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#21

The Honey Bee was sure one that I looked at a lot , on line .
What influnced my decision to go with E-Flite products was that ALL 3 , nearby local hobby shops , all carried E-Flite products and , SPARE parts , and spare parts are important ,for flying machines .

Happily retired now , if I am not doing something related to trains , I am on the computer , OR , flying one of my 14 E-Flite Blade helicopters , or an airplane , one of 7 hanging above me now .
ALL of the helis are E-Flite , all have been great right out of the box , no problems , well other than my dumb thumbs on the control sticks .

A person can start with no experience with a E-Flite Blade MCX or MCX2 ,[coaxials] , then go with a Blade MSR ,[ single rotor] and then , whatever you feel you are up too , like a fixed pitch or collective pitch heli .
Well anyway , in my experience , and I am into it for the fun .

#22

At the ECLSTS Scot Suleski and a few of his friends practice take offs and landings from moving trains with helicopters. Sometimes its almost successful. All the time, its fun to watch. ;-),

#23

Way back when I was doing it, when I got a collective pitch helicopter, it was much easier to fly than the fixed pitch chopper had been. If, for some reason, the old chopper dipped, there was a lag before it responded, while the collective machine had much more positive response.

#24

So where do I start for my 7 y/o son? He is wanting one for Christmas this year!? :slight_smile:

thanks
cale

#25
C. Nelson said:
So where do I start for my 7 y/o son? He is wanting one for Christmas this year!? :)

thanks
cale


See what happens when you take down the train…they defect to the flyboys :open_mouth:
Ralph

#26
C. Nelson said:
So where do I start for my 7 y/o son? He is wanting one for Christmas this year!? :)

thanks
cale


Blade MCX (or any other co-axial blade copter) is the easiest to fly. Two counter spinning main rotors, no tail rotor. Micro sized, suitable for indoors with no (or minimal) damage to stuff around the house. I don’t know about a 7 year old. Of course they can probably pick it up faster than us old fogies.

#27
Del Tapparo said:
C. Nelson said:
So where do I start for my 7 y/o son? He is wanting one for Christmas this year!? :)

thanks
cale


Blade MCX (or any other co-axial blade copter) is the easiest to fly. Two counter spinning main rotors, no tail rotor. Micro sized, suitable for indoors with no (or minimal) damage to stuff around the house. I don’t know about a 7 year old. Of course they can probably pick it up faster than us old fogies.

are we talking the $39.99 Target/Wal-Mart jobs or something more substantial?

thanks

cale

Ralph, getting real close to getting back to trains!

#28

About $120 at you local hobby shop. I haven’t looked at the toy market. There is probably something more suitable for a 7 year old.

#29
Del Tapparo said:
About $120 at you local hobby shop. I haven't looked at the toy market. There is probably something more suitable for a 7 year old.
$120 at your LHS means $250 at mine :)

I guess I need to spend some time on Amazon or in the aisle at Target

thanks guys!

cale

#30

Cale
maybe Bart will chime in, he’s up on all this chopper stuff.

#31

Cale:

http://www.eskyhelicopters.com/?ref=1&source=google&adgroup=esky_1&gclid=CNaDuKa63aQCFchA2god9U2OKA

The one I have is similar to this one, but probably it a bit much for a 7 YO…

http://www.eskyhelicopters.com/esky-24ghz-belt-6ch-helicopter-green-p-205.html

#32

Cale…Blade MSR small very durable and pretty easy to learn to fly…he’ll prolly fly it before you do! Bout $150 online but most hobby shops that do RC will carry spare parts…

#33

OK…MSRs are cheaper now…theres the Blade 120 SR …MSR on steroids…went into the LHS to get a set of MSR mainblades …came out spending $50 …have three spare batteries for a bird I don;t own yet…