concept1
Key Veteran
Location: Youngstown, OH
| this is a tough choice, Nitro vrs Elect. but once you decide on which then it is easy, if you go nitro, get a 50, really any 50 will do! if you go the electric route then go with either a 450 500 or 550! the 450's Trex and mini titan really have a lot to offer, small "cheap" a average crash will run $10-30 and batteries are only around $65. then their is the 500 and 550 class, personally I like this class of heli, they have awesome power to weight, they have some size to them, but you do loose the "cheap" crash cost, now you are in the 30-100 range and could easily exceed $200 depending if you are running woodies or carbons. it is pretty hard to hit the $50 mark on a 450. But if you go with the 550 class like the Swift or Hurricane you get a LARGER heli for really the same price if not less then the 500 class and you have the option to run the A123 cells which really work well in this size heli and they also work well in many planks! the cells are cheap and are very simple to use, but flight time will be close to 5 minutes of hard flying, or up to 7-10 of easy flight. the 600 sized electrics are awesome but costly! and I don't feel you gain much unless you are a real avid or extreem pilot.
I switched to all electrics over a yr ago and will not look back! for me most of my flying is at home although I do go to our club field, but I can grab a heli and put some packs in my pocket and go fly. with the nitro you do need the flight box, fuel starter etc, and when your done you need to do the cleanning, now for many guys they enjoy this part, for me I am on a real time crunch,and I may only have 10 minutes, for a glow that isn't enough time, but with a electric, i can get 2 5 minute flights in drop the heli back on the bench and when the kids go to bed i can charge the packs! the other reason i went to electrics was because of my time schedual and the lowsy weather here in NE OHIO, I typically had to do a lot of engine tuning since it could have been 2 weeks or more since my last flight, and more then likely the weather is much different! heck even on a daily basis the temps and humidity changes here. with electics it always flies the same as it did before!
with that being said i do still like the nitro's but for me Electrics fit me better! I am flying a modified Hurricane 550 and this is by far my favorite heli I have had in the past 20 years! I get 4.5 - 5 minute flights with very good performance so i can handle the time just fine with multiple packs. |
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