My co-worker brought this in today we been messing with them all morning. Nice quality lots of fun, just bought 4 of them for nephews and one for me lol
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http://www.amazon.com/Syma-S107-S107G-Helicopter-Colors/dp/8499000606/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
i had 1 similar to that.. they like to fly towards trees.. lol it was a lot of fun until the wind took it out of range, at which point it was never to be seen again.. harbor freight sells some bigger 1's i've been eying up for 70 bucks
These are better indoors.. we've crashed it about 20 times today with trying different things with it and this thing is very durable. We had a whole course laid out with flans blowing and stuff and other obsticles, I won $10 so far lol..
A bit more money but much more fun. It's not a co-exe so it requires a bit more skill but once you have it down it's great indoors and decent outdoors (it's 2.4gz rather than infa-red like those co-axe) with little or no wind. Nice, easy, affordable stepping stool towards learning to fly "hobby level" heli. It's basically a knock of Blade MSR.
http://www.helipal.com/gw-xieda-9958-mini-helicopter-2-4ghz-black-edition.html
That is nice.. I'll go with cheap guy now, my daughter is 5 so that should be good for her.. My next will be the one you Posted.
I have the red one. I took it to my dads place in ga and flew it above the tree line(about 40ft) and it lost signal and fell to the ground and it still works, VERY durable.Lots of fun, I have started giving these to every b-day kid and they love them
They are a lot of fun. 4ch flight is a bit more involved but much more fun. I had a Blade MSR but sold it after i bought my Blade MCPX. I'll probably buy the one i posted this winter though as its much tamer for the indoors then the MCPX. I've also got a Gaui Hurricane 550 but it still makes me nervous for some reason. The size and head speed humble you. Great hobby though. Best place to start is with a sim like RealFlight.
I watched some videos of the Gaui Hurricane 550 on youtube that thing looks wicked fast.
It is. Its got some size to it as well. Still intimidating to me. I'm still very cautious with it. I can loop, roll ,fly inverted and do fast circuits with the MCPX though. It's not scarry. But the Hurri is a great heli. at a great price.
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Thanks for the link!, That does look like a nice one and did you guys notice it was on closeout (85% off reg price, haha).
I got one for a gag gift,they sent it next day air for free. how do they make money?
I fly a blade CX2 and a blade 120 SR both are alot of fun and are at the hobby level. takes alot of practice and patience and $$$ with broken blades and such. been pretty good at flying them indoors and out.
Off of cheap labor on the hands of children in China.
If you can fly the 120 you are already way past the CX2. Get a MCPX and do a frame and brush-less mod to it. You're ready.
the 120 is easier to fly than the CX2 lol
Not the biggest fan of helicopters. I have played with a couple dual rotors, and there fun, but those mini lipo's do not last long enough to really get used to it. They run down so quick that almost all that you do is adjust the trim. Really tough though. My dad had 4 or 5 and two of them still fly, others were canibalized for parts here and there.
I have been flying a slow stick r/c airplane. Lots of fun, but frustrating right now. I have been through 3 motors now. First one I lost the plane in a lot of wind ove some tree's 200+ feet high. Found the plane about 1/4 mile away in someones front yard. Killed the battery and motor, and one plastic wing mount. It must have went down full throttle, because the battery came loose and went through the prop, and the tio of the motor shaft was almost an inch in the ground.
Second two motors, I went with the style of motor and mount my dad runs on his. It works fine, but the stupid set screws keep vibrating out. Last motor pulled all the wires out and bent the shaft when it hit the air frame, the second one twisted the wires all the way around. Haven't looked at it yet to see if I pulled the wires out yet.
I'm running a 400 sized brushless motor with a 25 amp esc, and 1500-1800 millamp 3 cell lipo's. Plane weighs almost twice what my dads does, and still runs out of verticle. My dad is running 3 cell 800's, but with how much lighter his is, it fly's a lot better low and slow.
I have a similar model, and I must say they are a blast and great stress reliever, even if you suck at piloting one (i.e. me)
I grew up with R/C nitro airplanes, its been in the family for a very long time. Dad builds his own and the fly awesome the last one he built was a fourstar 120 with about a 7 foot wingspan and a 4 stroke engine, the plane is awesome and is solid in the air.
http://www.sigmfg.com/IndexText/SIGRC65.html
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just don't take it outside near trees tom.. i learned the hard way lol
We have a lot in common. My grandfather used to fly models over 30 years ago. My father grew up with them and so did I. My dad also used to be part owner of a hobby shop in the 80's. After my grandpa died, my dad took over all of his planes. I would guess we have at least 100 planes and probably as many motors, if not more. Sad thing is though, I might have seen my dad fly gas motors maybe three times in my life.
Yeah, I'm no stranger to planks either. I've been flying them much longer than helis. 3 nitro 40-60 size and 3 electric sport/3D planes. I've found myself leaving the nitro planes hanging. Too big and messy compared to my electrics. Can't beat the convenience of bringing a handful of lipos to the field up the road rather than going to the airport or club to fly the nitros.
My dad's 800 lipo's charge in about 30 minutes. He can make them last that long on a 400 sized brushless. We bring a small car jumper with us to the park, and he likes to fly in the ground effect and do touch and go's. I'd say its rare to see him fly 20 feet off the ground.
With my plane, I am a lot heavier on the throttle and fly a lot higher. Still learning really. I probably only have two or three hours on my plane. Flew it for two hours first day I got it together on about three 1800 lipo's. Ever since I went to the different motor mount and motor's I keep having problems. First time I had my battery plug wire fall off in flight. Next two time I lost my motor mount on take off and pulled all the wires out from the prop still spinning. The design in an over sized hole with two or three set screws. I'm not know for under tightening anything. I even used some lock tight. I think I'm goin to order a new style mount or try to rewind the motors I have and epoxy the motor in place. I have broken a couple of props, but still haven't bent a shaft.
My dad has all kinds of crazy setups. Has a bi-plane setup as te red baron with snoopy in the pen 15pit, and a tossel rotory motor. My dad also has some pylon racers and things like that. His job was to build the race motors for them. He has one plane with a .60 that he said was well over 5hp. He said he could do unlimited verticle with a 15 ft wingspan plane.
We oughta start a new thread and I'll see if I can get some pictures of some of our stuff.
Weird issues with the mounts. A bit of C.A. couldn't hurt or thread lock if it uses blind nuts. I've never had a motor come loose.
With the electrics i fly low and slow, high alpha 3d like rolling harriers and loops, hovers, torque rolls etc. and smaller, tighter circuits. None of my bigger nitro planes are unlimited like that so i race around with them and stick to more aerobatic stuff. The collection isn't huge but it keeps me happy.
Having a good time is what makes it worth while. I have only flown two planes, both slow sticks. I want to get them down alittle bit better, then try to transition into some faster planes. I'm going to start a new thread in the lounge with some pics of our planes.
Sweet. I'll see what I can dig up for pics or take some new ones. I don't have many but I'll share.
Walmart has the same thing for $25. They were on sale one day, and I tried to snag a few, so I went to Target who price matched the sale. I bought two for my 1 and 3 year old. They watch me fly it into the wall and bounce off the ceiling. For less than $40 for both I can afford to destroy one and attempt to repair it, and have a back up for whenever. Great fun for the kids, and I love to mess around with RC stuff. I have a tote full of Zip Zaps, and X-Mods.
i was never 1 to really get into planes/helis, but i was always big on nitro cars/trucks.. had my first 1 when i was 14.. still have a few, but trying to focus on putting my ofna ultra mbx buggy together.. it was always more fun to watch my stadium trucks fly through the air than a plane/heli lol
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Yeah, I did the Nitro truck thing for like 10 years. It was fun (when stuff wasn't broken or being finicky) but I never really raced. Never cared for the effort it took to go to the track and race other people. Just didn't interest me. I was more of a basher but that got old and boring. The ONLY way i would ever consider getting back into surface models like that would be with a brush-less E-Revo but it's too pricey too be fooling with that stuff again. I'm thinking about getting the Spartan brush-less V hull though. Everyone in the family could enjoy that. I learned over the overlapping years that i belonged in the air. I don't break stuff nearly as often now and I really enjoy the freedom it offers, as well as the skills I've developed, and the challenge and attention it brings. I can't wait to bring my older (8 yo) daughter to the field next year. She's been learning on the sim. and doing very well.
To each his own. Sounds to me like you never put in an effort or gave it a chance.
things that fly through the air never really tickled my fancy, whether big or small (real or a toy/hobbyist scale).. would i like to try it someday? sure.. will i? highly unlikely.. i know it's not something i could fully get into.. i like my stadium trucks because i don't have to leave my yard to screw with it.. i haven't broken anything in years, thanks to all the aluminum and carbon fiber parts that i've wound up with.. i can't get serious enough to actually race them either, but they're fun to mess with and launch off the little jumps i have out back.. whenever i take a trip to EHTBMX to ride/train, i always toss my RC10GT in the truck and play around before i leave.. thing gets around the track better than i do >:l
Like I said, To each his own. Same With BMX. I used to be into that and trails/dirt jumping back in the day till i wrecked my knee (back in the mongoose solution pro, Haro elite and T.A.J./Hoffman days. Moved on to Free ride and DH Mt. Biking from there. Haven't really had time (kids and big boy life) for resorts or parks or city/urban free riding so my bike collects dust but I could never go back to BMX. Still have my Haro frame though. I'm planning on building it up for my older daughter.
i never liked down hill or any of that.. never cared for street either, it was boring to me.. i spent about $15-1800 on my dingo frame about 8 years ago.. to this day, it's still in the EXACT same condition it was when i put it together then.. only thing that has changed are the tires/tubes and brake pads/cable.. i love bmx racing and if you told me i had to choose between my bike and my TC's, kiss the cars goodbye! i've been racing since i was 12 and still love it just as much now.. the only sucky part about it is, the race car business gets in the way of racing weekly, because i have to show face at the track and race the car once in a while
Again, Sounds to me like you never put in an effort or gave it an honest chance. An 1800 dollar hard tail aint gonna cut it in DH. Urban, trail/jumps sure. DH is the natural progression to BMX. It's bigger, faster and tighter. But again, to each his own ;0) I can't really preach much about it though as my all mountain rig is hanging in the basp00get, and I'd rather not comment on the thousands I have into it.
not going to put effort into something i know i won't like lol the first year the xgames did the downhill bmx race at woodward, i HAD to ride that track.. standing there, watching robbie miranda and randy stumphouser(sp?) fly down that monsterous 40ft stepdown, straight into a giant berm in time trials was just flat out insane.. the following spring, when i went to camp, me and a couple of my 'bunk-mates' snuck up there and tried riding it.. being 14-15, we couldn't make it past the 2nd turn without casing something.. i could probably do it now that i'm older and much better, but the track is gone :( my bike is my life and you won't be able to pry it from my cold, dead fingers.. it has kept me out of so much trouble, it's my little miracle