BUYING A NEW RC HELICOPTER. PLS HELP?

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knight

I want to buy an RC helicopter. But i have a few problems.

1.What should i consider when choosing a helicopter.

2.What are these channels in helicopters. i have seen 4ch, 6ch, 8ch. What do they mean.

3. What is the difference betweeen 6ch and 8ch helicopters?

4. What is the best brand for RC helicopters?
And is it better to buy a helicopter or is it better to assemble one?
And which method is more expensive?

Answer
Hi Nilushan,

You ask questions that cannot reliably be answered without more information from you.

Budget?
Nitro power or electric?
Indoor or outdoor?

I am going to assume that since you are asking questions about channel configuration, that you are looking at the smaller indoor electric helis.

I fly a lot of indoor aircraft, both planes and helicopters. The best indoor heli is the Blade MCX. $129.00
http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=EFLH2200
It is incredibly stable.
There are cheaper helis, but none that behave as well. The 2 channel helis like the airhogs are barely controllable. Buy an extra battery or two so you can charge while you are flying.

If you are looking for bigger electrics or nitro powered helis, you need to start doing research. Read up on the dedicated heli forums:
http://www.rcgroups.com/micro-helis-42/
http://www.rcgroups.com/mini-helis-374/
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_435/tt.htm
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/Electric_RC_Helis/forumid_167/tt.htm
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/Helicopter_Beginners_Forum/forumid_165/tt.htm

As for channel configurations:
2ch throttle and rudder. Up and down, rotate left and right. These cheap helis (Picco Z and Airhogs) are barely controllable.
3ch like a 2ch but adds pitch (forward and backward)
4ch adds roll (move left and right). These are often refereed to as FP or Fixed Pitch.
6ch adds pitch control, these are referred to as CP or Collective Pitch. There are small CP machines usable indoors or outdoors. CP machines are really the only choice if you plan on flying outdoors in anything but those few, rare absolutely calm evenings.

Good luck!

Edit: I understand that imitation is flattery, but really? A word for word copy?!? Whatever.

What rc helicopter is good but not too expensive?

lotrGurl23

I am a beginner and want to find a good remote control helicopter.

1. I want it to be able to get of the ground,
2. have a reasonable flight time in between charges
3. be reasonably easy to learn how to fly it doesn't have to be too simple I have a brain :)
4. flies straight when you want it too and not just in circles
5. This is not as important but it would be really nice if it had full range of motion (forward, back, right, left, up, down and possibly hover)
6. If it does crash preferably it won't shatter into a jazillion pieces maybe a gyro would keep it from crashing I don't know enough about them to know

I don't want one too big. Indoor is preferred to outdoor, but if it does both that's obviously fine too :). I've read that a "hobby" standard coaxial mini helicopters are better than "toy" helicopters because if something does break you can replace parts. On the other hand I'm NOT made of money so a $80 helicopter for fun is far out of my budget.

If nothing like this exists sorry to waste your time, but I'm hoping some rc helicopter junkie can read this and have a solution. I tried googling it, but I don't know enough of the terminology to find what I want. I found something called a "E-flite Blade mCX" off of a blog and it sounds awesome but the cheapest I can find it is $60 which is still far out of my budget :\. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer
Your in luck, there is a mini RC helicopter does fit your criteria pretty well.

Its the Syma S107 mini electric RC helicopter.

I've had mine for some time and I love it, its great fun and easy to fly. Its a good beginners helicopter.
If it does crash its got a metal frame and is pretty durable. Mine hit the ceiling, the desk, and the dog, and it just keeps right on going.

If you get it online you should be able to grab one for around $30 bucks. Thats it.

You can read a full review and see a video of it flying right here:

http://electricrchelicopterreviews.com/

I hope you try the s107 you wont regret it!


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