Going between Blade SR and super cub
#1
Going between Blade SR and super cub
Just can't figure out which one I would like to get. I have never flown a plane, but have done the simulated ones on the computers more times then I can count. I currently have a blade cx2 that I can comfortably fly. Looking for some to take outside, the blade cx2 is horrible outside even with the slightest breeze. Any thoughts? What do you guys prefer?
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I got my son an Esky Big Lama and it flys pretty well in a small breeze.
If you wanted a challenge you could go to FP instead of coaxial.
Something like the HoneyBee FP V2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HXSMURCMXQ
or the new Walkera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFq8Frs6H78
If you wanted a challenge you could go to FP instead of coaxial.
Something like the HoneyBee FP V2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HXSMURCMXQ
or the new Walkera http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFq8Frs6H78
#4
Well they've made some decent improvements to the blade sr over the previous cp series, but they did nothing to address the tail motor setup, which has been the main problem with the blades CPs from the beginning. I still would not recommend one to a relative beginner. I guess it depends on your wallet mostly, but if I were to start over again, and I had started with a CX2, I'd fly it till I could take off and land on a CD case in all orientations with my eyes closed. Then I'd probably go strait from that to a 400, 450, or even 500 sized heli. A larger heli with a belt driven tail (don't care for the torque tubes) is just going to be easier to learn on IMO.
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Well they've made some decent improvements to the blade sr over the previous cp series, but they did nothing to address the tail motor setup, which has been the main problem with the blades CPs from the beginning. I still would not recommend one to a relative beginner. I guess it depends on your wallet mostly, but if I were to start over again, and I had started with a CX2, I'd fly it till I could take off and land on a CD case in all orientations with my eyes closed. Then I'd probably go strait from that to a 400, 450, or even 500 sized heli. A larger heli with a belt driven tail (don't care for the torque tubes) is just going to be easier to learn on IMO.
#6
The LM corona? Naw, besides being fixed pitch, the blades are way too big for a SR and have a reversed grip kinda setup (the root comes directly off the head). It would be cool to have some kind of "fold in every which direction on impact" blades for the SR but I don't see that happening on a CP heli. Hmmmmm.....someone needs to come up with an indestructible CP.
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Well they've made some decent improvements to the blade sr over the previous cp series, but they did nothing to address the tail motor setup, which has been the main problem with the blades CPs from the beginning. I still would not recommend one to a relative beginner. I guess it depends on your wallet mostly, but if I were to start over again, and I had started with a CX2, I'd fly it till I could take off and land on a CD case in all orientations with my eyes closed. Then I'd probably go strait from that to a 400, 450, or even 500 sized heli. A larger heli with a belt driven tail (don't care for the torque tubes) is just going to be easier to learn on IMO.
I can fly my son's Big lama coaxial no problem, but as you know a Coaxial flys completed different than FP or CP. While coaxial may be a nice trainer for orientation, that's about it.
With the crash costs and set up time of a CP and can't believe you'd recommend going right from Coaxial to a large CP.
To each there own I guess. I'm enjoying the Honey Bee. I know this forum seems to hate them but it's cheap to fix and easy to set up. So far I've found it to be exactly what a trainer should be.
#8
It would be interesting, although impossible, to see one person's time plus expenses, starting out with a CX (plus repair/maintenance costs), then a FP (plus repair/maintenance costs), then a CP (plus repair/maintenance costs) versus just going straight to a CP (with repair/maintenance costs) and winding up at the same skill level.
Glad to hear you're enjoying the Honey Bee. I personally don't hate them, but well...I won't go in depth about my thoughts on anything with a motor driven tail as it might come off as offensive, and that's not what I'm about.