Micro Helis

[CK9887]

I have been into Rc cars for a while and want to give a try to one of these micro helicopters,
the main problem is deciding which one.

Its mainly between-
Smartech Skylark
Smartech Aerohawk
Feda Dragonfly


I cant decide which one is best, from my understanding the order i listed them in is actually the order of how easy they are to fly and how simple they are. In other words, the skylark is the most simple and easiest to fly, while the Dragonfly is one of the harder more advanced helis of the 3 and the Aerohawk is in between.
True???
I noticed too that the Skylark and Aerohawk are advertised at 15-30min. of runtime while the Dragonfly is advertised at 7-10min. ??? Is this because the Dragonfly has bigger motors which also makes it more advanced?

Im new to this so want something easy but also want something that I wont be bored with as soon as i learn it.
If i get one i will get it off ebay cause they are around 230$ on ebay and about 280$ anywhere else i have seen. Also, many of the ones on ebay include the training kit.
I saw one time that one of the helis included a simulator for the PC to practice, this would definately be a Plus but i have only seen one listing that included the simulator.

Please help me out here

Thanks

[kenru]

The Smartech Heli's are copies of a Piccolo FP. The Aerohawk is an upgrade on the earlier Skylark (not clear on the actual differences however). Parts are not quite as available as the Feda Dragonfly.

The Dragonfly is the same as the Century Hummingbird. All replacement parts fit and are quite readily available.

The posted flight times are probably rather irrelevant because you will no doubt upgrade at some point to Li-Poly batteries for 20 minutes of solid flying on either heli. I do believe they are all using the same motors anyway so the times are more marketing than fact.

[alvin1]

i honestly wouldn't reccomend a micro heli as a first helicopter,they are extremely difficult to fly even for an experienced pilot,you would be far better off with a thirty sized heli with an ic engine,strange as it sounds,it will be easier for you to learn to fly that than a micro heli:)

[mugenseike]

I love helicopter's, also hi everyone I just crossed over from car's and truck's, what are micro heli's, are they miniature size by any chance?
-mugen

[HouseFLY]

If anyone has experience difficulty with a micro heli it is most like due to mechanical or RC equipment setup.

One of the stumbling blocks people have are primarily with gyro and mix settings and trying to use a complex programable helicopter tranmitter with all the bells and whistles when all you need is a basic 4 channel airplane transmitter with mixing as optional.

Wether you are considering any helicopter be glow fuel large or small electric take time to read up on these features. They are nothing out of this world and if you follow the manufacturer's instructions, you should have no problem learning to fly a micro or sub-micro heli. The smaller they are the more crashproof they become and if you stick with a basic FP design you will spend more time enjoying the heli rather than fiddling with trying to set complex mechanics and transmitter parameters, typical with larger CP helis.

See MIA's new Sub-Micro helis (The Bumble Bee and Falcon) post for a preview of what is coming in September. These are FP designs with option for collective.

Mario I. Arguello
www.micro-flight.com

[trash]

don't buy a feda 'dragonfly'. I have one and know of others who have them and they all have fatal RC controler problems that will cost you to replace. Often they fail on the first flight. the chopper crashes and warrenty doesn't cover it. Of course it's your fault, but the truth is that it was a helicopter failure.

If you're looking for some good multi axis choppers to train on, try these ...

http://www.waigohobby.com/index2.htm

better still... get some training.. it's money you would have spent crashing your chopper anyway !

[CK9887]

are the fun piccolo's any good? they seem to be cheap too.


take a look at these 2 links,
Whats the differnce???

http://www.backyardhobbies.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BACKYRD&Product_Code=PICFNKT&Category_Code=COMPKT


http://www.backyardhobbies.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BACKYRD&Product_Code=STRKT&Category_Code=COMPKT



What do you guys think?

[unknown person]

piccolos rule they r the best micro heli out on the fun you my have to change the bearings and the bushings cuz they r cheapeo

[LearjetMinako]

Hello all, its been awhile that I got up into the air, but after crash landing my trainer so many times and having my nitro car break down. I have been thinking of getting back into air with a micro heli. I'm thinking of getting the Hummingbird, are there any others that are great too. I'm not too worried about how diffulctly they are to fly. I've flown 1+ CI helicopters before and had better suscess with those than my trainer. I'll be mainly flying around inside a gym or out in a field or inside my house. Susgestion are welcomed.

[jrventurekid]

I agree with alvin1, a 30 class heli is definitely the way to go. Small (or micro) helis can be twichy and can sometimes be very hard to fly. For a 30 class heli, I recommend the JR Venture 30 CP ( http://horizon.hobbyshopnow.com/products/description.asp?prod=JRP9005 ). For a micro heli I recommend the MS Composit Hornet( http://www.hobby-lobby.com/hornet.htm ). Bye.

Josh