Cheap and Nasty RC helicopters???

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    • January 9, 2004 at 10:59 am #11986
      Pork_Hunt
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      Has anyone flown one of those $100 odd RC helicopters, like Big W sell?

    • January 9, 2004 at 2:26 pm #49189
      micro_Amps
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      I have read a review of them somewhere, they rated about 2 out of 10. They only fly up and forward, you do have some steering control of them but not a great deal. Definitely no hovering.
      Helis are tricky to build and control.
      Keep in mind (for only $100) you will get what you pay for.
      My opinion is either pay 5 times the price and get a reasonable micro heli, or leave the idea alone. I had a look around the helis and ended up buying a dragonfly. Great fun, lots to learn in flying them, but they are pretty strong. I had to continue my flying lessons in the garage because there were too many black marks on the doors and on the fridge inside the house.:shock:
      :)uA

    • January 9, 2004 at 9:02 pm #49195
      trash
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      $100 …. god damn even bigW is a ripoff sometimes. Uncle Pete had them for $180.
      (Jed where’s my shotgun?)

      They cost about $20 in HK and wouldn’t cost much more to get them here. I thought they were rather lame when I first saw them. Just up and down control, and I haven’t bought one.

      The UFO that I have on the other hand, is the same sort of 1ch RC system, but it looks cool.
      Especially at night when I take it out and freak out friend’s neighbours.
      I am keen to see a steerable version made.

      The helicopters aren’t worth it for that price.
      And a real 4ch will take you some time to learn to fly. They’re harder to fly than a real chopper, and I often think just as expensive. 🙂

    • January 9, 2004 at 10:40 pm #49196
      oldtamiyaphile
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      Gfunk posted a video of a 2Ch version (not the 1ch ones everyone sells) at http://www.wegotu.com/forums/view_topic.php?id=211&forum_id=8 and it seems really nice for the price, and won’t take you a million years to learn to fly (like my Hornet)…

    • January 10, 2004 at 12:15 am #49200
      Pork_Hunt
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      I believe they are 2ch, it says they go “up, down left and right” but it doesn’t say anywhere on the box that they go forward

    • January 10, 2004 at 1:41 am #49201
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      it’s probably set up so that the chopper flys fordward slowly. The second channel controls tail rotor. That you whichever way you point the chopper, it flys in that general dirrection.
      Pretty simple stuff.

    • January 10, 2004 at 2:04 am #49202
      oldtamiyaphile
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      Most of them are single channel, and steer via torque reaction only.

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