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From: Grass Valley, CA
I know that this is probably been beat to death, been doing a lot of research, looking for help from those who have flown. I have come down to a few selections on a FP.
My questions are, of the ones listed below, which is the most stable, and which is the best build quality.
Walkera V200 D02
Walkera CB 180
Exceed Classima 300
Blade 120 SR</p>
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From: elmira,
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im sure they all have their bugaboos let me ask you this what does your local hobby shop carry and what replacement parts do they have for them? im sure you will find eflight to be best option as i havent seen a hs yet that isnt stocked to the gills with replacement parts which sooner or later you will need wether it is from crashes or just plain worn out good luck.</p>
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I am a new pilot, so I am speaking from experience. Get the Blade 120sr!!! Especially if your LHS carries them. They are relatively easy to fly and pretty stable. I am learning on a 120sr and an mSRx currently and started with a cheap chinese heli from xheli.com. All you have to do is go to their website and see why you should buy the 120sr at your LHS or on horizonhobby.com. Practically EVERYTHING on xheli is out of stock and has been since before Christmas. I have bought several things from horizonhobby.com and their shipping is quite fast and predictably in stock for the most part. If you are a new pilot too, you will want to get replacement parts fast because you are gonna break lots. I am still in that phase myself, and between my LHS and horizonhobby.com I can get parts to keep me in the air. If you get the 120sr, I think you will be happy, as long as you have a large enough space INSIDE to learn on. It is not a good heli to learn on outside. The wind will take it quickly if you aren't careful. Have fun and good luck! <div>
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</div><div>IS IT STILL CONSIDERED A LANDING IF IT REQUIRES REPLACEMENT PARTS????</div>
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</div><div>IS IT STILL CONSIDERED A LANDING IF IT REQUIRES REPLACEMENT PARTS????</div>
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just my 2cents. I just bought a 120SR. Watch out for the tail motor. Mine burned out second evening of operation. Stock battery was also bad. HH is sending me a brand new one but I am grounded until it arrives. Indoors vs outdoors: If you can get it off the floor, you can hover indoors but it tends to pendulum around alot if you try moving it much. This is intrinsic to the 45 degree flybar design. Until the tail died, I had better luck flying outdoors over soft grass where there is enough room for the thing to swoosh around. If you do loose control, its better to dump into soft grass than your wall or in my case, refrigerator. Just don't fly in any wind until you get the hang of it.
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just my 2cents. I just bought a 120SR. Watch out for the tail motor. Mine burned out second evening of operation. Stock battery was also bad. HH is sending me a brand new one but I am grounded until it arrives. Indoors vs outdoors: If you can get it off the floor, you can hover indoors but it tends to pendulum around alot if you try moving it much. This is intrinsic to the 45 degree flybar design. Until the tail died, I had better luck flying outdoors over soft grass where there is enough room for the thing to swoosh around. If you do loose control, its better to dump into soft grass than your wall or in my case, refrigerator. Just don't fly in any wind until you get the hang of it.
just my 2cents. I just bought a 120SR. Watch out for the tail motor. Mine burned out second evening of operation. Stock battery was also bad. HH is sending me a brand new one but I am grounded until it arrives. Indoors vs outdoors: If you can get it off the floor, you can hover indoors but it tends to pendulum around alot if you try moving it much. This is intrinsic to the 45 degree flybar design. Until the tail died, I had better luck flying outdoors over soft grass where there is enough room for the thing to swoosh around. If you do loose control, its better to dump into soft grass than your wall or in my case, refrigerator. Just don't fly in any wind until you get the hang of it.
IS IT STILL A LANDING IF IT REQUIRES REPLACEMENT PARTS????
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From: elmira,
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im not suprised about the battery being junk i got 1 flight out of my blade 400 brand new rtf i found that their battery maker puts a circuit board with chips on the battery must be because their chargers are cheap and arent intelligent well anyways i got probing around and found the batt on the neg side was flat and the chip that the current is suppose to flow through to charge it was either no good or soldered wrong. no probs i removed the individual cells turned it into a 2s lipo and use it on the trex 600 now 8) .



