RE: Begginer heli.
Ok. 3 weeks of flying my erazor 450 rtf. Not pushing it, mostly pattern flying. Watch the plugs on the battery's and the motor controller! Mine have gotten real loose and my fix is slightly ovaling the female connectors. Keep a close eye on these, or you chopper may drop out of the sky!!! The struts on the tail boom broke. I repaired them with new ends from my LHS. The gyro is nothing more than a buffer, no heading hold!!! Found it works a lot better mounted just behind the rotor. Adjust it to about 50% gain, acts like a center trim. Take the horn off the servo and reattatch it one notch towards making a right turn. Then slide the whole servo on the boom to a point allowing for near or center of the tails rotor function. Mines at most 2 or 3 clicks off of center on the radio. Battery's and charger are junk. Takes over 6 hours to charge the 2200mah and over 5 for the 1800mah I bought. In nothing but hovering I get abou 12 to 16 min flight on the 2200mah. Watch the main rotor gear and one way bushing. I had to lube both after about 3 hours of flight. I use a light mineral oil. Keep an eye on plastic dust there!! I have flown mine indoor, still not the most stable bird. NOT FOR BEGINERS! My Thunder Tiger 40 size, without expo, is hugely more stable! I ran the wiring a little different, cleans everything up and mounted the speed controller under the battery, no more glitches. Look out for wires rubbing on the motor!! All in all this bird is ok. I like flying it in my apartment. Anyone reading, realize that the charger, batteries, and gyro are junk and the xheli, nitroplanes, nitrorcx, partsworkz, and raidtech people will not help you after they have your' cash!