3dwanabe
Senior Heliman
Location: Concord, CA
| I recently did a trade for an X-Cell gasser. The cost of repairs will be about triple that of your Raptor 30, but the savings in fuel cost will more than make up for the the increase in repair costs.
I used to burn 2 gallons of 30% Cool Power fuel a week with my 60 powered X-Cell. That's $50 dollars every week just for 1 model!! I had to limit my flying because fuel just plain cost too much.
In the Gasser I am using Coleman Camp fuel at $3.50 per gallon and 2 ounces of synthetic 2 stroke oil. Total cost of a gallon of fuel is about $5.00. Not only is the fuel cheaper but fuel consumption is about half. I am now flying at least 1 hour every other weekday morning and about 4 hours on Sundays and burning only 1 gallon a week. That gives me $45 extra each week to pay for other stuff and I am flying much more than before.
A typical boom strike crash with an X-Cell Gasser will cost about $200 with decent carbon fiber blades. If I crash once a month, the repair cost is just about covered with fuel savings alone. I usually crash once every few months so I have a lot more crazy cash to play with.
Now that I have my Gasser dialed in, it almost equals the performance of my glow powered X-Cell on 30%. My gasser loops, rolls and flips just as well as my 60, just slightly slower. The 60 has a little more reserve at the bottom of autos, but the gasser still autos much better than any 30/50 size helicopter. With 2 pounds of extra weight, and superb X-Cell mechanics, the gasser is the most stable helicopter I have ever flown. Super easy to fly. In the past year an a half, I have built at least 18 helicopters and test flew and dialed in many others.
Very nice, used X-Cell Gassers sell for about $750-$850. Not much more than a Raptor 60 V2.
Roy |
