Hey guys I have been flying airplanes for some time now, but I wanna move on to helis. I'm thinking about buying the Humminbird from helihobby, so, any comments, or suggestions will be most appreciated. Is it easy to learn to fly? Does it do maneuvers? Thanks

Have done a lot of research in this area recently (but haven't purchased yet) and have some colleagues at work who have recently gotten into micro-helis. So for what it's worth...

1) They purchased their helicopters from HeliHobby and seem to be happy enough with their purchase experience. So you're fine with that choice.

2) The Ikarus Piccolo Pro was the choice of our group. The Piccolo line seemed to be more prevalent throughout the web and magazines and there are many, many upgrades that are available, including collective pitch. The Hummingbird is nice too, but I don't think that you are able to upgrade to collective pitch (it's up to you as to whether that's important).

3) ALL helicopters are a challenge to fly and, in fact, I believe the smaller ones are even less stable/more challenging. So your first challenges will be in just getting it to hover and then go where you want. Acrobatics are more likely with more power and LOTS of room to fly...which brings me to my next point...

4) Probably most important to think about is where you are going to fly it. While they say you can fly them indoors, your learning curve and spinning hard-plastic blades are good combination for causing damage to furniture. If you want to fly outside sometimes, anything but the slightest wind will create problems for you. If you want to fly exclusively outside, then you'll want to move to a larger heli altogether.

Cheers!

Rotcivv17:

There is a specific "Helicopter Beginners Forum," if you post there you will probably get a better response.

Bill.