Originally Posted by
Rob2160
Yes those cheap plastic toy self stabilised multicopters are very easy to fly and would be boring to most traditional RC Pilots. I find them boring too.
If you ever have the chance to fly a high performance hobby grade CF multicopter like this I'd be interested in your opinion. These have thrust / weight ratios exceeding 10:1 and roll rates greater than 1000 degrees per second. In full manual mode it's all on the pilot with no cheating self stabilisation.
I like my fixed wing RC aircraft and will always keep flying them but after the reflexes adapted to the manoeuvrability of these acro quads the fixed wings now all feel like they are flying in slow motion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osVCI6Ej8xE
The technical skill needed to build one of those aircraft is amazing enough, because it's not just pulling that out of a box, or throwing some props on it. It's a build from the ground up, where precision is required. Then of course is the programming of the escs and motors. But that's of course the easy part, because now it needs to get flown. Everytime I see that video I'm more in awe of what that pilot is able to do, even the soil/airframe testing...ha! That's why it's so much more disturbing to see fellow hobbyists advocate for the banning of this specific type of pilot/hardware. It's completely senseless to me. And it's not just fixed wing guys, it's from the heli folks too. A third rotor blade is suddenly the litmus test for exclusion. I don't think I will ever grasp that as a reality, or anything even remotely considered fair. Thanks for sharing that video, it's almost as good as the "quad at 44,000 feet" but I'm on to that one now.
