slidemasterx

I'm interested in buying a mini electric heli and I'm not sure which one to buy. I'm not looking to spend much. I've read somewhere about some helis not having complete control for yaw or something. Any recommendations? thanks

Human_Enigma

YAW is the axis the helicopter spins left to right on. The Gyro is what helps maintain the YAW axis, unless you have one specifically set up to maintain a different plane(high performance). The more flexibility you have with it, the better.

slidemasterx

Sorry, I meant to say that I was looking for those micro electric helis. You know the ones that cost below $60. I'm totally new to this. Are they ok for beginners? What are the best ones?

jh4db536

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you get what you pay for. i've seen so many threads regarding the inferior quality of those types of heli. even if you dont crash at all, you will probably be replacing parts left and right because they suck to begin with.

to give you an idea, 4in1 units burn out which probably cost $30+ to replace. tail motors burn out quite frequently $10 a pop. it's not worth this hassle. servo's will go bad. the list goes on.

i seriously wouldnt recommend a budget setup again unless you did some MAJOR research and know exactly what youre doing.

grdnjmmy

You can try this helicopter, it is easier to fly and control than other helicopter due to it design. I learn how to fly with this heli. You can check the [link=http://www.linknety.com/modevideos/demo/zoom.php?id=9]flying movie here[/link]

If you like to buy, you can use Google.com or Yahoo.com to search for a good deal.

Traveler

Hey,

The Walkera #05-2 was my first heli as well. It's indeed very nice to learn on and not too difficult to fly in tight spaces, after some practise. Took me only around 5 packs (10 minute flights) or so to learn controlling it well enough to take off from the floor in the living-room and land on a small table. The usual Walkera-related warnings apply. Go over it completely before you fly it for the first time. Mine came with one of the screws missing on one of the motors, and the other screw on the same motor dangerously loose. It also had a faulty pot in the transmitter, which caused it to fall out of the sky and come down quite hard during one of my earlier flights, from about 3 meters high, onto a concrete floor. Only broke the tip of one of the rotor-blades off, so it seems reasonably tough, although that's the only real crash I had with it so far. The linkages seem to be designed to pop off rather than break in a crash and the rotor-blades are quite flexible. Servo's are a bit chatty and there's some play in the linkages. It also tends to twitch sometimes while flying it (could have been caused by my cell-phone, which I now always turn off while flying) and tends to change it's trim as the battery-voltage gets lower. The battery and motors run quite hot, but have so far survived at least 15 flights.

It usually comes with a sim-cable for use with FMS. If you plan on upgrading to a CP-machine later, I'd suggest logging some hours with one on the sim first. I was happy I did, when I got my new T-Rex 450X. It's many times as responsive and can reach much higher speeds. Learning to fly the Walkera #05-2 in tight spaces will prepare you a bit, though.


Grtz,

Traveller

Human_Enigma

umm they dont make any that fly themselves.. unless your in the military.. you can get horsion recognition if your that deep into it.,.