Any RC Plane/Heli enthusiasts?

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Dresden14

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So I'm like knee deep into helicopters -- shit more expensive than scuba diving... But I just bought my first plane last night, naturally I'm sporting the colors of my flag so I bought the Messerschmitt BF-109. I should have went with a float / upper wing plane as a starter, but I've pretty much mastered this plane in realflight 6.5 simulator - so fuck it, why not. Will post pics in a few days when it arrives; but this is the exact plane on a youtube vid.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5pYpY8D1u8]Messerschmitt Bf109 E RC Kyosho SQS 40GP - YouTube[/ame]

Any of ya fucks fly anything?

AirfieldBf-109Retract806-11-2011.jpg
 


I mostly do offroad nitro trucks but I can do basic 3d flying with a heli. Looking into a new blade 450 in the next month or so. Never touched a plane outside of a sim.
 
igl00 said:
i have small heli, i just fly around my flat but its good fun. its my 2nd model, works a bit faster than 1st.
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Is it like a brookstone one? My first small heli with a single blade was the SR-120. That was my smaller helicopter I mastered before I got into 3d flying; But here's the 120sr.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHCO85p6x4A"]Blade 120 SR Heli Advanced Swash Plate Setup and Maiden Flight - YouTube[/ame]


I've got a blade 450 now though which is fun. Better fucking run tho if you lose control of it, shit will cut your shit up

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55S9OalQx3U"]Sad Day for the Blade 450 - YouTube[/ame]

lulz at his crash tho
 
slow stick

That may be a tough plane to start out with... Mostly in regards to landing. My first and still favorite plane is a GWS slow stick, super chill, no ailerons... super low stall speed and you can take off and land it in a few feet with a small brushless motor. Plus when it crashes its cheap to fix and doesn't totally explode
 
I got this one a couple years ago and it's apparently one of the smallest commercially available helis (it was at least when I bought it). Tons of fun to fly around the flat

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_VFtgBSroQ]Flying a Silverlit Pico - Worlds smallest helicopter - YouTube[/ame]
 
Wrecked several 450's and a Protos 500 before calling it good. Fucking RC heli's are crack. I broke the habit after about $10,000 crashed into the ground over several months.

Fuck that shit.


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4chshWz4q6o&t=17s"]SHOTGUN vs RC HELiCOPTER - YouTube[/ame]
 
lukep said:
I haven't seen Ducted Fan jets before... Sounds like a new flavor of Crack has arrived.

How fast do they go? What's the difference between a ducted fan and an actual Jet?
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Ducted fan (literally an electric motor connected to a fan in a duct) - runs on batteries, is pretty basic, cheap and often in a foam (cheap) airframe.

Fun for a few hundred bucks.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTjVgqlfdsw"]Art-Tech EF2000 Eurofighter Ducted Fan R/C JET w/ Brushless Motor Installed - YouTube[/ame]

An actual Jet is an actual Jet and runs on Jet-A1 or similar. We're talking an investment of $10k - $25k+ for scale models RTF. A lot of time to learn and restricted places to fly.

In truth though they're so fast or expensive or both that you spend most of your time trying not to break them.

Mind you so are Ferrari's and they sell well.
 
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