electric feda

[dredge3]

I havn't excluded petrol. The reason I was going the electric way was....quiet...no mess...no cutting out...no smoke...easy to charge/start...eco friendly. From past experiance (planes), it was a bit of a pain with petrol. Buying fuel, running in etc. It just seems less hastle. When I get into it I am sure I will go petrol. As its all new to me I am just listening to you all. I like to know quite a bit before spending all my hard earned money on something that may not be for me.

makes sense

just keep in mind that they are not that enviro friendly
if you take all those battery paks you will need.
and not that hastle free brushes on motor need cleaning or replacement,shorts in wirering,speed controlers lose contact i've even seen one catch fire due to a short.
10 min each flight so you need enough packs to make it worth wild or good field chargers-----you need a field box annyways,
it looks like i'm trying to discourage you but it is not the intention
since you have experience with petrol(planes)you know all you need to do once it's set properly is fuel and fly for 15/ 20 minutes
i'm just pointing out a few hastle with the electric counterpart.
a wew years back i had a electric tamya rc car that a short ended
a 150$ batt pack.so now i have a gas powered TMAXX
it's for my son he's 3 1\2

this is for info... happy shopping
a simulator might be a good start at lease you would know if you like flying helis

steff

[dredge3]

Thanks, I need all the input I can get. I am going to go to my local heli club, I think they will put me stright. I will probably end up with a used one ( better for crashing )

[turco]

Hey
dredge3

You are new to this FUNNY HA HA
If your looking for electric micro heli
Ikarus is the one to get
you should know that dredge3
i learned to fly on less that $50 in parts
over 50 crashes great warantee 6 months
been through 6 piccolo funs setups and still running
the origional frame have 4 setup one is a cobra scale
it was so cheap to go ele micro
1 nitro= 4 micro piccolos plus cheap transmitter

http://gallery.bcentral.com/Gallery/...59&Dept=195568

http://www.helihobby.com/html/piccol...elicopter.html

http://www.slyshobbyden.net/fun_piccolo

http://www.e-flight.co.uk/ikarus-pic...helicopter.asp

If your just starting out in Heli fever give one of these vendors a call they will take the time to help you Great people

keep it in the air
turco