R/C plane and helicopter people

[malks]

just from reading the forum i've noticed a few people on here seem to be into flying r/c planes and helicopters. my new found redundancy has seen me get more into it again. my brother and my dad have been flying for a while, but i've been going to indoor flying with them recently and got hooked again.

so i got my first 'proper' plane in years this week and hopefully off to fly this weekend! very excited. oh and got a wot 4 from someone in the club selling up (got it for £50 including servo's nicad and switch! bargain!)

so who else is into flying and what you got?

[DanAbnormal]

Hey there,

I am addicted and have 3 heli's.

Got a Trex 450 Pro which is electric and also two nitro heli's, Trex 600 and TRex 700.

Some vids:

My 700:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEWFkTKbK5k&feature=player_embedded

My 600:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAnQi7CC9Y0

Bloody love them mate but they can be costly! :smt088

[beabert]

I have wanted one since i was a child, but think id get bored of it. However, i am considering getting a tiny electric one with video hook up.

[Wideboy]

I have a old wot 4 kicking about

flyin i have a extreme flight 58" yak with ys63 all spectrum..... paramout 60 with os 52 all spectrum..... overlander elecy extra all spectrum and a cypher 3d heli all spectrum

got a acrowot all built just wainting radio gear, a few helis, another extreme flight 58 yak and loads of indoor shockflyers which season has just kicked off again

brothers got loads off massive ones, curently a krill sukhoi powered by a 150cc twin but he's sponsored show pilot

[malks]

Hey there,

I am addicted and have 3 heli's.

Got a Trex 450 Pro which is electric and also two nitro heli's, Trex 600 and TRex 700.

Some vids:

My 700:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEWFkTKbK5k&feature=player_embedded

My 600:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAnQi7CC9Y0

Bloody love them mate but they can be costly! :smt088

damn dan you got skills! i know it can be expensive, especially practising the stuff you do, theres not exactly much room for error! did you practise all your 3d stuff in a flight sim first or just through a bit of trial and error (and dare i say expensive write offs?!)

wideboy- whats your brothers name i'll prob have heard of him? my dad and bro go to quite a lot of shows and one of the guys in our club is runs IAD Designs, selling big yaks, caps sukhois etc.... his latest toy is a 1/2 or 1/3 scale decathlon, its going to have a 250cc petrol engine with its own onboard starter! v cool! its got a 15ft wing span!

my brothers had a few yaks, in fact i think he may even have had 2 extreme flight yaks, both binned! :(:(

[Wideboy]

wideboy- whats your brothers name i'll prob have heard of him? my dad and bro go to quite a lot of shows and one of the guys in our club is runs IAD Designs, selling big yaks, caps sukhois etc.... his latest toy is a 1/2 or 1/3 scale decathlon, its going to have a 250cc petrol engine with its own onboard starter! v cool! its got a 15ft wing span!

my brothers had a few yaks, in fact i think he may even have had 2 extreme flight yaks, both binned! :(:(
Nathan Attridge, flew for unlimited rc then freestyle rc until they closed now flys for overlander

i know ian, spoke to him for a while at hopfarm, my mate bough some yak kits off him sound bloke

edit: i have 2 extreme flight extra's not yaks, i always get confused

[DanAbnormal]

Thanks malks, no I only got a sim recently. Been flying less than a year too (started in Jan). At the end of the day peoples learning curves are all different, I have got quite far as I have flown literally everyday since starting it in Jan and I have thrown a lot of money at it. It's a tough hobby at times, and a slight error can cost upto £400 when you get to the big nitro helis.

If you want to get into heli's start small though. I would get one of these little beauties, it's what I started with and flew for about 6 months. Still so much fun!

http://www.heliguy.com/Electric-RC-Helicopters/HoneyBee/Honey-Bee-V2/

[Kinvig]

[QUOTE=beabert;2094079i am considering getting a tiny electric one with video hook up.[/QUOTE]

Pervert!!!!!!! We all know that you'll use that helicopter to buzz the neighbour's wife when she's in the bathroom.....


Got a link? ;o)

[beabert]

How very dare you :D

[beabert]

This is what i want, tiny 6ch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jbu7m8pBRU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FffqNehSqFw


(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jbu7m8pBRU)

[DanAbnormal]

Had a couple of those. Bloody good fun indoors!

[Bluepete]

I just bought a. Buzzflyer cx. Tiny little thing and loads of fun! Not very skilled though

[DanAbnormal]

I just bought a. Buzzflyer cx. Tiny little thing and loads of fun! Not very skilled though

Those are good fun too. When you want a bit more of a challenge get the Buzzfly SE single rotor. 100 times harder but so much more fun too.

[malks]

it was rainy today, so didnt get to go flying. hopefully tomorrow will be better!

ive never really been into flying heli's, they are very impressive to watch them being flown properly, but most people i know only doing hovering about and stuff. ive only ever flown the wee pico z thingys in my front room!

i really want to get flying and pass my bronze (dunno what your qualifications are down south!) then get flying on my own. really want to get a 50/100cc size yak/cap type plane!

[Wideboy]

A is to fly solo. b is to fly a public displays and e for examiners. i have a e :cool: yeah babey i is playa init

[malks]

well today there was a bit of a breeze, but it was dry, so we headed to fly. things went well, the plane flies well. everything went well, just used the 'buddy box' set up for me flyign about. then after i had done enough flying about i let my bro fly about for a bit and to land it. he proceded to run it out of fuel and then take the tail wheel off and stick it up a tree on landing. luckily just some burst covering and the tail wheels been replaced. so we're ready to go.

i can happily fly round and round in circuits, so think next time im up i'll give some take offs a go! hopefully wont be too long till im flying on my own.

[Wideboy]

takeoffs are easy, its just getting used to using the rudder to control whilst taxing for takeoff, most trainers tend to lift by themselfs after throttling up and then you away!, what trainer are you using?

i also went for a fly but it was way to windy :smt022 so stood around for a few hours and went home, my mate shagged the bearings in his motor so he didnt have a good day

[malks]

i'm learning on a wot4, i know the taking off bit is fairly easy, we even have a tarmac runway at our field, so can always have a nice smooth take off!

i'm just quite excited about doing something different for a while, plus i actually enjoying putting them together and building them and repairing and stuff. but i think its actually cos i now spend more time with my dad and bro as its something to have in common!

[DanAbnormal]

I won't bother with those licence thingies. I fly in a public field and I have insurance, not into clubs all that much as I want to fly when I want to, not when I am 'allowed' to.

I went out yesterday and did two tanks on my Trex 600 nitro. Was awesome, great weather allthough I did land it in a very deep puddle which then got sprayed up all over the place. Free cleaning! :D

[pookie]

I have recently got into flying with inspiration from DanAbnormal and Wideboy.

Have spent more time crashing than flying but its part of the fun. Flying an old century hummingbird. Hopefully will graduate into flying the century gl450se.

Will need to stop crashing before that happens..the glue gun is my friend!

[DanAbnormal]

Hey pookie, get yourself a Trex mate. You can pickup a brand new 450 Sport with all electronics for less than £300 from china. I always order from www.flying-hobby.com

Great site!

[pookie]

Looks good..I have to stop crashing first ;) I went out and bought the gl450se as I didnt know what I was looking for and was seduced by the blingy bits.. I've not flown it yet and it just sits looking pretty in the box for now.

[DanAbnormal]

Oh, you bought a century......how much did you pay if you don't mind me asking?

[pookie]

now this is what we need to fly a chopper :)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300341433981&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[Wideboy]

i bought a tech1 gent yesterday :thumleft:
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=502&pictureid=3833
from what i have seen i reckon tech1 gent and piaget the best shocky's out this season, this being my first EPP model rather than depron im hoping it to last longer than all my others :thumleft:
http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=502&pictureid=3834
running a tornado thumper c2226 on phoenix 10a ESC on spectrum

they are both the same price but the piaget is slightly bigger, the gent has been discontinued (i think) and were really well rated so i thought i go for that as it was the last one in the shop

been watching these since October when the season kicked off and from what i've seen they are really robust and can take a real good smash :D

[yorkie_chris]

I used to really like building planes out of coroboard. They crash well.

Search for "pizza box flyer" those things are great fun. And cheapest thing you'll ever crash.

[Wideboy]

yeah i remember you saying a while back about them, i used to make things called gremlins out of box section drain pipe but the club banned them because we kept flying into eachother and it was apparently to "dangerouse" :rolleyes: so it fizzled out, still one of two flying as they are really fast

[malks]

I'm not long back from the indoor flying! was a bit of carnage tonight, me and my hornet managed to cut the tail off one the motor off another and broke my dads minium citabria!
but my hornet lives to fight another day!

[Wideboy]

I'm not long back from the indoor flying! was a bit of carnage tonight, me and my hornet managed to cut the tail off one the motor off another and broke my dads minium citabria!
but my hornet lives to fight another day!

lol its all fun tho

my brothers girlfriend got a vid of 15 of us prop hanging in a line, after a few mins about 5 of us collided

its a shame you lot are so far away we have started organising private meet so the number are low, 4 hours session usually untill late then off to the pub its a laugh...... anyones welcome

[malks]

yeah I love the indoor flying, to be honest that's all that rekindled my interest in flying again! I'm just trying to learn to prop hang.

yeah I think southampton is a bit far for a midweek meet up from central Scotland! but I'll give u a shout if I'm heading to any shows next year with my dad!

[Wideboy]

yeah I love the indoor flying, to be honest that's all that rekindled my interest in flying again! I'm just trying to learn to prop hang.

yeah I think southampton is a bit far for a midweek meet up from central Scotland! but I'll give u a shout if I'm heading to any shows next year with my dad!

same mate, i really enjoy indoor

yeah ok, i always do hopfarm and maybe wings and wheels but thats got a bit poop lately...... going to do western park model show just north of Birmingham this year that's meant to be the best one, but im staying with the pilots cos im special :cool:

[yorkie_chris]

yeah i remember you saying a while back about them, i used to make things called gremlins out of box section drain pipe but the club banned them because we kept flying into eachother and it was apparently to "dangerouse" :rolleyes: so it fizzled out, still one of two flying as they are really fast

Yeah I had one of them, it kinda evolved from another set of plans that came with one of the mags. That was a bit of box drainpipe with a .40 on the front and a bit of ally tube stuck out the back and some dead easy foam wings.

[Wideboy]

Yeah I had one of them, it kinda evolved from another set of plans that came with one of the mags. That was a bit of box drainpipe with a .40 on the front and a bit of ally tube stuck out the back and some dead easy foam wings.

yeah that's the ones, except i went a bit OTT and laminated the wings with balsa cos i thought it looked better :oops: sold them for 60 quid tho. we never bothered with streamers just smashed into eachother

[yorkie_chris]

That's why I loved the coroboard planes, you could batter the hell out of them and nothing broke. Only thing that would knock you down is if something stopped engine. I had plans to build a twin engine combat thing but never got round to it

[Wideboy]

i might have ago at those, mind you the gestapo will probably ban them

[yorkie_chris]

If you can do the 3D bit ok then build a pizza box flyer, they are cheapest fun I've ever found. (just nick a "for sale" sign if stuck)

[Wideboy]

i can do 3d but other than indoor im not really a serious fan of it

[wyrdness]

I want one of these (http://www.parrot.com/parrot-ar-drone/en). It's a wi-fi rc helicopter drone with built-in cameras that connect to an iphone or ipod touch so you can play augmented reality games with it.

Wonder how much it will cost. I don't expect that it will be cheap, but it looks very cool from the videos.

[454697819]

got this for crimbly

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/rc-nighthawk-helicopter/index.html

Goes well.. but i sus its slightly broke at the moment as it spins all day long..

[yorkie_chris]

http://www.spadtothebone.com/

http://www.spadtothebone.com/SPAD/Qhor/Qhor40/QHOR4001.jpg

I've still got one of these kicking about with an OS40FP on it ... might dig it out and have a play lol

[wyrdness]

got this for crimbly

http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/rc-nighthawk-helicopter/index.html

Goes well.. but i sus its slightly broke at the moment as it spins all day long..

Looks nice. There's a RC specialist (http://www.scalegliders.co.uk/) in the next village to us. Might pop along sometime (when not snowed it) to take a look at what they've got.

[454697819]

I also have a Tmaxx Monster truck Nitro.. but as great as it is, and it really is fab, running it is so damned expensive as I constantly crash it.

[malks]

well another night of indoor flying passed without any real incidents for me! i came home from a night of flying to not have to repair anything! which i think is a first! but i have to say the flying wings indoor planes are brilliant, very strong and take a lot of abuse!

i'm starting to try and prop hang the thing, but i just dont have the hand/eye co-ordination to figure out what sticks to move when its hovering! might have to set the flight sim up on the pc again and get practising!

[stewie]

I used to go gliding at the weekends and keep meaning to get myself an r/c to keep me hand in as it where, anyway you,ve probably all seen this but if not
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUyR0eezwns
Edit@ or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52CVrcCydig&feature=related

[wyrdness]

I used to go gliding at the weekends and keep meaning to get myself an r/c to keep me hand in as it where, anyway you,ve probably all seen this but if not
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUyR0eezwns
Edit@ or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52CVrcCydig&feature=related

Gawd, you could put a small child in that.

[Wideboy]

finally had the time to finish the gent lol

5984

needs different prop, there s little climb out.......... but the maiden is tomorrow night :)

[Wideboy]

im ready for another evenings entertainment, the gent flys brilliantly, the best indoor plane i have personally flown but i had to replace the motor. The thumper was 100% crap only good for a cat toy which it now is, replace it with an AXI 2203/46 which i had before and broke so bought a new one. 3 times the power, half the weight but also twice the price 8-[

[Wideboy]

found some pics of mine on Saturday on another website

im on the right

http://www.highalpha.org/forum/download/file.php?id=6714&sid=5dbbbb4705ea9eb6adfbca6490cf6e8e&mode=view

im in the middle
http://www.highalpha.org/forum/download/file.php?id=6713&sid=5dbbbb4705ea9eb6adfbca6490cf6e8e&mode=view

there's a few bid somewhere but i don't think they been uploaded yet

[malks]

well just back from a fun day at the flying field today, now i've been flying a bit of indoor stuff recently but as for proper outdoor stuff i've not really flown properly in about 10years. but just before xmas i bought me a wot4. now ive flown it 5 times on the 'buddy box' but today after the first flight the guy who was in control said i can actually fly and said i should land it but next time i'll be flying on my own transmitter. so flight 2 today was my first time completely in control i took off and landed all safely, then one of the guys from the club who does the examining came over and started telling me to do some manouvers. so turns out today i've passed my bronze award and can now fly on my own un-supervised!

i'm well happy as it wasnt expected and ive not taken off or landed properly since i was about 14! so all good, now to steal my big bro's petrol planes and have a go with that!

[yorkie_chris]

Awards? Yewhat?

[malks]

it's all to do with insurances and stuff, if your a member of a club you should have insurnace so if u injured a member of the public your not going to get a massive lawsuit against u personally. plus club rules mean u can't fly on ur own with out a bronze award. but if u just buy ur own stuff and go down the park then just make sure u don't crash into anyone!

[Wideboy]

congrats mate!! its a good feeling aint it :thumright:

works slightly different in england, you have A,B and e in fixed wing (plane) of rotary wing (heli). A - means you can fly solo again for insurance purposes, B - means you can fly at shows, displays and able to teach and E - means your an examiner so you can do what ever the feck you like :lol: and take people for there tests......... i got ma B :) but I've never flown at a show

insurance is a must have, i've witnessed a tutor 40 pile through the roof of someone's listed house :smt038, it was funny but we didn't laugh at the blokes face, insurance sorted it all and there was no price hike in the premium.... i'm covered to 250k because one of the sites we use is off a full size aerodrome encase someone hits a real plane :-s

was going to take the heli out the forest today but its fffffreezing so think some much needed maintenance on the car instead :lol:

[yorkie_chris]

it's all to do with insurances and stuff, if your a member of a club you should have insurnace so if u injured a member of the public your not going to get a massive lawsuit against u personally. plus club rules mean u can't fly on ur own with out a bronze award. but if u just buy ur own stuff and go down the park then just make sure u don't crash into anyone!

Oh right, our club never bothered with that, we just tried to avoid crashing into people cars and eyes and stuff.

Seems to be taking things rather seriously for what is just a bit of a lark.

[malks]

yeah it is quite serious, but its just the way the club is run. we have our own field just outside of a decent sized town, with a fitted out container and stuff to sit in if its cold, plus a big grass area plus a tarmac runway. as wideboy says its just to cover your ass if the worst was to happen, we always have members of the public and stuff coming to watch at the field and i wouldnt want to have to fork out if i injured someone!

i think under the scottish system its bronze for flying solo, silver for flying at displays and gold if your a show off! my bro took a LMA test to allow him to fly at displays, not exactly sure what that one was.

[Wideboy]

my bro took a LMA test to allow him to fly at displays, not exactly sure what that one was.

its large model aircraft i think, so you can fly stuff like 33% scale at shows not sure tho, my brothers has a 103" sukhoi and i don't think he is in the LMA :confused:

[malks]

yeah you dont need the LMA one, but it was the easiest at the time for my brother to do, to allow him to fly at shows. but he never bothers any more after he trashed his big petrol extra

[Wideboy]

the LMA are a bit clique if i remember rightly, my brother doesn't bother with them either

[yorkie_chris]

yeah it is quite serious, but its just the way the club is run. we have our own field just outside of a decent sized town, with a fitted out container and stuff to sit in if its cold,

Probably the difference then, we are out in the sticks with only odd sheep or pub to fly into.

Someone told me about a club where they had like designated flight times and loads of b*ll*cks like that, what they think they are, Gatwick? :smt082

[Wideboy]

Probably the difference then, we are out in the sticks with only odd sheep or pub to fly into.

Someone told me about a club where they had like designated flight times and loads of b*ll*cks like that, what they think they are, Gatwick? :smt082

the environment agency actually banned me and few others from a site in hedge end, issued banning orders on us lol, it was electric only but we were taking ducted fan jobies and genrally taking the pi$$ :lol:

[Red Herring]

My local flying field is right next to the Motocross track. We're not allowed to fly fixed wing when there's a bike meet on which has upset quite a few on the committee. You can imagine how popular I was at the AGM when they found out I've got a scrambler...!

[Wideboy]

its a problem, at one of teh clubs i fly at they have banned petrol, gas turbine's and jets as they say its to much of a fire hazzard as we fly over crops........ yet full size fly there with high octane fuel, we fly electrics were the lipo's are prone to exploding on impact, nitro is more flammable than petrol (i think) AND!! one of the other clubs near Winchester is a square patch of grass in the middle of a field full of crops yet there you can fly anything

there's to much politics in it, even the forestry commission sit out in the new forest photographing you to see if you slip up and fly over a path...... its fecking stupid as we fly off a old ww2 airstrip :confused:

[yorkie_chris]

My local flying field is right next to the Motocross track. We're not allowed to fly fixed wing when there's a bike meet on which has upset quite a few on the committee.

Heh I can understand that, I've hit a pheasant on the road bike. I'm pretty sure hitting a 12lb model with a 14k rpm razor blade on the front would be infinitely more unpleasant.

[Wideboy]

the indoor season is about to kick off again? who is doing it this year?

i just need a new ESC for the gent and im ready to go, 2 weeks until the first session for me... smashy smashy

[mcgrimes]

Ive got a Mini Pred 3d, while learning i crashed it, resulting in the rotors colliding with the ground and then into the boom. The repair was time consuming but only cost about £30. Never used it since, its up in the attic due to space but it looks amazing; especially with the carbon rotors.

[Shellywoozle]

I have a fibre glass kit my ex had for his r/c heli ...... dunno if it has a life but if anyone has busted there cover and it would be any good let me know.

I dunno need it and I have no idea if they are expensive, free to good home, just cover me postage.

[malks]

yip i'll be back at the indoor flying this thursday night. nothing new for me to bother about. just be flying a flying wings hornet. my big bro got a yak from them i think. should be a good laugh. i'll see if we can get any decent videos or anything of the flying this year!

[Wideboy]

I have a fibre glass kit my ex had for his r/c heli ...... dunno if it has a life but if anyone has busted there cover and it would be any good let me know.

I dunno need it and I have no idea if they are expensive, free to good home, just cover me postage.

do you know what it is? if it a t-rex shell or along those lines i wouldn't give it away there worth a fair bob on fleebay

yip i'll be back at the indoor flying this thursday night. nothing new for me to bother about. just be flying a flying wings hornet. my big bro got a yak from them i think. should be a good laugh. i'll see if we can get any decent videos or anything of the flying this year!

yeah i cant wait mate, got all the gear at the start so got a full season to look forward to

[Shellywoozle]

do you know what it is? if it a t-rex shell or along those lines i wouldn't give it away there worth a fair bob on fleebay



says plastic padding, Henkel Loctite Adhesive Ltd ??

[Wideboy]

Get a pic and i'll see if my nerdyness can work out what it is