model helicopter..

[Levo-Lon]

Kids got me this for a laugh..but after setting it up today....i may want to get a bit more into this lark..
great fun for 25quid..ive always like model aircraft but never tried flying one..
i believe @vernon knows a thing or 2 about such things..



View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NxcutaFYyIA

 

[mybike]

They're great fun, but not easy.

 

[fossyant]

Weve got two, a micro one and a larger one. My son can fly both, but you've got to be real careful with the two foot long one (outdoors).

 

[Markymark]

I've always been worried it's could be an expensive beginners crash.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I've always been worried it's could be an expensive beginners crash.

they come with spare crash parts..but if it looks like a 'ohh shoot' you kill the throttle and it just lands in a slow controlled way..
very clever little thing..but im sure ill crash it..

 

[Markymark]

they come with spare crash parts..but if it looks like a 'ohh shoot' you kill the throttle and it just lands in a slow controlled way..
very clever little thing..but im sure ill crash it..

Really? I thought helicopters are inherently unstable?

 

[Drago]

On a real whirlybird provided the rotor is free to spin the craft can still gyro down to the ground, theoretically slowly enough not to splat everyone aboard. I'm presuming there little model be are programmed to descend safely when the controls are released as I doubt they'd have the mass to make the rotors auto rotate as it descends.

 

[fossyant]

No, they come down quick. Plenty of parts available. Rotors are the main issues.

 

[mybike]

No, they come down quick. Plenty of parts available. Rotors are the main issues.

And the balance, depending what it's made of. Don't try to fly the small ones outside, they can't cope with the slightest breeze.

 

[MikeW-71]

Those co-axial ones are very easy to fly. The single-rotor jobs are a whole different ball-game

 

[Levo-Lon]

No, they come down quick. Plenty of parts available. Rotors are the main issues.

yes ..i meant back off the power..mind you im still only flying at 2..3 feet..
only had a quick go ..its charging atm so i think ill be using the spares later

 

[GM]

I've always been worried it's could be an expensive beginners crash.

At our old flying club it was known as cheque book flying. My boy is flying one of these at the moment......

£600 quids worth, no crashes yet fortunately.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Im used to cheap hobbies like cycling golf etc..lol..

600 quid chopper..thats a lot

 

[GM]

Im used to cheap hobbies like cycling golf etc..lol..

600 quid chopper..thats a lot

That's only the start of it, couple of hundred quid for a transmitter. The list goes on......

 

[Piemaster]

Next step is a single rotor jobbie. I've got a V911. Harder to fly than a contra-rotator but much faster and it moves you on to a 4 channel controller.
I've also got a small quadcopter even easier than the contra-rotator. Can carry a small camera operated from the remote or swap it out for a teeny water pistol, which I find amusing, but nobody else does.