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Dont buy R/C Helicopters!

IAMACLONE_2IAMACLONE_2 Member Posts: 4,725
edited November 2006 in General Discussion
Get an itch to play with R/C helicopters?

Dont do it!

Start off with a simple $275 Heli, radio included. E-Flite CP Pro
Buy a extra set of rotor & tail blades $27

Buy the software to learn to fly it on the computer $200

Then read on the software box - AMD AthlonII 2.8ghz & 2gig of memory is required!

Freakn computer upgrade if I do it myself. mama board , cpu, and ddr2 ram $700.

Something is wrong here.

Within the first 30 minutes already broke a rotor blade.

Guns are cheap compared to this $ trap.
Agggggh..
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    catpealer111catpealer111 Member Posts: 10,695
    edited November -1
    +1

    Bought a "ready to fly" electric a year ago. Ended up spending what I paid for it on replacement parts from crashing. There are much better wastes of money out there.
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    mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by catpealer111
    +1

    Bought a "ready to fly" electric a year ago. Ended up spending what I paid for it on replacement parts from crashing. There are much better wastes of money out there.


    I used to race RC cars and was normally a top three finisher in the area competitions. I spent some bucks! Money = speed, full size or scale.

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    BeeramidBeeramid Member, Moderator Posts: 7,264 ******
    edited November -1
    I know a guy whose got a really nice r/c chopper and it always breaks. He said it costs on average of $200 per flight because of the stuff that breaks.
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    FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,278 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know what you mean!
    I got some .035x36" carbon fiber rod "training wheels" for mine. It's in the form of a cross that attaches to the landing gear. it helps when your a just few feet of the ground.

    I also had a Heli pro adjust the gyro board for me. That was a big help!
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    11b6r11b6r Member Posts: 16,588 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Got an electric R/C Piper Cub for B'Day- has been a blast. One crash- was convincing neighbor's cat to stay out of the garden, and miscalculated clearances. [:p]
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    FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,278 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Walt I am a BAD influence[:D]
    http://www.hobby-lobby.com/
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    IAMACLONE_2IAMACLONE_2 Member Posts: 4,725
    edited November -1
    Bought the E-Flite CX Coaxial, twin rotor, heli first( Semi-Trainer).
    Had it now since June.
    Went through 3 blades and 2 flybars since June.
    I can just about do anything with it.
    Its more fun than a barrel of monkeys, and easy to fly.

    Wanted to move up to a single blade with a tail rotor.
    Right off to bat, with the quicker rotorhead, whacked the couch, down one $13.00 cheapo rotor blade.

    Still have 5 or 6 60-120 size planes in the attic, aint flow them in 10 years.
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    spryorspryor Member Posts: 9,155
    edited November -1
    I've been interested in/wanted RC helis for years, but cost, and the
    fact that I've always heard they're extremely hard to fly has
    kept me from getting one.
    Looked at one a few years back on fleabay that someone was selling. It
    was a really neat one that had a camera mounted on it, and the seller
    said it had a three mile operating range, and was set up to run from
    your pc.
    He was selling it because he'd gotten into RC jets, which he said
    had a 10mi. operating range, and he ran from his pc also.
    It was a younger guy was in NM., and sounded like he had a blast with
    these..doing some things that I'm sure are illegal.[:D][:D]
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    jabronij3jabronij3 Member Posts: 4,686
    edited November -1
    I'd like to have a remote control gun[:)]
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    NwcidNwcid Member Posts: 10,674 ✭
    edited November -1
    Not trying to hijack the thread here. Hey Walte I have tried to email you from here a couple of times with no reply. Did you get them? If not could you email me so I can reply?
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    pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by FrancF
    I got some .035x36" carbon fiber rod "training wheels" for mine.
    I have the training wheels for mine too. It helps. [;)]
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    gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    Not tryin' to hijack, but the nM group has done racing here the last few weeks, at the Spaceport and Las Cruces airport.
    Check 'em out!

    http://www.rocketracingleague.com

    Now THAT'S fun! (but kinda expensive...)
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    UndeadGladiatorUndeadGladiator Member Posts: 80 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    So, question, do they make r/c helicopters in Chinook form?

    -JB
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    bigride203bigride203 Member Posts: 625 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've got an r/c girlfriend. All I have to do is press a button and she shuts right up. You won't believe what she can do with a joystick.
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    spryorspryor Member Posts: 9,155
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bigride203
    I've got an r/c girlfriend. All I have to do is press a button and she shuts right up. You won't believe what she can do with a joystick.


    Inflatable..?[;)]
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    HappyNanoqHappyNanoq Member Posts: 12,023
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by spryor
    quote:Originally posted by bigride203
    I've got an r/c girlfriend. All I have to do is press a button and she shuts right up. You won't believe what she can do with a joystick.


    Inflatable..?[;)]


    Or he stuck on an electric dog collar on her.... [:D]
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    bang250bang250 Member Posts: 8,021
    edited November -1
    I used to work for Great Planes a division of Hobbico who owns most of the RC industry. Top flight, Air Core, ect.. anyway it always amazed me what these kits cost especially the planes made of balsa wood. People buy'em for several hundered bucks crash them repair them and do it again. Pretty cool to watch someone else fly but I couldn't bring myself to spend the money on one.
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    mrseatlemrseatle Member Posts: 15,467 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    alf102s.jpg

    Nice website, I like some of the TOMY stuff, direct from hong kong.
    Now about remote control Guns, here's a pic from E3.

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    Warpig883Warpig883 Member Posts: 6,459
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by UndeadGladiator
    So, question, do they make r/c helicopters in Chinook form?

    -JB


    Do a google search. It has been a couple years let me thing- I forget the company Hirobo? which is making a CH-46 Sea Night. It is not traditional in that is has 2 blade rotors and only one engine but comes ready to fly.

    There is a group in the Netherlands building a larger scale Chinook. I belong to the forum where there is a couple different groups building their own. I haven't been there in a couple years I will look for the URL.

    There are also a couple rc Chinook videos floating around the internet. The first video has a great pilot.
    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rc+chinook


    This one is a 1:7.5 scale. It is pretty damn big. Their website is down but a year ago it was getting close to flying. Here is a link where you can see a few pics of it. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=338964
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    Grunt2Grunt2 Member Posts: 2,525 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Been there...Done that.......I got rid of my RC Heli when I was spending more on it than I was for reloading..!!
    Retired LEO
    Combat Vet VN
    D.A.V Life Member
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    IAMACLONE_2IAMACLONE_2 Member Posts: 4,725
    edited November -1
    I want one of these!!!
    In a 90 or 120 size.
    sikorsky_ch-53_lufttankning.jpg
    Dont think I can fly it in the livingroom either.
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    rogue_robrogue_rob Member Posts: 7,033 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by IAMACLONE_2
    I want one of these!!!
    In a 90 or 120 size.
    sikorsky_ch-53_lufttankning.jpg
    Dont think I can fly it in the livingroom either.




    I've jumped out of a few of those[:D]
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    TexasVetTexasVet Member Posts: 2,847 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was told that most of the stunts on the old TV show "Air wolf" were done with RC Helios.

    I was in the bay area and saw a group of guys flying the RC helicopters, and they were good ! Talked to one guy that had his flying all kinds of positions and he said that "this one is my fourth RC Helio, I crashed and burned the others learning how to fly them!"

    As much as they cost, that's an expensive hobby.

    I knew another guy that bought one of those "kit" helicopters; think it was a Scorpion or something like that. He is a really good street rod builder, and applied his talents to the helio kit. It turned out looking really good, and sounded good too.

    He was trying to learn how to fly it, he was in it and had the thing tied to the ground on 2 foot chains at all 4 corners, trying to learn how to hover. He dropped it so many times that he had to rebuild the sled, finally sold it and went back to building street rods.
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    SperrySperry Member Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Be glad you didn't get into RC helios in the late '70s.
    They cost way more than that; add in the increased buying power [is a buck really worth more [?] ] and you would feel downright depressed.
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