My Front Yard R/C Helicopter Antics.

[Rusty Heap]

just taped a Mobius camera to a baseball cap and caught a quick 1 minute video of front yard Antics.

These FX071 helicopters are darn cheap fun. Robust as heck, spare parts are readily available (impact happens) and for $75 you have a heck of a cool toy. Easy learning curve with built in 6 axis gyro it hovers level right out of the box.


great website forum support , so for only $75 just charge the batteries and fly.


FX071C 2.4G 4CH 6-Axis Gyro Flybarless RC Helicopter - US$75.69

[flatbutt]

wow yours has great range! I almost lost my NFORCE 2 by letting it climb a bit too far. Fortunately a small downward gust put it back in range of my controller. I was grinning like a possum eating a sweet potato!

[rusnak]

Hey that's really cool!

I'm sort of on break after my DJI Vision 2 did a fly-away and bought the farm.

[aschen]

cool, you are flying it nose in pretty well.

If you got yourself an 180 cfx or mcpxbl you would be doing flips and rolls in no time, not that you need to if you are having a good time

[aschen]

BTW this guy is the latest superstar, check out how insane he is both in terms of skill and disregard for safety

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7XKWYdMT78

[flatbutt]

wow, that was sick!

[aschen]

Originally Posted by NotaBRG

What am I missing in that Dunkan video? I mean how is that even possible?

Rusty, that looks like a lot of fun in your front yard!

What do you mean. Its completely possible but takes tons of skill. Like les claypool bass playing levels of skill.


The heli is collective pitch so can fly upside down with negative pitch. He has to keep complete orientations of the bird in all maneuvers

[ckelly78z]

Yea that Dunkan video, I had to turn it off because my mind didn't believe what I was seeing.

I've been wanting to get my small copter out in my new Horse riding arena barn 60'x104' with 16' high rafters. It's too breezy outside to run my small one with any accuracy.

[mikester]

Nice!

[HardDrive]

I have a few indoor ones, and they are a blast.

[porsche4life]

They are doing crazy stuff with FPV on quads. This guy goes through some tight places at high speeds!

[sc_rufctr]

OP... Great stuff. Anything that get's you outside and active is a good thing IMO.

Originally Posted by aschen

BTW this guy is the latest superstar, check out how insane he is both in terms of skill and disregard for safety

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7XKWYdMT78

My brain hurt watching this. Ridiculous skills!

[afterburn 549]

The guys that can do this really well, have enough money into it and crashes they could gave bought a real Rotorway........... and been really disappointed. lol

[911_Dude]

Thanks! Ill prob have to blow $75 now

[afterburn 549]

Just 75?
C/F blades
tail rotor, mast and spindle most every wreck.

[Rusty Heap]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Just 75?
C/F blades
tail rotor, mast and spindle most every wreck.

This model is a tough breed, not a Walmart or RadioShack special disposable model.

after several hundred flights on two 071 birds.

Stock Blades and head unit gimbal take impacts and more, blades are bulletproof, gimbal too. If you bend a driveshaft you deserve it.

steel frame stout.

Tail rotor a weak link? not really, and if you need one (yeah I cracked one and deserved it) spare parts are like $3.

keep your motors lubed, these are brushed motors. Brushless is the next turbo level.

Modding them is half the fun, add a carbon fiber tail boom a must do mod . $4 in parts and some hot glue.


these fly great outdoors, are fast nimble as heck, and cheap.

I have two birds, 4 batteries. 8-10 minutes a flight off the stock Li-po batteries.

[afterburn 549]

Which one do you have?
I have had several ...I buy parts till they are discontinued.
Also I have a huge Vario Gasser here with radio and Huey body. I have not ever fired off.
Think I will sell it.

[afterburn 549]

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

This model is a tough breed, not a Walmart or RadioShack special disposable model.

after several hundred flights on two 071 birds.

Stock Blades and head unit gimbal take impacts and more, blades are bulletproof, gimbal too. If you bend a driveshaft you deserve it.

steel frame stout.

Tail rotor a weak link? not really, and if you need one (yeah I cracked one and deserved it) spare parts are like $3.

keep your motors lubed, these are brushed motors. Brushless is the next turbo level.

Modding them is half the fun, add a carbon fiber tail boom a must do mod . $4 in parts and some hot glue.


these fly great outdoors, are fast nimble as heck, and cheap.

I have two birds, 4 batteries. 8-10 minutes a flight off the stock Li-po batteries.

I missed it, what kind of RC is durable?
I have shredded,( through a wire telephone cable ) crashed, lost, spindilated, homogenized , most every RC I have owned.
The Vario has not ever been cranked up so it safe .
The Thunder tiger cobra I gave away...I deemed it too hard to work on and did not want the frustration.

[aschen]

No big collective pich helis are durable, but tons of micro cp helis and medium sized fp are relatively crashable.

I "land" my nano cpx by hitting throttle hold 15 ft off the ground on purpose, all the time.

Your vario scale gasser is for experts and beyond, resale will be terrible I'm sorry to say.

The models these days are pretty reliable if not crashed. I don't even do a "once over" before flying anymore.

[aschen]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

They are doing crazy stuff with FPV on quads. This guy goes through some tight places at high speeds!

Ive built a 250 sized FPV quad racer, but I havent figured out how to practice with it. It is really weird being at a park by yourself wearing the goggles. Feel like sombody could just walk up to you and kick you in the nads