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need some help on a decision - 6/4/2011 9:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		 well im selling my cars and moving onto aircraft. cars don't have much thrill. should i get a plane or heli? if i get a plane, i have been thinking about the flyzone skyfly max, and if i get a heli i have been thinking about the blade 120 sr.

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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/4/2011 9:10 PM   
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Get one of each

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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/4/2011 9:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		yeah i guess lol. would be pretty expensive to get both at the same time though. need to regain the money back first

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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/4/2011 10:22 PM   
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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/4/2011 10:41 PM   
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Honestly...knowing your situation...what costs less to repair?

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 well im selling my cars and moving onto aircraft. cars don't have much thrill. should i get a plane or heli? if i get a plane, i have been thinking about the flyzone skyfly max, and if i get a heli i have been thinking about the blade 120 sr.




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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/4/2011 10:49 PM   
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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/4/2011 11:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		yep thats true i like to bolt and all better than carve and cut. tommygun32- the cost of cars and helis is about the same.....cars is actually a little bit more.

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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/5/2011 12:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		If you go with helies do yourself a favor and get a 500 size electric or .30 size glow to start with. This little ones are a pain. I learned on a Blade SR "300 size". If I had it to do over again I'd have gotten a 500 size T-rex clone called a Chaos. Imagine the diffrence in handling of a 60 MPH 1/30 scale RC car and a 60 MPH 1/8 scale RC car.



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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/5/2011 12:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		okay thanks. i have thought about it, and what i am going to do is keep one car, and sell the other. then, i am going to buy a helicopter with that money plus some extra money. im going to keep the one car for when the car bug bites me again amishwarlord- 500 size? can you tell me what sizes mean what? sorry, i have no idea about heli size numbers.

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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/5/2011 1:16 AM   
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Status: offline 		It's confusing but lets go by engine size since you know that.
250 = Cox .049
450 = .15
500= .30
600 = .50
700 = .60-.90

Each size is about double the smaller size. You can put a 450 size heli in a 600 sizes cockpit.

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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/5/2011 1:18 AM   
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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/8/2011 4:08 AM   
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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/8/2011 2:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		As a plane pilot who's now learning helis, I can second the suggestions both to stay away from mini collective pitch helis and to stick with a coaxial. Any CP heli, even the bigger ones, will last about 10 seconds in the hands of an inexperienced pilot on a good day. If you can get some training and are disciplined enough to listen and learn, you will probably do fine with one though. That generally means joining a club and from your posts in the beginner plane forum I know you don't want to do that. You'll likely spend 5 times the money that an AMA membership and club dues will cost you before quitting if you try to fly CP helicopters alone though. The little skyfly airplane is a better choice if you just want to open the box and fly. It's like the coaxial helicopter of airplanes.

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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/8/2011 2:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		IMO keep at least one car, that way, you have an RC to screw around with when it's too windy to fly.

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RE: need some help on a decision - 6/9/2011 10:45 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here is the size difference between a 450 size motor and a 600 size one.

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