Whould I be better off buying A 160.00 PNP E copter? Any Info on parts great,I no nothing about heli,s.Has OS Max 28,Engine work no problem,thanks

Looks like a Hirobo Shuttle. It's been ages since i've seen a belt start helicopter. WOW

Parts may be available to newer Shuttles, but if you do not know helicopters, it might be more economical to go with a new one. $160.00 is not going to get you a good one if you ask me. Double or triple that budget and you are going to start to get into the better ones in the used market. Assuming that you will need everything.

Rafael

That is a very old version of the Hirobo Shuttle. The very first one that was released way back in 1985, that is 28 years ago!

It was the first one that I ever owned. For its' day it was OK, but nowhere near as stable or capable as a modern 30 nitro like my Century Hawk Pro or a Raptor 30.

Many parts are still available from later versions of the Shuttle, but using them to get this one up to snuff would cost more then the $200.00 price of a new Hawk Pro.

IMHO, it is more of a museum piece then anything worth trying to train with.

Know a guy that has parts for the older shuttles. His email is:[email protected]

Wow, that's got to be a Shuttle Z at the very earliest. They used a short tailboom, high mount flybar and yours is set up for 4 channel operation as noted by the collective pitch and throttle links being on only one servo. This of course limits what you can do with this bird. You could get it flying but one crash and you won't be able to get rotor head parts for the high flybar config. At that point you are going to be converting to a ZX, ZXX or Plus style head where new parts are available. The OS .32 was a good balance of power, I'd imagine the .28 might be lacking a bit.

I'm sure there are better more complete Helis to be had, but much like bringing home a stray, sometimes life is more about the journey than the destination. Clean it up, you might be surprised what you find.

Tony

I love seeing an old car that has been restored. I go to airshows all the time and I'll walk past an F-22 to go look at an F4U Corsair, or a P-51. At a military airshow a while back they had a B-25 Mitchell that was the attention getter for everyone there.
A 1985 Teddy Ruxpin doll is worth $40.00 to $100.00, and it's an investment because 20 years from now it'll be worth more than you paid for it.
It's kinda sad that our hobby never developed a collector/restoration attitude.