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Post by Garage1217 on Feb 20, 2012 1:40:48 GMT
Just curious to see if there were any S107 owners on here. Have had several of them for about a year and a half. Great little units for dirt cheap! Very stable and easy to modify.
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Post by Garage1217 on Feb 20, 2012 6:58:11 GMT
Also have on order a Phantom 6010. Supposed to be just as stable as an S107, but weighs 10G less stock. 38g vs 28G which makes it a lot faster overall... well in video comparisons anyways. Had way more fun than with my s107's than the $20 price tag commands! And they have taken a pounding by my kids flying them as well as a few hard crashes with my modified birds. The phantom has an interesting feature, during forward flight you can hold down an accel button which boosts the forward flight speed 20-40%. Some describe it like a shot of nitrous Should be interesting for sure! Also to note, if one purchases a phantom, make sure they get the version WITH gyro and accel / turbo button. They have a cheap version that is sold without gyro or accel button. Funny review of the phantom... Massive forum thread on the 6010 www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1332659&page=112Phantom 6010
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2012 9:18:08 GMT
That guy is a bit over the top!! He did something with a larger heli that was copied by an idiot who stuck his fingers in the blades of a Honey Bee. He lost his fingers!!
For a minute, I thought this guy was going to head butt the blades with his bald head.
The Symas are solid little helis and take a lot of abuse but being infa red, can't be flown outside. I did that last Summer with an infa red and my heli plummeted into a swimming pool and became a submarine.
They are nice to learn on but the limitation of having a fixed battery and charging form usb makes it an 'office' heli for me. I guess, I could attach a note to the skids asking for someone to make a cup of tea and send it out to the kitchen .....
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Post by Garage1217 on Feb 20, 2012 16:30:56 GMT
Exactly, they are an office / indoor fun heli for me and at $20ea, I can have a fleet of them so it feels like a 30 minute battery Looking to get into a more advanced one here soon!
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 20, 2012 20:46:27 GMT
He's a prick... why is it necessary to land a helicopter in your mouth, kick it against a wall, bash fekk out of it and generally abuse it? It must be a German thing
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Post by Garage1217 on Feb 21, 2012 1:56:09 GMT
Anger issues I think.
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 21, 2012 10:36:05 GMT
I'd love to send the Honey Bee CP3 over to him for review.. if he tries to land it in his mouth it'll chop the top of his head off
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Post by Garage1217 on Feb 21, 2012 15:05:49 GMT
I dig that CP3, price looks great as well! Think I am going to have to pick one up!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2012 18:53:20 GMT
Unless you have a bit of experience, the CP can be positively dangerous. It'll take your face off!! They are a fantastic price but be wary of bigger helis, wooden blades and faster blade speed.
No way can you fly them in a house unless you'l like to chop your shins with the wooden blades or the tv!! Or slice up the furniture.
They are much more intimidating than they look in a picture.
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Post by Garage1217 on Feb 21, 2012 20:48:03 GMT
Gotcha, I am not to worried as I can go to the local gym and fly indoors in a huge area or to a local field. The small ones can be very dangerous as well! I had a scary moment last year with one of my s107's. Apparently the balance bar was damaged in a crash. Did not notice it, but when I was flying, about 2 minutes after the crash, one of the weights came off and hit me just under the eye, made a small cut. Enough that it could have put my eye out. So I make sure I have my glasses on when flying indoors now! I am definitely a novice when it comes to helis. But having a blast. I used to race RC cars on a local circuit back in the day. Did quite well and took home countless wins in our A-main events running a heavily modded HPI RS4-PRO awd touring car. Amazing to see how RC technology has evolved after all these years with the brushless motors, auto channel receivers, new battery tech and so forth. And to be able to fly a $20 micro rc heli in my living room that is stable and can be modified is just ridiculous Makes me wonder what the next 10-15 years will bring.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2012 21:17:43 GMT
There have been massive changes. The first one I flew for a short period was a long time ago and ran on liquid fuel. It was dirty old thing and noisy. Clumsy in comparison to the ones you can get now. They also didn't fly as straight because gyros were really poor so you were forever trying to keep them straight.
I gave up because it was such a faff to go out and fly them. It was like a major outing and you had to find places where you wouldn't be bothered by people who would stand under it gawping or their dogs .....
Then I got a load of little ir ones called Bladez. They were given to me by the owner of the company. I was really happy with them for over a year and quietly flew them around the house until Mike mentioned the Blades.
When I got one of them, I realised how much better they had become and absolutely loved it. Especially the battery technology which was never thought possible before.
I also enjoyed the freedom of being able to fly any time in and around the house and started to become interested in flying outside again.
The hardest that I have to fly is a Blade MCPx which is a collective pitch, small heli but I think one of my real favourites is the MSRx. It's a bugger to fly, but boy does it go!! I fly it outside and it's tiny!!
The biggest I have is a coaxial which is called a 'Sky Taxi' made by Ansmann. It's about 18 inches long and has a scale body. I've flown it quite a lot but it's too big for indoors, unless it's in a gym.
I'm toying with the idea of a Blade 450 since I flew one recently with an instructor. It was exhilarating, to say the least. I loved it, but there is still the danger of crashing with the bigger ones.
It was a doddle to fly and it stood up to the wind really well. In fact, it was more stable than the little ones, but also, frighteningly fast and agile. I still retain a healthy respect for them because they are like upside down lawn mowers and tend to attract watchers who don't realise the dangers of getting too close.
There is something really nice about the little ones since you always have access to being able to fly indoors and I guess, I get more use out of them. It's also not a big deal if you drop them, whereas the big ones would just disintegrate.
I always worry about dropping the Sky Taxi, because it would mangle itself. So far, I've never crashed it, but one gust of wind and ..... bang!!!
That German guy is almost making people think that they're so safe that you couldn't possibly do any damage. I wonder how long it's going to be before someone new buys a monster, puts it up in the air and does some serious damage. Then there'll be a call for licences!!!
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 21, 2012 21:18:17 GMT
SERIOUSLY Jeremy..... don't even "think" about a Honey Bee CP3 unless you have experience of flying CP helicopters. All you have to do is push the throttle a bit and the next think you know you could be in an ambulance (no shit).... I've had mine almost a year and am STILL frightened of it... I can hover for a couple of minutes (from about 50 yards away) and that's about it.... it's a 6 channel stunt helicopter, I regret buying it (should have gone with the CP2) and DEFINITELY not for a beginner... even "advanced" guys are scared of it!
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Post by PinkFloyd on Feb 21, 2012 21:18:56 GMT
X2!!!!!
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Post by Garage1217 on Feb 21, 2012 22:17:52 GMT
Ha! Maybe I will stay away from it then! No need for missing body parts Happily waiting for my Phantom Phoenix.
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