2old2fly
Veteran
Location: Mill Creek, Wa.
| The FP isn't much of an indoor flier (IMHO). With a 20" rotor span, it's just to big. Same with the T-Rex 250, the SJM180(215), etc.
The ep100 is just around 13" making it a little more suited for indoor flying. They're expensive by the time all is said & done, but then, you get what you pay for in this hobby.
The 4#3B is a great (very) small heli for indoor flying, but it has it's quirks. With a 7" rotor & 48g auw, anything, and everything will effect it in flight. They're a handfull to learn, and they eat motors like their free. You can expect to get about 30 flights per motor on average (at the moment, I can burn up one or two a week). You CAN go brushless, but you'll spend as much on that as you did on the heli. It's not worth it to me, at $5 each, I can burn up a lot of motors for that price. As was said, "great heli for the right person". They're a real kick to fly, and they fly well out doors. (saw them on sale the other day for $99, but you need to watch where they're coming from. Some of the HK retailers have cut the price, but then soak you $30+ to ship it to you here in the US. So you either buy domestically, and pay more for the heli, and less on the shipping, and get it faster, or you buy overseas, and save on the heli, but spend on the shipping, and wait longer to get it.
Helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission. |
