Okay, I am in the market for a 90 size heli. I am looking at the Raptor 90 SE, X-Cell Fury Extreme, Hirobo Freya / Eagle Evolution.

What do you think of these helis? Did i leave any out?

Off the top of my head some of the ones you forgot

Avant Aurora
Bergen Magnum
Century Predator 90
Compass Aeolus 90
MA Status
Synergy N9

I am looking to sell my Predator Max 90 RTF with a YS91 - PM me is interested.

the two the come too my head would be the vibe and the raptor. personaly i dont have much experiance with helis, so i cant review, but rcuniverse.com can and by the sounds of it the JR Vibe is a very good machine,
review address http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/a...article_id=682

All 3 are nice. For ease of building and high availability of parts and upgrades the Raptor 90SE is a solid choice.

I like the EVO 90 as well but I'm pretty sure parts cost is going to be higher.

I have a buddy who regularly flies the Fury and the Freya. I find I like the Freya better because of how it presents in the sky. He let me fly it once and the cyclic response is amazing. That design has been around awhile. Usually I'm the type of guy who likes whatever's new, but that Freya is simply a great machine. As stated above, however, a Raptor is always a good bet.

Hi,

You can look at the Avant Aurora too. Its supposed be be the best 90 size 3D heli. Its not yet launched thou. Will be launched shortly.

Regards,

Adarsh www.adarsh007.com
Bangalore, India.

I like my rappy 90. I wouldn't buy another X-cell personally. I didn't care for either of the ones I had. Haven't flown the others but the rappy does anything I throw at it. I threw the OS C spec engine in the garbage and bought a YS for it. Huge difference. I really like the YS. Starting and break in is a bit harder, but once it is going, there is no comparison. The OS burned up in about 8 runs, the top of the piston came off and as usuall, I had to eat the engine. So far, the YS has more power, and runs great.

For the money, I like the rappy, any of them would do though.

What type of flying do you want to do? 3D.. FAI F3C?

+1 on the YS Flyboy

3d please

Hey,

Also, Thunder Tigre is launching a new 90 size machine which is called Raptor 90 3D version. This'll most probably be launched in June this year. The pricing is in-between Raptor 90V2 and SE. The difference between the 90 standard and 90 3D version is they put the necessary upgrade parts (Metal parts) only, all the unnecessary bling is removed like the metal rotor grips & etc.,

Edit: It costs S$1,014 (Singapore Dollars)

Regards,

Adarsh www.adarsh007.com
Bangalore, India.

Ok once and for all what is FAI, FFF, F2C?

FFF = Fast Forward Flight.

FAI = Fédération Aéronautique Internationale http://www.fai.org applied to helicopters its a class of competition characterized by large helicopters performing precision hovering and aerobatic manuvers, large, fast, gracefull, similar to pattern competition in the airplane world.

F2C is the designation for model helicoper class competition. I think its an international term as well.