ORIGINAL: motorace
Hello all.
My wife recently purchased an ESKY Honey Bee for me as a gift, but it had a defect so I returned it for a refund and decided to do some research before buying a new one.
I am interested in something I can fly both inside and outside. I am probably more interested in the outdoors since we go camping a lot and I figured this would be one of the only times I will have the opportunity to do this. I am new to helicopters, but I am not new to the the world of RC at all and built several cars when I was younger. I am a computer guy and have a background in engineering so I don't think an absolute beginner model is a must. I am more interested in something reliable with 4 channels minimum. I am not sure whether the 2.4 ghz radios are the way to go or not?
What do you folks suggest?
What's your budet? You will get suggestions from $100 to $1000 if you don't state that.
No offence intended here but rc cars have little to nothing to do with rc helis. Being a computer guy and engineer also has little to do wtih RC helis. I'm not trying to be mean here, just giving you the reality. I've got 20 RC cars and 10 RC helis, I'm an engineer as well and used to build computers as a side business. Believe me, none of those skills will really help you in this hobby.
First you need to decide on a budget before you start, the honey bee fixed pitch is a good starter heli and definitely challenging. You will crash though, everyone does. Flying RC helis is a skill that is beyond driving RC cars. With RC cars you understand that you go forward/backwards, left and right, not rocket science since most of us drive everyday. With helis you can do those as well but you can also go up and down, roll in any direction and fly inverted (on a cp heli). You need to constantly control the heli.