RC Plane & RC Helicopter

[rapalla]

Anyone here is RC Plane or Helicopter hobbyist? Searching for a good shop to buy RC Helipcopter.

[tayhonglee]

i just bought a RC plane from carrefour last weekend. cost me only $20. quite fun too. except cannot control the altitude.

[rapalla]

Was thinking to buy a RC Micro Heli for a start before getting the bigger ones the nitro set.

[hsloo]

Sometime i saw people controlling a flying bright plane, it fast and go up and down.... do you guys know what is that call and where to buy?

[decentkid]

RC helicoptor are more difficult to control then planes....

and for nitro, there are only two locations in singapore where u can fly them...battery powered ones have no restriction

hsloo: those are called fireflies...you can actually configure the plane to your own liking to fly in open air or enclosed places like at home or in the carparks by using different motors and remote controls

[ervine]

Was thinking to buy a RC Micro Heli for a start before getting the bigger ones the nitro set.

Oooo sounds interesting.. how micro is micro?

[CKS]

hello

ive been learning to fly electric microheli (Trex 450XL CDE)

you can check out www.daddyhobby.com (local forum on RC flying stuff)

there you can find more shops listing + Sponsors’s estore

[CKS]

Sometime i saw people controlling a flying bright plane, it fast and go up and down.... do you guys know what is that call and where to buy?

u refering to http://shop.rotor.com.sg/images/Product/21028/size.gif ?

Thats the RC kite

Rotor is quite a huge RC shop btw .. somewhere near Reborn too

[monki]

Rotor is quite a huge RC shop btw .. somewhere near Reborn too 

The address of Rotor is Blk 808 French Road Level 2. (Lavendar). Come out of lift, right hand side, walk straight.

Can go check this shop out, they have all sorts of RC from heli, aeroplane, kite to cars.

[CKS]

SRC pilot funfly anyone? heh

[decentkid]

i dont mind...but u havent learnt my rc kite yet

not time to practise also!!!

[BFG]

Get the Lama V3. Looks good for beginner. Selling at Rotor, less than $250 with everything including radio, heli, battery and charger. From experience, heli is kinda hard to get going but the Lama V3 has some advantage compare to other micro heli. Seen it fly a few days ago at Rotor. The one I used before was another model and was really tricky to get it to hover.

For safety reason, do not fly when there's kids around or when there is a strong wind. These micro heli is suitable to fly indoor but if the blade hits any of your furniture, confirm your furniture will have very ugly scratches.

[CKS]

yea .. suitable places to fly lama and other similar sized heli will be multipurpose hall or multistory carpark .. coz they cant really take the wind in outdoor flight.

RC Heli is challenging, true.. anyone here who has the patient (and spare $$$) to maintain marine tank, i dont see why they cant fly heli... but be prepared to spend on replacement parts .. coz they crash often (common for 1st timer)

[Rocky99]

Or buy this instead

[ervine]

better stay away... already got 2 money ###### hobbies!!

[JasonM]

Or buy this instead

That is cool

[CKS]

better stay away... already got 2 money ###### hobbies!!

haha .. c'mon .. just forget about the nx big skimmer upgrade

[ervine]

tempting really... always wanted to play with RC toys but cannot cannot... must exercise restraint...

hahah... u guys have fun man.. looks damn cool

[tayhonglee]

crap, my $20 rc airplane crashed and broke its wings. i think i will get another one from carrefour. maybe something lighter and smaller. i saw quite a few models of battery powered rc toys like airplanes and helicopters and hovercrafts.

[CKS]

the bigger = more stable!!

my heli flight pic

http://www.daddyhobby.com/forum/attachment...achmentid=27679

[Maxstar81]

CKS,

Cool, see that you still have your training wheels on.

Is that a T-rex ?

I was in & out of the hobby fast.... (T-rex CCPM w/ optic 6)

Just couldn't sustain it. ($$$)

I still have a IFO (R/C kite) at home which is

more like a static display nowadays....

(filght time less than 5hrs....)

Have fun guys !!!

(to newbies - think hard b4 buying. VERY EXPENSIVE)

[CKS]

Yep, its a Trex 450XL CDE, i got it 1.5 months ago

Should be able to take out training gear by end of next week!

Its just as expensive as most ppl's reeftank here!! maybe even cheaper!!

u wanna sell ur IFO?

[ervine]

i saw someone play with a honey bee today... looks fun!! just wondering, between the basic honey bee kit and the lama V3, which would u guys choose?

[Mellow]

Saw this interesting thread. Im also a newbie to RC flying..Just bought a small battery powered helicopter 1 month ago. Still mastering to fly though. Sent to the shop very repair almost every week from crashes. Haha. expensive hobby but just as addicitve.

Hey Ervine, I was adviced by a shop owner that the honey bee is more unstable. Not too sure. Almost bought that though cause it looks good. Ended up with a Hughes 300

[ervine]

Saw this interesting thread. Im also a newbie to RC flying..Just bought a small battery powered helicopter 1 month ago. Still mastering to fly though. Sent to the shop very repair almost every week from crashes. Haha. expensive hobby but just as addicitve.

Hey Ervine, I was adviced by a shop owner that the honey bee is more unstable. Not too sure. Almost bought that though cause it looks good. Ended up with a Hughes 300

Ooo how much u spent on the Hughes basic kit and where u get it from? and why that over the honey bee?

http://www.skyhobbies.com.sg/Dynam_heli.htm

There's another one called the phoenix FP too... same price some more but not sure what does "ARF version" mean..