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The S107G is amazing, survived a few horrific crashes and being attacked by the cat!!
RC Helicopters
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Well my S109 Apache is awesome, pretty much mastered it. Been setting up my Neon Blaze V3 (outdoor collective pitch 'proper' heli) today and took it to the garden where i promptly drove the main rotor into the long grass. It's fine, but it's altogether a different beast and will take some time to learn to handle 
love it though.
The Apache - Basically a 107G with a different body...
love it though.The Apache - Basically a 107G with a different body...
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This is the one we have. My girlfriend bought it as a gift for her two younger brothers, but it never made as far as them. It didn't arrive until Christmas Eve by which time she'd bought them other gifts, and we decided that as the miniumum age on the box was 14+, it would be best if we kept it for ourselves
As I mentioned in an earlier post, our local shop stocked the Micro Twister Ninja, which appears to have a very similar spec to the S107G and will probably be about the same price.
i dont think so , modelzone do though
google for "rc shop yourarea" and youll probably find some fairly close rc specialists that sell a wide range
the s107G is pretty slow in any direction other than up/down
my sons has had quite a battering , the little yellow thing on the end of the tail boom has a snap in it but ive duct tapeds it back on.not sure if its actually needed or not but i thought for balance sake i best keep it attached
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spent £300 yesterday on blade MCPX, phoenix sim with DX6i.
spent hours on sim, brilliant. crashed the mcxp after 10 secs and snapped off the tail boom
If you lasted 10 seconds I'd say you did pretty well. When I first started learning to hover, I was crashing in under 2 seconds. It was in the air and crashed before I even noticed what happened.
Buy a length of 2mm solid carbon rod to make mCP X tail booms, and run the tail motor wires spiralled around the outside of it. They're stronger than the hollow ones, and you can make them about 15mm longer than the stock boom for better tail authority.
Here's a pic of my choppers. It was taken with a cruddy iPhone 2G as my camera battery dead after I'd lined them all up:
The other Trex 500 (white canopy) is my Dad's, and the Fusion 50 isn't in the pic.
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Been playing around with the S107G which arrived today. Taking some getting used to but I'm slowly getting the hang of it.
I just keep panicking when it gets too close to inanimate objects and just dropping the throttle to 0 instead of trying to avoid. But great fun!
I just keep panicking when it gets too close to inanimate objects and just dropping the throttle to 0 instead of trying to avoid. But great fun!
If you lasted 10 seconds I'd say you did pretty well. When I first started learning to hover, I was crashing in under 2 seconds. It was in the air and crashed before I even noticed what happened.
Buy a length of 2mm solid carbon rod to make mCP X tail booms, and run the tail motor wires spiralled around the outside of it. They're stronger than the hollow ones, and you can make them about 15mm longer than the stock boom for better tail authority.
Here's a pic of my choppers. It was taken with a cruddy iPhone 2G as my camera battery dead after I'd lined them all up:
The other Trex 500 (white canopy) is my Dad's, and the Fusion 50 isn't in the pic.
wow wow!!
interesting about the 2mm carbon for tail boom, where can i get them from?
Been playing around with the S107G which arrived today. Taking some getting used to but I'm slowly getting the hang of it.
I just keep panicking when it gets too close to inanimate objects and just dropping the throttle to 0 instead of trying to avoid. But great fun!
I do this when I get too close to the ceiling and either end up hitting it or dropping like a stone
i dont think so , modelzone do though
google for "rc shop yourarea" and youll probably find some fairly close rc specialists that sell a wide range
the s107G is pretty slow in any direction other than up/down
not sure if its actually needed or not but i thought for balance sake i best keep it attached
I wouldn't worry too much about that bit. I snapped it off ages ago and doesn't seem to effect it from what I can tell.
Been playing around with the S107G which arrived today. Taking some getting used to but I'm slowly getting the hang of it.
I just keep panicking when it gets too close to inanimate objects and just dropping the throttle to 0 instead of trying to avoid. But great fun!
i found its best to go straight into around 70% throttle or it wont steady itself quick enough, if you try and be all slow and smooth getting it off the ground it starts veering to one side.
took my kid 2 batteries before it got the hang of it and hes 7 so
it took me about 4mins
, but it makes me want something faster and harder to master so bad
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I am now really tempted to go straight to multicopters instead of a cheap 3 channel which I have had before. You can build a multicopter for around 70 squid.
So far I have found that I will need the following
HobbyKing Quadcopter Control Board
4 Speed controllers
Receiver
4 motors
Suitable size frame. I have seen some really small ones, which might be great fun for around the house and be quite nippy. I was initially thinking it might be nice with a S107, but I have had something similar and it was just too easy and too slow. It actually looks fairly simple to build, just need to figure out what size frame and motors to get.
So far I have found that I will need the following
HobbyKing Quadcopter Control Board
4 Speed controllers
Receiver
4 motors
Suitable size frame. I have seen some really small ones, which might be great fun for around the house and be quite nippy. I was initially thinking it might be nice with a S107, but I have had something similar and it was just too easy and too slow. It actually looks fairly simple to build, just need to figure out what size frame and motors to get.
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Why would it be 6 channel? As far as I understand ( limited knowledge) it would just be 3 channel.
I think you do need to do a bit of calibration which is done over a usb cable and some tools. I have just started looking into it and I will continue researching tomorrow. I am probably looking at building quite a small one so I will try and look around for what sort of motors I need.
It looks fairly simple to do with the hobby king board, I need to some more research before I hit the button.
aparently this is a good read if your wanting to learn how to control a proper rc heli http://www.dream-models.com/eco/flying-index.html
you need 5 channels for collective pitch helis, i'd imagine a 4channel fixed pitch heli wont feel all that different to the 3/3.5 channel toy helis
you need 5 channels for collective pitch helis, i'd imagine a 4channel fixed pitch heli wont feel all that different to the 3/3.5 channel toy helis
Well I have seen on some forums that quadrocopters are actually very easy to fly because the board does most of the stabilization work for you. Also most of the problems that helis experience are eliminated.
I will be speaking to my dad, he knows more about this stuff. I got it listed at £110 including delivery off Hobby king. I might get it somewhere else but the hobby king board looks quite easy to use. Not sure what amp the speed controllers need to be though.
hobbyking has forums and also the comments for items are usually stupidly helpful so just look at them.
how come you know about hobbyking anyway? you have other RC stuff? most people know of them because of the cheap but quality lipos they sell
how come you know about hobbyking anyway? you have other RC stuff? most people know of them because of the cheap but quality lipos they sell