into forward flight and back safely again.
I had the floats, but also the skids.
Mine flew last about 15 years ago, after I found it again during a house-move.... I could really not believe that I had once been capable of flying it with some confidence.... what a horrible piece of kit....

Raptor 50 V2, circa 2003.

Thanks to EXIF data, the picture is specifically November 19, 2003, at 4:27 PM.

GMP cobra in 1988,.. enya 50SS,

The one in the front, "Those were the golden days of RC helicopters" , you could buy a brand new car for the cost of one of these in early '70s.

Wow! Those are beauties

My first helicopter was a second hand Jet ranger that i learned to hover with. I replaced it with a Kalt Baron 60, that I eventually converted to gas. I leant to fly circuits and loop with the Kalts (I bought a second one that was gas stock, called the Baron GS). Still have both of them.