hi,new member

[steve47]

hi everyone.im a new member and what a great site this is.im after some
advice please if thats ok.i currently own a blade cx2 which i am getting along fine with but i feel its time to make the next step.any advice will be gratefully recieved.i will have about 180-200 pounds ish.depends on how nice i am to the wife.thanks

[Aztek1701]

Hi Steve,

Welcome to the addiction, I see we have another victim

Since youve already got a CX Im assuming you can hover and fly around a bit.. Where you go next depends greatly on how much space you have to fly it. If your a club member, then Id suggest speaking with them and then getting what is most common.

In principle Id say your next step would be a trex450 size collective pitch machine. Unfortunately, to get one of those, you'll need to revise your budget up a chunk. I know it is possible to get CP machines such as walkeras for the money your talking about but I would advise you to steer clear of the very cheap machines because the electronics can be poor (of course you might be lucky).

For 300 quid you can get a blade 400 3D which is a great machine for the money ..

http://www.modelhelicopters.co.uk/ac..._Electric.html

In the above link you'll also see a machine that would probably be good for you at 259 quid (I-GL450SEC).

Hope this helps.... Azzy

[hummingbird95]

in my opinion a step to something like the trex 450 would be worth while after a lot of practice but too big of leap from the blade cx2. trexs are also expensive as hell.. i made the jump from co-ax to cp with fixed pitches. the honeybee fixed pitch is a great light heli and it flys pretty good. its not a cp so it flys different but its a step in teh right direction. if you get good on of those after paying only about $100 USD for it, then you can make another step to a cheap honeybee king 2 (CP) and will have some good practice going into it with a cheap to repair heli like the honeybee fixed pitch is. they are also very simple and easy to work with

[flycc]

In my opinion,the most urgent problem is to find a good site.I think rcroll is a good choice.
http://www.rcroll.com

[2008Spainfly]

Esky King 2, Esky Belt CP, Trex are good helicopters for the next step. They are good quality. Esky heli is cheaper, and Trex is more expensive, but good too

[Jasmin Wang]

compared with Esky i think kds is a better choice
www.kdsmodel.com