How do I pick next heli?

[gearhead07]

Well long story short but I as most others started in the plane world. And u started with a high wing flat bottom airfoil trainer. Then Ur high wing fully symmetrical air foil then a low or mid wing, then u throw in a tail drager. But when it comes to helis, I don't know what I'm looking for to step up. I have the blade Sr now and, I know its a beginnerish model so what am I looking for in my.next model? Like a sport, because it frustrates me all the media around 3d,.. and I know that's way out for me lol

I'm planing on building a 450-600 size heli to have ready for the summer time. What are features I'm looking for as a beginner? Slower servos? Slower headspeed?

Because it almost seem to me like its the electronics and programing, are the key features between a 3d machine and a nice flying sport model?

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[txheli15]

Your next step will be a CP (collective pitch) heli. I think most would agree with my recommendation of a MCPx, Nano, or the new brushless MCPx BL. These are tough little heli's, and they can usually take a crash with 0 damage, especially if you're crashing on grass.

A 450 crash can easily cost around $50, and a 600 crash can easily set you back hundreds. Learn on something that isn't going to cost you an arm and a leg. Any of the small heli's I recommended are going to cost you less than about 4 crashes of a 450, and you will easily crash 4 times while learning to fly. A little starter/trainer heli, like the ones I recommended above, will basically pay for itself within a few crashes.

Also, get a sim and practice practice practice. You may be a great plane pilot and a great SR pilot, but CP is a completely different game.

As for your helicopter after the MCPx/Nano....don't gimp performance by getting slow servos, intentionally running a very low head speed, or anything like that. You can soften controls by using settings on your TX. Here's a little homework for you: research throttle curves, pitch curves, dual rates, and expo. These are the main settings you'll use to tune performance.

The difference between a 3d machine and a sport heli is mainly the settings mentioned above, along with head speed (which is partially controlled by your throttle curve).

[gearhead07]

Alright cool, thanks. But I do have realflight and Mar,Marx,mcpx and I have the blades Sr, and it is cp?!? I thought? I'm just sick of the Sr having tail issues and kinda sick of the blade line... My dada has the blade 450 and I just love how the size makes it more stable

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