ORIGINAL: Foxito
Same here, I have been in this hobby for almost a year and I've been fixing more than flying my helis and today I'm only 13.
I have a Lama V3, a Walkera Dragonfly 4, and a Falcon 3D and I've been ordering parts, fixing, and flying my helis all by myself.
I got tired of ordering parts and waiting for them all the time, so about 2 weeks ago I ordered Realflight G3.5, so now I have something to practice on while waiting for parts and for good whether because I live on a mountain and it's always sunny, but the average amount of wind everyday is 10-15 mph.
The wind won't be a problem soon because I'm going to buy a Nitro Sceadu Evo 50 helicopter in about a month.
Good for you if today you're 13, then Happy Birthday!
And good choice on the RealFlight G3.5, I have it too since a month or so ago, and since I have that simulator and a Blade CX2 that I purchased much before, I gained the dexterity and confidence to be able to hover and/or fly helis. The Blade CX2 made a big difference to me, and RealFlight G3.5 a big help.
However, as I keep on saying, the fact that we practice on RealFlight G3.5 doesn't necessarily means that when we fly the real thing at the park or field it won't crash, because it will, and it will be painful, because on the simulator you can crash all you want, but in real life you crash, you pay $$$ on parts...that's a fact...hehe.
Anyway, you've been at this a year, so you have probably alot more practice than I do of course. However, in only three months I've been at this, have spent too much, and got not one but four helis....too many for so little time, and it is been too much on my budget.
I got a Walkera 22E (which I am about to take all apart in pieces, pure crap), an E-flite Blade CX2, a Heli-Max Axe CP, and an Art-Tech Falcon 3D... other than that, my very first one which I still have was a Fly Dragonfly 2-channel piece of junk that I regret I paid $40 for it on eBay, but I bought it without seen it in person and knowing anything at all about these R/C helis. - One of those things we "fall in love" with in life, get it, and then just to find out it was a royal piece of crap. - And the other one (yeah one more) is a tiny look-alike of a PicooZ micro heli that was good for a few days and I flew it all over the house until it broke a plastic shaft on the main rotor, it lasted 3-4 days, but it was fun, I still have it here in front of me on top of the computer as an ornamental item, looks cute...hehe.
Right now I'm waiting for the parts I ordered for my Falcon 3D, but here you order parts and get them in three days, so it's not too bad, and I don't have to wait for the parts to come from Hong Kong nor China...even though the Falcon *is* made in the continental China, but Hobby-Lobby is a distributor in the U.S., I get my parts from them. This is the first time I order parts for the Falcon 3D from them, not bad, I crashed it many times in less than a month but fixed it myself... mostly bent flybar, bent main shaft, smacked tail boom, things that I could fix myself or wait until they are completely broken...even the canopy looked like it went to the Vietnam war, I ordered a new one too...$2.60 for the canopy you can't beat that price, most inexpensive canopy I've seen so far.
Ah, ok you live in the mountains and it's sunny there, but that doesn't mean that there is no wind. The fact that it's sunny it has nothing to do with NO wind. - I live in the most sunniest state in the U.S, Florida... the "Sunshine State" [8D] and it is all flat, but we got NO mountains nor valleys of course at all here, not even a little hill, it is very sunny always, yet there is alot of wind here because the city where I live is close to the beach, and as yourself we got *always* 10-15 MPH, so I have to wait for "calm" days, which is like almost waiting for the Moon to dissapear.....hahahaa, nearly impossible, that has been my big problem on advancing on this hobby. [:@]
Regards...shalom
