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moose · 08-08-2007, 04:12 PM

Well guys I've always been a fixed wing guy and quite honestly hated it when the Heli guys showed up at the field cause they where loud ....very loud and always hovered around my head giving me the sense that one of those blades was going to slice me in half, not to mention that I could no longer here my gasser so overall it was a real PITA.

The saying goes if you can't beat em join em so I bought a Hirobo 50 (shuttle) with all the possible upgrades that one could think of for a killer price off one of my friends who very sadly decided to part from the hobby. I of course having no previous heli knowledge or experience decided to park it and buy a Heli Max Axe CP from tower hobbies to bash out and get some stick time before going for the real thing.

I have a few problems with this Heli and would like to know if this is natural or if my choice of helis was just poor.

1) The battery doesn't last more than 5 minutes.
2) The tail has to be constantly flown (you can not trim it) and has different settings through out the flight as the battery gets weaker (its got an electric motor on the tail rotor)
3) The sticks are as sensitive as hell.....I mean the whole flight is done with no more than a couple of mm movement on the sticks.
4) I feel it is really a hand full as it is always wanting to go somewhere and twitching around.
5)WHEN steady in a hover the whole fuselage is kinda leaning sideways.

I've been told buy a couple of buddies that this plane is more difficult to fly than a normal/standard glow Heli, and I am the only one flying mode 1 so I can't really get anyones help out here.

I think I've probably bored you guys by now but my question is which heli would be good for inside the house flying (currently where I'm flying this one) as most of the summer the temperature her is in the range of 45 C / 113 F and real humid.

I'm looking for a reasonably priced heli that is good for indoor flying for a newbee to heli's ......that can be taken outdoors when the weather gets better.

Thanks for your inputs !!!

08-08-2007, 04:12 PM	#1
moose Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dubai Age: 41 Posts: 256	Which Electric Heli ??? Well guys I've always been a fixed wing guy and quite honestly hated it when the Heli guys showed up at the field cause they where loud ....very loud and always hovered around my head giving me the sense that one of those blades was going to slice me in half, not to mention that I could no longer here my gasser so overall it was a real PITA. The saying goes if you can't beat em join em so I bought a Hirobo 50 (shuttle) with all the possible upgrades that one could think of for a killer price off one of my friends who very sadly decided to part from the hobby. I of course having no previous heli knowledge or experience decided to park it and buy a Heli Max Axe CP from tower hobbies to bash out and get some stick time before going for the real thing. I have a few problems with this Heli and would like to know if this is natural or if my choice of helis was just poor. 1) The battery doesn't last more than 5 minutes. 2) The tail has to be constantly flown (you can not trim it) and has different settings through out the flight as the battery gets weaker (its got an electric motor on the tail rotor) 3) The sticks are as sensitive as hell.....I mean the whole flight is done with no more than a couple of mm movement on the sticks. 4) I feel it is really a hand full as it is always wanting to go somewhere and twitching around. 5)WHEN steady in a hover the whole fuselage is kinda leaning sideways. I've been told buy a couple of buddies that this plane is more difficult to fly than a normal/standard glow Heli, and I am the only one flying mode 1 so I can't really get anyones help out here. I think I've probably bored you guys by now but my question is which heli would be good for inside the house flying (currently where I'm flying this one) as most of the summer the temperature her is in the range of 45 C / 113 F and real humid. I'm looking for a reasonably priced heli that is good for indoor flying for a newbee to heli's ......that can be taken outdoors when the weather gets better. Thanks for your inputs !!!