Electric RC Heli

[expat]

After a long break from RC Helicopters I have been bitten by the bug again. My last one was a Futura Super Sport. Now due to work, family and time I gave it up and sold it all on some five years or so ago. As rc heli flying is not like riding a bike, I want to get back with something that is not going to break than bank each time it breaks . To that end I am looking at a couple of posibilities and are wondering if anyone here has any of the following and an opinion on it/them?

E-Flite Blade Cx3
Lama 400
Carson EC-135 XL
Blade SR

Matt

[patchz]

[color=#000000]My hat's off to you Matt, if you can fly one of those things. My Dad was involved with fixed wing RC so I got to see helos fly a few times. I flew his fixed wing some, but I would not attempt a helo. One guy had his get into his legs. Don't remember the number of stitches it took. So good luck, but be careful.

[TacitBlue]

I am a novice at RC heli's, but I have heard nothing but good things about the CX 3. I learned to fly heli's with a Heli-Max Axe EZ, which is very similar. In fact I wish I had bought a Blade CX instead because the parts are cheaper and easier to find. Plus there are more aftermarket aluminum replacement parts for it to go in place of the plastic parts. My last purchase was an E-Sky Honey Bee, a fixed pitch single rotor heli. The weather hasn't allowed me to fly it much lately, but I have just about perfected hovering in the living room.

Fixed wing flying comes a lot more naturally to me and I do that more than anything else R/C related. I got into heli's for a challenge, and it has proven to be a huge challenge for me. But I don't find it frustrating, so I go at my own pace in developing the skill and just enjoy it.

[expat]

I am a novice at RC heli's, but I have heard nothing but good things about the CX 3. I learned to fly heli's with a Heli-Max Axe EZ, which is very similar. In fact I wish I had bought a Blade CX instead because the parts are cheaper and easier to find. Plus there are more aftermarket aluminum replacement parts for it to go in place of the plastic parts. My last purchase was an E-Sky Honey Bee, a fixed pitch single rotor heli. The weather hasn't allowed me to fly it much lately, but I have just about perfected hovering in the living room.

Fixed wing flying comes a lot more naturally to me and I do that more than anything else R/C related. I got into heli's for a challenge, and it has proven to be a huge challenge for me. But I don't find it frustrating, so I go at my own pace in developing the skill and just enjoy it.

Thanks for the input. I am leaning towards a CX3, though it seems to be 60/40 split on how good they are. It is either a to good to be true review or some forums saying they would not touch it with a 30' rota blade. Saying that, the Blade SR is more of a "real" heli with pitch control. I am just fishing for the next couple of weeks. In April I will be going to the international model show in Dortmund, I want to have one in my hand before I splash the cash. Also a friend has just bough the Carson XL, I will give that a go at the weekend.
I still have a couple of fixed wing that get the dust blown off them from time to time, but helicopters require so little space, figuratively speaking.

Matt