Brunobl
Veteran
Location: Pomerode, SC, Brazil - 26 40S 49 11W
| Gasoline!I've been flying RC since 1976, Nitro airplanes most of the time.
In 2005 I started with helis, bought a Raptor 50 and had lots of fun with it. Then I got a gasser heli, and suddenly, everything changed. What I thought was good, became a dream-come-true.
My gasser is huge, heavy, powerful, clean, economical, uses no starting equipment whatsoever (forget the glow driver, 12V battery, starter), runs on unlimited electricity driven by its own, on-board generator. The last time I wall-charged the Rx was maybe some 3 months ago, just to make sure the Rx pack was still alive, as the heli will run on generator alone!
All I need to take to the field is the heli, Tx and jug of fuel. Nothing else is needed, no myriad of batteries to charge, nothing. OK, I do take the tool box just in case and it's good to have it there of course, but day in, day out, it is just not needed. I have shown up at the field with only the screwdriver (should the mixture need any adjustment) a number of times, and didn't use even THAT.
I can fly all day and go home with a CLEAN heli. As clean as an electric one. Depending on the season, the rotor blades may have some bug goo on them and that's it, which I'll clean off at home on post-flight inspection.
Did I mention how economical it is to fly? I get an hour's worth of flying time from a liter of gasoline, so do the math. Some might argue that the cost of maintenance offsets the fuel economy. I don't think so, but even if it did, fuel economy is only a bonus anyway so the other benefits still make the gasser much more appealing IMO.
From now on it's gasoline and electrics for me. I sold the Rappy and will never look back to nitro.
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Best regards,
Bruno. |
Thats what I did I love my Atom 500. But I like the bigger nitro s just as much depends where I am flying.
