e-bay import electric helicopters
08-02-2003, 01:04 AM
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i am looking into getting an electric heli (feda,ovis vii, aerohawk) and am wondering about the differences between a heli with a board and one with servos. how do these imports compare to a real heli? do they fly forward and backwards well? how about any rolls or loops? i am looking for something to entertain me inside and out and am not into much in the way of aerobatics. i have never flown a real heli but have mastered a few different ones on my sim.
are there any differences between these helis?
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are there any differences between these helis?
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speaking fromt a feda/hummingbird point of view, the are great fun but will not roll or loop very sucessfully.
I practiced as much as i could on sims before my chopper arrived and it was a real help but my feda does handle differently to the chopper sims.
I practiced as much as i could on sims before my chopper arrived and it was a real help but my feda does handle differently to the chopper sims.
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The HummingBird is a bit of a dead end. I have one. It's great for learning to trim, hover, spuddle about etc. When you want to do loops, rolls , inverted you will need to have a collective pitch (CP) heli. The HB won't do this (their is rumour of a forthcoming upgrade kit, though I don't believe it).
The Picolo Fun is just the same, but can be upgraded to CP when you are ready for it.
I ripped the electrics out of my HB and put them in my Pic Pro (plus some additional bits)./ I now have an unused HB. You'd be better off buying a Pic fun and then going from there.
Also, the import kits come with crap batteries, and sometime the TX has the controls set up the "wrong way" round. Be careful.
The Picolo Fun is just the same, but can be upgraded to CP when you are ready for it.
I ripped the electrics out of my HB and put them in my Pic Pro (plus some additional bits)./ I now have an unused HB. You'd be better off buying a Pic fun and then going from there.
Also, the import kits come with crap batteries, and sometime the TX has the controls set up the "wrong way" round. Be careful.
