getting a heli

[ZANDOR]

Iam getting this heli and iam looking for a good raido servos and gyro.and i want to buy the good stuff. Ill be puting this heli together this winter so i can buy the stuff i need. I want to buy all synt dig. raido gear so what do you suggest.or is there a package i can buy.LMK

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCDK6&P=0

 

[CorradoPsi]

you will probibly find more help over at RCU. there are a lot of flyers over there. from trying to learn to fly my micro heli, ill recommend you spring the little extra on a heading hold gyro. its just 1 less thing to worry about when trying to learn to fly.

 

[ZANDOR]

I was hopping may be rolex or some of the other fly boys could help..I hate to stray :smoke:

 

[Lessen]

Are you gonna start a build thread Zandor? I've always been fascinated with r/c helli's ever since I was a little kid. I've heard they're hard to learn especially if you've never flown an r/c plane (which I havn't). have you flown? I'd like to follow you're build and flite progress

 

[ZANDOR]

well its mostley done comes pretty much assembled..I will how ever do a play by play with the rest of the build. as to what radio gear ect. and no I have never flowen the real deal but i have spent about 200 hours on real flight sim..lol so Now i have to try the real deal..

 

[Lessen]

cool cool, get some vid bro

 

[Rolex]

I was hopping may be rolex or some of the other fly boys could help..I hate to stray :smoke:

Here I am, sorry I'm late, Zandor.
Either a JR or a Futaba 6 channel computer radio. I have the JR XP652, and I really like it. Very easy to program once you understand the sequence.
You need to put in a 'heading hold' gyro, also called 'tail lock' if the heli doesn't come with one already in it. That keeps you from having to constantly put in rudder to counteract crosswinds, and makes the hovering easier for a beginner.
There's also a secondary gyro called 'The Copilot' that's an absolute must for a new flier, particularly when you start with 3-D.
You hold the heli off the ground, and it reads ground temp vs. sky and programs itself for upright attitude, and if you get the heli upside down and backwards, just let go of both sticks and the heli returns to a stable upright position in one second. (it also cuts down on the amount of sweating you do while learning)

 

[ZANDOR]

great rolex can i get these on tower and can you point to a link?? and also what servos should i get

 

[Rolex]

I have Hitec HS 422 servos in mine. It's a Century Falcon .46.
The Gyro and the Copilot should both be available through Tower.
I'm glad to hear you have a lot of hours on RealFlight G2. I didn't get the sim till after I had lost several quarts of sweat and numerous other body fluids learning to hover.
Once you learn on the sim, it's actually EASIER to fly the real thing. The sim is intentionally more 'twitchy' since it's a training tool rather than a game.
Do you do autorotation landings on it? You can't fly the real thing till you learn that. If the engine stalls at altitude, you get a little more than that puff of smoke you see on G2.
Are you interested in a real sweet heli for G2? It's a DREAM to hover. I spent about a hundred hours editing the Jet Ranger to handle the same as my nitro heli. Then I gave it a custom paint job in PhotoShop and named it Rotor Floater.
The files include all the edits to the heli and rotor as well as the radio.

 

[ZANDOR]

here is my list LMK (rolex)

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXGAF3**&P=M

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXUR67&P=M

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXFZP2&P=M

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXM034&P=M

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/WTI0001P?&I=LXBEK8&P=V

 

[Rolex]

Looks like you're good to go, Zandor. Keep me posted on your progress.

 

[ZANDOR]

I will do and thanks for pointing me in the right direction bro

 

[Rolex]

Do you have a secluded place to learn hovering? It's pretty nerve wracking to start new at a flying field, since the sound of a heli starting up always attracts a crowd.
Spend a LOT of time on G2, till every stick movement is a no-brainer. Once in the air, they fly with the same controls as an airplane, but it's the hovering for landings that you have to have down pat.
On G2, set your takeoff position with nose right, zoomed in to where the tail rotor is at the left corner of the screen, and the sun reflecting off the heli. That leaves you close enough to where you can detect the smallest drift, while you keep it in that area. The sun reflection makes it easy to spot the slightest tail drift. It also helps you get a feel for how much right collective you need to put in for liftoff. Nose forward gets a lot tougher, but you have to master that for good landings.