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indoor micro recommendations please - 10/30/2007 1:52:08 AM   
ea01bg


 

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Status: offline 		Hi everyone,
I just started flying Helis this summer. I have a Black Hawk 450 SE and have about 50 flights on it. I can hover tail and side in with no problems nose in is a bit hairy but I’m working on it and have started doing forward flight. I live in the north east and my out door flying session is rapidly coming to and end for this year. I’d like to fly in side this winter, I have a large living room and a 3 car garage to fly in. Could anyone recommend a CCPM micro other than Blade CP and CP Pro that would be small enough to fly in a confined space. This Heli will only be used indoors so the smaller the better.
Thanks
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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 10/30/2007 2:27:05 AM   
Druss


 

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Status: offline 		There are the esky products, the king2 is a 400 size so slightly larger than the cp and cpp but it's a belt driven tail. since you're not doing 3D indoors you can look at some fixed pitch models too.

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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 10/30/2007 2:38:29 AM   
ea01bg


 

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Status: offline 		I was looking at the venom night ranger 3d mico. very small main rotor diameter 340 mm and is ccpm.

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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 10/30/2007 9:19:57 PM   
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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 10/30/2007 9:28:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		that night ranger is pretty cool looking for such a small heli. I wonder if stability is an issue.

Personally, I want a blade cx2 or some other small coax for cruising around the house. Won't learn any skills on it really but for toying around...

Anyone seen the new PTU (personal transport unit) from millenium I think. It looks like a guy with a jetpack except its a heli pack. I haven't seen one in action yet.


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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 10/30/2007 11:12:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have a CX2. I dont care for it , way to easy to fly I can set the transmitter down and lite a smoke.

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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 10/31/2007 7:17:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Check out the Walkera 4#3 palm size FP heli. It's full 4 channel control but only slightly bigger than a PiccoZ.

Walkera 4#3 Video

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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 10/31/2007 7:23:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		the 4#3 looks pretty cool, i wanna see a cp one that small


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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 10/31/2007 7:35:18 PM   
Velocity-8



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the 4#3 looks pretty cool, i wanna see a cp one that small



There is supposed to be one in the works based off the 4#3.

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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 10/31/2007 7:53:29 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Velocity-8

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ORIGINAL: hennesseylord

the 4#3 looks pretty cool, i wanna see a cp one that small



There is supposed to be one in the works based off the 4#3.


is it made by walkera? whats the name?


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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 10/31/2007 8:03:41 PM   
Velocity-8



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quote:

ORIGINAL: Velocity-8

quote:

ORIGINAL: hennesseylord

the 4#3 looks pretty cool, i wanna see a cp one that small



There is supposed to be one in the works based off the 4#3.


is it made by walkera? whats the name?


Yes, Walkera is supposed to have the CP version of the 4#3 called the 4G3. Here's a pic..


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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 10/31/2007 11:37:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have flown the micro venon and find a 340mm rotofly is pretty good/better for a 2 or three car garage. If you use the training gear on the rotofly, its pretty stable and you can circle in the garage or hover in the LR - its FP though. I will test the micro venon again tonight and let you know how it does in the garage...its been a while

Mikw

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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 11/1/2007 12:09:28 AM   
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I could hold the venon micro in a hover but it required lots of stick. Maybe its my particular heli but it tends to want to "drop" a lot and you have to constantly adjust the throttle to compensate. This is in a hover and not moving around.

The rotofly has large plastic blades and there is a lot less head speed. It hovers well and it is not too touchy to fly around some. You can fly it slowly for sure in a garage.

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I was proud just to keep the venom in a stable hover, whereas I had some fun with the rotofly. The price of the venon is as high as a good quality 300/400 size helicopter. The venon electronics seem markedly close to walkera's. My opinion. for what its worth, the rotofly won in the fly down.

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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 11/1/2007 1:05:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		thanks mike0416

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RE: indoor micro recommendations please - 11/1/2007 1:19:12 AM   
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