Spec me an indoor helicopter

RopAyy · 8 Dec 2011 at 15:14

Hahaha love that! Would be ace!!

Karl · 8 Dec 2011 at 15:24

My dad's friend bought a radio controlled petrol-driven aircraft not long after proving himself on a little plastic one.

What did he do? Immediately (on its first flight) fly it directly out of range of his controller, and the petrol just flew the plane off into the distance.

UncleRuckus · 8 Dec 2011 at 15:26

This one looks pretty good!

Cosimo · 8 Dec 2011 at 15:30

RopAyy · 8 Dec 2011 at 15:35

simulatorman said:
Now we're bing to talk real RC copters. They've got some nice ones here:

http://www.nitrotek.co.uk/rc-helicopters.html

My colleague gets trade discount at the above site.
Was thinking im using my tax rebate to pick up one of these.

http://www.nitrotek.co.uk/honey-bee-cpx-6ch-rc-helicopter-2-4ghz-rtf.html

Or of similar sorts! I'd prefer flying something that's challenging

arc@css · 8 Dec 2011 at 15:38

Karl said:
My dad's friend bought a radio controlled petrol-driven aircraft not long after proving himself on a little plastic one.

What did he do? Immediately (on its first flight) fly it directly out of range of his controller, and the petrol just flew the plane off into the distance.

Reminds me of when my brother was trying out a new glider. After he let it go he never saw it again.

Clum · 8 Dec 2011 at 15:41

UncleRuckus said:
This one looks pretty good!
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Still to this day one of the funniest vids I've ever seen.

mrk · 8 Dec 2011 at 15:44

How long can the CPX fly for? If it's decent then I am definitely buying one in the new year!

EDIT*

OMG, just seen this:

http://www.nitrotek.co.uk/hsp-brushless-air-racer-2-4ghz.html

And currently half price too, looks like a lot of fun without the potential for disaster (crashing)

Cosimo · 8 Dec 2011 at 15:50

RopAyy said:
My colleague gets trade discount at the above site.
Was thinking im using my tax rebate to pick up one of these.

http://www.nitrotek.co.uk/honey-bee-cpx-6ch-rc-helicopter-2-4ghz-rtf.html

Or of similar sorts! I'd prefer flying something that's challenging

I quite like the look of this.

http://www.nitrotek.co.uk/cx450-pro-torque-tube-version-rtf.html

Mind you knowing my luck I'll probably kill a dear when I out in Richmond Park.

justintime2001 · 8 Dec 2011 at 16:27

I used to fly a Petrol Heli, they are very difficult to master, cost £££'s to fix and really need a pro tutor if you want to do things right.
A very expensive hobby, probably more expensive than this one

My first venture cost around £1500 for the initilial set-up, kit etc etc.

Midland Helicopters are one of the top shops in the UK if not the best.
They also have trainers and champion flyers working for them for sound advice and training. http://www.modelhelicopters.co.uk/

cainer · 8 Dec 2011 at 17:05

Lucero said:
Cool, thanks. I like the S109G Apache

yeah my nephew would love that one, ive just found that they are "for ages 14+" though so thats a no go as hes only 4

Malevolence · 8 Dec 2011 at 17:13

I want one of these. Yes, it's only a modified MD500 at the moment, but imagine it with the full bodykit. :cool:

Then there's the Dragon.

arc@css · 8 Dec 2011 at 18:01

simulatorman said:
I quite like the look of this.

http://www.nitrotek.co.uk/cx450-pro-torque-tube-version-rtf.html

Mind you knowing my luck I'll probably kill a dear when I out in Richmond Park.

I've never seen anything like that. That was fantastic! It moves like an insect in the air.

Scrutinize · 8 Dec 2011 at 18:10

Lucero said:
I really have a craving for a small indoor copter, just to have a bit of fun with. GF said she'd get me one for xmas, and I'm only messing with it so I guess something around the £25 - £30 mark. I remember Picooz seemed to be a popular choice. Is this still the case?

Any other recommendations

Lucky man, but what's your fiancee getting you then?

If you get one with a gyro they are very stable but it all gets a bit boring to the extent they make the picoo z's look hard to fly.

JAYJT29 · 8 Dec 2011 at 18:31

Heliguy ATOM Fixed pitch. £40 its great

Jay

metbandit1 · 8 Dec 2011 at 18:41

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Channel-Mic...f=sr_1_7?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1323369296&sr=1-7

Reckon that can be charged from the USB charger that comes with the syma S107?

Above link doesnt seem to come with the USB charger so would only buy it if its possible .

TS7 · 15 Dec 2011 at 11:15

Just ordered this for a Christmas present: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Syma-S107-C...c/dp/B004P1IS72/ref=dp_cp_ob_k_h_b_cs_title_3

however imediately after, just saw the new 'G' version for pretty much the same price:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Syma-S107G-...w/dp/B0053SL0ZI/ref=dp_cp_ob_k_h_b_cs_title_1

Is the G version significantly better? Is it worth me faffing around with returns and ordering the newer version?

Hank_Marvin · 15 Dec 2011 at 11:31

Deffo get the G.

D.P. · 15 Dec 2011 at 12:08

Different price range but if someone want a really cool quadrotor then the AR Drones parrot is immense. Hands free stable hover, live video streaming, RC form iphon - just double tab iphone screen and it takes off, tilt the iphone and it flies where you command.

Fairly crash resistant.

Vonhelmet · 15 Dec 2011 at 13:07

Tekgun said:
I bought one of these last year for my son, and it's great fun for both of us it's still going strong but I had to get some replacement blades as I got to close to a wall and they shattered, but that was my fault.
Definitely recommended.

My mother in law bought me one of those last year and it's brilliant.