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Oh man! I have been eyeing one these for months now! We (my house of 3 boys ranging from almost 2 to 6 plus myself who I barely consider any older than 12) have a few of those microcopters that are only to be flown inside. As fun as those are, everytime we see the bigger versions in the LHS, we all drool!
My fear has always been crashing and the amount of repairs that would come from it. Considering how bad we destroy our cars, I wonder if my hesitations are corrrect. The logical response would be for me to get just one...for me and me alone but the first time the two older boys would see it, they would want a turn. Then I'd let them have a turn. Then I'd realize that the oldest is probably even better at flying it than me and the middle one is almost adequate. Then I'd by two more. It would be a slippery and expensive slope!
I’m taking this kinda slow, I got these two (450se V2 Trex and Blade 400 3D) used as a basket case for $150 with TX and enough spares parts to build them 3x over. I’d say that I spend 30 min a day on a simulator for the past 5 months. I can hover them great and just started getting all the settings dialed in for figure eights. I can see how this is going to get expensive, already upgraded the Trex to a Talon60 and a Scorpion. I think I’m going to buy a 3D micro to 3D before I try it with these.I used to be into the helicopters but lost interest due to how expensive (and time consuming) they were to crash and my RC buddies got out of flying so I sold them off. i had a trex 450, HK clone 500, 250, a blade 230x. never did get very good at flying them, at most i could roll or flip inverted for a second. I never put in enough time to get good because I wasn't near an area big enough to feel comfortable. still kind of wish i would have kept my little 230x though, it was fun and very tough once the tail gear was upgraded. i just moved recently and i'm right next to an elementary school with a big field...
i see you have an old t-rex there with a flybar, everything now is flybarless, i've had both and for learning i say stick with the flybar...
Yeah, I got mine used as a basket case for cheap. Didn’t know if I could fly them so I did not want to spend the money, but after time in the air after after lots of simulator time I’m hooked on it. Have not crashed them yet!Oh man! I have been eyeing one these for months now! We (my house of 3 boys ranging from almost 2 to 6 plus myself who I barely consider any older than 12) have a few of those microcopters that are only to be flown inside. As fun as those are, everytime we see the bigger versions in the LHS, we all drool!
My fear has always been crashing and the amount of repairs that would come from it. Considering how bad we destroy our cars, I wonder if my hesitations are corrrect. The logical response would be for me to get just one...for me and me alone but the first time the two older boys would see it, they would want a turn. Then I'd let them have a turn. Then I'd realize that the oldest is probably even better at flying it than me and the middle one is almost adequate. Then I'd by two more. It would be a slippery and expensive slope!
Same here. Mine are all 250 or less. Sometimes I watch Youtube videos of the best 3D heli flyers in the world. It all happens so fast that I cannot even comprehend how they do it. I believe that people who can fly like that are "prodigies" of 3D heli flight in the same way that someone might be a piano prodigy. That is, I believe that anyone can learn to play the piano to some degree (chopsticks), but the true piano prodigy was BORN to do it. Same with heli flight. All of us can do it a little bit, but only the true prodigy can make the bird dance in the sky and defy gravity, or even logic.I did for a while but not that scale. Mine werea little smaller. Definitely no room for error!
There is firmware inside the flight control board of the drone that automatically stabilizes it’s flight, especially a Fantom 3. You are only going to get a little bit of aileron and pitch and when you let off the sticks the drone goes level all in its own. On a helicopter it really doesn’t do that at all, flying one is like balancing on top of an invisible ball, the pilot is fully responsible for flight stability. The only thing that is automatic is the gyro that holds the tail in the desired position.never a helicopter but i fly by buddies phantom 3 from time to time. are helicopters about the same as a drone?
Not yet...they look difficult....im alright with quads though
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