I've flown some just like that. They're epicly fun but they break easily. I know that one says metal, but the rotors won't be, nor will the tail rotor. It's always one of the rotors that goes. But yes, they're awesome.
it needs quite a lot of space as you can only use them indoors. careful when flying close to the ceiling, walls or the floor, they interfere with aerodynamics (it gets sucked towards them) another tip is to put a small piece of duct-tape or something similar under the nose because you cant controll the tilt angle required for forward movement. if you want to fly it outdoors, get some "real" RC chopper, its not that hard to learn and more fun imo edit: oh nvm i just noticed you can tilt this one ... might actually be fun
I actually used to be In the RC helicopter hobby. If you want to get one, It is almost impossible to fly in your backyard, so you need have have access and be willing to go to your nearby green zone. I don't know about the mini helicoptors though, but if it breaks, I doubt you can find replacement parts. I used to order my helicopters here http://www.hobby4less.com/ They carry parts for all of their helicoptors.
I watched some videos on a RC helicopter site about morons and the exceptionally stupid things they do with their "toys". Examples: Taping razor blades to the rotors to cut shoes off of utility wires Running a nitro heli in a small living room (smoke detector goes off after 20 seconds or so) Flying a RC heli around some high voltage lines (on purpose)
Who says they're stupid? mug: My little brother owns a cheap $40 one. It's fun to fly around, but they break too damn easily. You can get the big ones that weigh a ton, are about 4ft long and a foot and a half high, that you need a baseball field fr.
Helis like the one Simon linked can be extremely difficult to fly. The last thing you want is that 24 inch blade anywhere near you or someone else.
i didnt find it to be so complicated as long as there isnt too much wind ... ofc taking off and doing loopings prolly takes quite a while
Yes. They are awesome. The ones that you linked have a metal body. Metal bodies are more responsive but if you crash them they will break easier than the previous generation that was all foam. You do not need weight in the nose for these. (there are some smaller ones that do not have the counter rotating propellers and those do require extra weight.) You cannot do acrobatics with these because there is no cyclic. These will only fly up/down/forward/backward, and turn left/right. Not that upside down stuff or full loops. Fly a simulator first so you wont brake it at the first flight. There is a commercial sim http://www.realflight.com/new/index.html but is expensive. There is also a free sim http://www.flying-model-simulator.com/ that works ok. Try to get a joystick with at least 4 degrees of freedom.
