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Post by fergie on Aug 27, 2009 18:10:41 GMT -6
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Post by rcdbutz on Aug 28, 2009 16:52:05 GMT -6
That novus CP looks like fun, I was also looking at the Walkera 4g3
The mCX is fun, but not challenging enough. With the Trex 250, I'm starting to like the smaller size 3d capable machines. That mSR looks like fun, but I think it may get boring fast.
Not getting anything new for a while though, I've got a honeymoon to go on.
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Post by 19000rpm on Aug 29, 2009 6:43:56 GMT -6
I'd be tempted by the Novus CP, but I was burnt by HeliMax berfore so I'm not putting the finger on that burner again. ;D
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Post by r/c basher on Aug 29, 2009 12:11:06 GMT -6
The Heli-max novus cp/Walkera 4g3 look really cool. But even if I did buy one I wouldnt be able to do very much ff and no flips. How do you guys fly in the winter time when theres snow on the ground? I dont want to be stuck flying my mcx all winter long.
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Post by 19000rpm on Aug 29, 2009 13:00:00 GMT -6
You can fly off of a big piece of plywood or make a set of floats like nightflyer and Elk did. The floats work great on snow as well as water. Or, just shovel down to ground level and that's your heli pad. ;D
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Post by fergie on Aug 29, 2009 13:36:55 GMT -6
i have a big shop to fly in during the winter. so i figured a novus CP, or some other ultra micro 6ch CP would make a great tool for winter. agh! sorry for the highjack  |
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Post by 19000rpm on Aug 29, 2009 14:23:24 GMT -6
OK, fergie, cut it out. ;D
But, Fergies right; the best way to beat winter in the north is to find a good indoor spot to fly. Find a big shop, barn, gym or whatever and just go ask them for permission.
Although not an option for everybody; hooking up with a local club is the easiest way to find an indoor spot.
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Post by r/c basher on Aug 29, 2009 17:08:49 GMT -6
I do have a barn but its always to full of hay to fly in it. Would those noodle things that are used for the pool work as floats if I cut them down? Ill figure out somehow to fly outside this winter. Sorry for the hijack it was part my fault too. My lhs has free helicopter practice on Tuesdays on there big indoor carpet rc car track but the shops about an hour drive away and not really local. |
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Post by scarface26 on Aug 29, 2009 20:01:45 GMT -6
Am I getting ahead of myself here, or am I noticing a beginning trend branching away from the larger outdoor heli's, and toward a variety of smaller indoor helis that can be flown all year around, indoors, in any weather? This would seem to be a natural extention of the RC heli hobby since electric helicopters took off! What do you think?
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Post by 19000rpm on Aug 30, 2009 6:53:46 GMT -6
Scarface, you're right. It's a fact. For one; Horizon Hobby has been pushing the development and sales of smaller helis and planes targeting a new market of both suburban and urban dwellers who live, play and work in smaller indoor and outdoor spaces and probably have access to gyms or other indoor facilities, etc. for group activities.
And they're sucking the rest of us in too. ;D
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Post by akent on Aug 30, 2009 12:59:18 GMT -6
They just never really had viable small aircraft in the past.
It's amazing what those engineers have done with the micro helis and planes!
A 4 or 6 channel heli and plane that weighs around 1 ounce?!?!? Incredible.
I go in both directions. I love all sizes.
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