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therick04pp · 10-15-2014, 03:32 PM

This is my middle child. My princess and she is begging me to get her own heli. She's 6 and loves "punky Brewster"... Can you tell? Haha. She is my copilot and never misses an opportunity to fly with me.

I'm thinking this Christmas might be a good time for her to get her own heli. She can zip around my little 3 channel ultra micros (air hog) helis pretty good. What would be an ideal first heli for her? Something durable and something that resembles a heli?

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Bigsmitty · 10-15-2014, 03:39 PM

Get her one of THESE They are real stable and a blast . Replacement parts are readily available and cheap too!

slash14 · 10-15-2014, 04:39 PM

blade mcx2 best first heli

SpinRay · 10-15-2014, 06:47 PM

The Scout is awesome, but kinda limited. HH has the mCX on clearance. It can be bound to a spectrum radio if you can find a BNF version. There's glow-in-the-dark parts and different colored blades and canopies on Ebay. MIA has some neat skids and canopies. She can customize it to her liking.

http://www.horizonhobby.com/horizon-...x-rtf-eflh2200

They're tough as nails too. My 9 yr old grandson (Isaiah) started with one. He flew it into every object imaginable. The canopy has a couple cracks in it. Scotch tape fixed that up. The only broken part....the flybar. Not really his or the heli's fault. He was flying it around his younger brother's head. (Noah) He got annoyed and threw his hat at it. One half of my brain was thinking, nice shot! The other half, don't do that again! Lol. Isaiah now has an mSR and Noah (5) flies the mCX. My son bought an mCX2 to join in on the fun.

I can't even count how many flights are on the mCX. The first 3 batteries died. Bought another 4 pack and it still keeps going. Worth every penny.

lahannsven · 11-18-2014, 07:41 AM

For small kids it's better to start with an airplane. The planes are much easier to handle and less dangerous.

For sure you can take the Blade Mcx2, but it's only indoors.

As a plane you can take the 880 mm Hobbyzone "Delta Ray" twin engine jet and start from your hand.
Let it your kid land in the grass. Take an area without any obstacles.

My son, 8 years old, enjoys it and now wants a more powerful plane. But I don't give him a larger heli. It's just too dangerous.

Sven

10-15-2014, 03:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
therick04pp Registered Users Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Massachusetts	Starting them young This is my middle child. My princess and she is begging me to get her own heli. She's 6 and loves "punky Brewster"... Can you tell? Haha. She is my copilot and never misses an opportunity to fly with me. I'm thinking this Christmas might be a good time for her to get her own heli. She can zip around my little 3 channel ultra micros (air hog) helis pretty good. What would be an ideal first heli for her? Something durable and something that resembles a heli? Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk Attached Thumbnails __________________ Spek iX12 \| DX7G2 \| NANO CPX \| NANO S2 \| MCPX BL2 \| 120SR \| Fusion 270 \| AH64 Apache (450) \| D380TBR \| 450X \| OXY 4 "360" \| Goblin 420 \| 500X \| 550X \| AGILE 5.5 \| OXY 5 \| AMA# 1157132

10-15-2014, 03:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bigsmitty Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2014	Get her one of THESE They are real stable and a blast . Replacement parts are readily available and cheap too! __________________ NANOQX 180QX 200QX 350QX NANO CPX UMXBEAST3D CHAMP DX6 CARBON CUB SS AS3XTRA SPACEWALKER Inverza280 Stinson Reliant

10-15-2014, 04:39 PM	#3 (permalink)
slash14 Registered Users Join Date: Sep 2014	first heli blade mcx2 best first heli

10-15-2014, 06:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
SpinRay Registered Users Join Date: Apr 2014	The Scout is awesome, but kinda limited. HH has the mCX on clearance. It can be bound to a spectrum radio if you can find a BNF version. There's glow-in-the-dark parts and different colored blades and canopies on Ebay. MIA has some neat skids and canopies. She can customize it to her liking. http://www.horizonhobby.com/horizon-...x-rtf-eflh2200 They're tough as nails too. My 9 yr old grandson (Isaiah) started with one. He flew it into every object imaginable. The canopy has a couple cracks in it. Scotch tape fixed that up. The only broken part....the flybar. Not really his or the heli's fault. He was flying it around his younger brother's head. (Noah) He got annoyed and threw his hat at it. One half of my brain was thinking, nice shot! The other half, don't do that again! Lol. Isaiah now has an mSR and Noah (5) flies the mCX. My son bought an mCX2 to join in on the fun. I can't even count how many flights are on the mCX. The first 3 batteries died. Bought another 4 pack and it still keeps going. Worth every penny. __________________ Blade CP, Blade Nano Qx (2), Blade mSRX, Blade 120 SR, Gaui X3, Spektrum DX6i

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11-18-2014, 07:41 AM	#5 (permalink)
lahannsven Registered Users Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Luxembourg	For small kids it's better to start with an airplane. The planes are much easier to handle and less dangerous. For sure you can take the Blade Mcx2, but it's only indoors. As a plane you can take the 880 mm Hobbyzone "Delta Ray" twin engine jet and start from your hand. Let it your kid land in the grass. Take an area without any obstacles. My son, 8 years old, enjoys it and now wants a more powerful plane. But I don't give him a larger heli. It's just too dangerous. Sven

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