 Re: Help! Which Heli!
I started flying Helis last season, on a perfectly setup TREX 450. It was a handful, to say the least.
Stable , but SO responsive that in a flash I could get in trouble. I learned with a hoop that weighed it down, and made it softer to control.
THEN, a good frined let me have the sticks to his Raptor 50 (after I was off the hoop, and FF my TREX.).
The Raptor was a revelation, stable, smooth, and confidence inspiring. No doubt, had I started on the Glow Raptor 50 it would have been easier. But , maybe on the other hand, the Trex TAUGHT me precise control , and the Raptor was the reward.
At any rate, the Raptor is EASIER to fly, more forgiving, and gave me the confidence to get out of Fig8's, and start looping and rolling.
Go Glow....Raptor 50 ....cheap, parts are easy to get, crashes are cheap, and it is a very durable helicopter. The E powered big machines are for guys who know how to fly, and don;t crash as much, IMO. The batteries are almost always destroyed in a bad crash, easily adding to the cost.
I will be passing on my Rappy 50 soon, to a new pilot in our club. It served me and it's previous owner well.
Just as in the plank world...bigger flies better, easier, more stable............ |