I still think the Hirobo XRB is at the top of the stack for a small training heli, or just goofing around in the house. Its just a really good running heli. I lost count of the flights mine has had, I know its over 300 or so. When I first got it I was flying 3-5 flights a day or more everyday for about a month. Ive not had to replace any parts other than the blades. I cut took the tail off of mine and replaced it with a carbon fiber boom, but im probably going to go back to the original tail to take it back to its former scale appearance.

Ive used both the carbon fiber blades and the foam blades that it comes with. For general in the house flying, the foamies are the best. If you go in a gym and want to yank and bank, go with the carbon ones, just be prepared to have to retrim and reset the gyro inbetween the blade changes due to differences in the blades.

My XRB has been crashed....and hard. But so far no serious damage. Usually all that happens is the blades pop, and the flybar unclips itself. Just snap the flybar back into the top of the head, replace the blades, pop a new battery in there and go flying again.

I will mention this. DONT fly battery after battery after battery through the XRB. Give it a chance to cool down between flights. The coreless motors get really hot after a 15-20min flight, and you need to let them cool down before flying again. If you dont, you can either burn up a motor....or the most common problem is fracturing the pinion gear. If you just get the battery that comes with the XRB, you can let it cool down while the battery is charging, thats what I do.


The XRB is really easy to fly, and fun. Its just so simple in design and flight charectoristics. Its not a aerobatic powerhouse, but its not designed to be either. Its designed to just hover and putz around. Think of it as the Piper Cub of Helicopters.