Is it possible to learn to fly helis on a 700E?

[wab223]

I hope the OP has not given up. He hasn't posted since Feb 3rd and has not visited HF for about 7 weeks. I did not realise at the time the thread was started but he had crashed that day.
The guy needs some encouragement.

[bobbygz]

He crashed his 700? Damn! I was going to post telling him no way Jose' but there were so many posts saying yay and nay I felt like at that point he was going to do what he was going to do. You don't have any idea how hard cp is until you try it the first time and exponentially if you never even flew fixed pitch. It took me 4 months, almost everyday flying a cp and the little 130x at that, to feel comfortable whizzing it around. Now it's almost 2nd nature. But I still feel the adrenaline and anticipation when flying the 300x and especially the 450 3d. These things are definitely NOT toys! I'll look out for the guy here on HF and give him all the encouragement I can if he shows back up. You know he has to feel a little embarrassed or humiliated. Well we all do some crazy things from time to time. Hopefully he'll get back on the horse, only, not the same one, a miniature one and hopefully fixed pitch.

[pipes5050]

remembering all the parts i broke on my small helies, makes me scared to think of what i would have spent had i started with a 700e. btw has anyone seen it on e bay?

[ArchmageAU]

Originally Posted by wab223

I hope the OP has not given up. He hasn't posted since Feb 3rd and has not visited HF for about 7 weeks. I did not realise at the time the thread was started but he had crashed that day.
The guy needs some encouragement.

As the bobbygz, the OP crashed the 700. This post https://www.helifreak.com/showthread...10#post4689810 from the OP states "My first flight with the new Trex 700 with a Spektrum DX7 went less than well, and I'm now down about $180 for repairs." and was 11 mins after the first one of this thread https://www.helifreak.com/showthread...74#post4689774 . My assumption is that the OP had already crashed the 700 before posting (how else would he know the crash cost) and was hunting affirmation that self learning on a 700 is OK (which the the overwhelming majority stated was not).

This crash cost is greater than the purchase cost of my nano (without transmitter). Alternatively it would pay for my simulators (Clearview and Heli-X and the USB transmitter to use them) with change left over. (Looking to get RF6.5, but only to fly with others. Very happy with Heli-X as it work on my Linux system which RF will not. Let's not turn this into a sim vs sim debate here).

Since the OP has not posted anything to the forums since Feb 4, I would conclude both the OP and the said 700 have left the hobby.

Damn shame.

[bobbygz]

Originally Posted by ArchmageAU

As the bobbygz, the OP crashed the 700. This post https://www.helifreak.com/showthread...10#post4689810 from the OP states "My first flight with the new Trex 700 with a Spektrum DX7 went less than well, and I'm now down about $180 for repairs." and was 11 mins after the first one of this thread https://www.helifreak.com/showthread...74#post4689774 . My assumption is that the OP had already crashed the 700 before posting (how else would he know the crash cost) and was hunting affirmation that self learning on a 700 is OK (which the the overwhelming majority stated was not).

This crash cost is greater than the purchase cost of my nano (without transmitter). Alternatively it would pay for my simulators (Clearview and Heli-X and the USB transmitter to use them) with change left over. (Looking to get RF6.5, but only to fly with others. Very happy with Heli-X as it work on my Linux system which RF will not. Let's not turn this into a sim vs sim debate here).

Since the OP has not posted anything to the forums since Feb 4, I would conclude both the OP and the said 700 have left the hobby.

Damn shame.

Think you hit it mate, that is a shame. Being dropped on top of CP mountain instead of climbing to get there has made many a "would be" pilot leave the hobby. Well in the end he'll save alot of money. I know I've spent 180 easy in parts and upgrades just on my little 130x, but he'll miss out on a great hobby and a bunch of good people!

[Hawk404]

Originally Posted by bobbygz

Think you hit it mate, that is a shame. Being dropped on top of CP mountain instead of climbing to get there has made many a "would be" pilot leave the hobby. Well in the end he'll save alot of money. I know I've spent 180 easy in parts and upgrades just on my little 130x, but he'll miss out on a great hobby and a bunch of good people!

I'm not sure I'd write the OP off just yet.

Anyone checking my posting history would note my first post was in July '11 with the next activity being August '12. I gave up on repairing the clone RTF 500, removed anything that looked like it might come in handy later and chucked the rest of it in the bin.

But if one is curious enough one comes back. He's got over 40 weeks to go before he even scratches my record for hiatus.

[theodm]

I started out with a trex 600 about 1.5 years ago and to this date haven't crashed it once :-) Learned to hover on it the first few months, before I decided that buying a sim wasn't maybe such a bad idea after all. Also bought a blade 450 last summer. Not into full 3D yet, though I did some loopings with my 450.

I'd say it depends on the person. If you underestimate how difficult it is (which I guess many/most do) you screw it up, in which case flying a big one can be dangerous and expensive. But I always liked the stability and that a big one makes it easier to see orientation.

[wab223]

That is a fantastic record, from starting to learn CP, 1.5 years and you never crashed it. Awesome!
Have you crashed your 450.

[theodm]

Yeah, a few weeks ago for the first time, I missed a meter of air in a looping hehe ;-) Started it a bit badly so should have aborted :-)

So that sucked, but since a lot was broken anyway I took the opportunity to make it flybarless. Been bad weather since so still waiting to try it :-(