Graham's Blog

Right I have now been using this Micro heli more, so will update on how I have found it so far. First off as others over the net have said it looks great in box and impressive when you first get it out and the size etc of it. But it seems quality and setup varies from one heli to another and in my case it was also not ready to fly out of box. In fact within 3 flights I had broken the blades and broke the tail blade, so had to order more spares. Once fixed, it was still a pig to keep in air stable, for sure I am faily new to radio controlled heli’s, but I do have experience of flying Model aircraft etc and on flight sims with helis. But this model just seemed too hard to fly, and reminded me that helicopter flying is in a much harder league! Anyway with more practise I could hover pretty stable, but after 10 flights the main motor started to fail! So had to order a new main motor and also I got a new tail motor to be on safe side and a spare battery. Fitted the new motor and it was much easier to fly than before, but then after another 2 good flights the rear tail motor also failed! and so I am now at a stage where I need to fit that and solder in the wires. Also on my last flight I noticed I was only getting about 2 mins flight time, popping in new battery increased that and then it spun to the ground as the rear tail motor gave up. So within 12 flights it has got through 1 x main motor , 1 x battery 1 x rear tail motor. So as others have mentioned some of these helis are not all good quality and sadly and all this starts to push the cost up to where I was thinking maybe a Align T-Rex 250 would have been a better buy? And for anyone thinking of getting one of these, I would def get the brushless version which is out very soon I hear. So my feelings so far? Disapointed to be honest, the flight time is short and these models seem to vary greatly in quality and you def have to invest in spare Main motors and tail motors and batteries and the normal parts like blades, also if you are new to these, you need more room than you might think! For experts and all the videos of people you see flying them, it looks easy in small rooms, but trust me its not! Also there are small training kits that fix onto the skid, although this does add a bit of weight and also as I found out the rubber grommets break the ends of the skids off. I am now going to strip it down and slighty oil beariings again and fit the new tail motors and new blades all round and see if it flys like I had hoped. So more updates soon, stay tuned , Gray.

I have been flying this around for a few days now and advice to anyone buying one, make sure you also order spare rotor and tail blades and also order up some training gear for this heli, again Buzzflyer has a set for this model. Also make sure you fly this in a big area at first! You can look through YouTube and see many videos on there of people flying in small rooms, but trust me you wont stand a chance until you are comfortable with flying it and the quick corrections you need to keep this tiny heli stable. It looks so stable on the videos people have taken, but for a newbie it certainly is a steep learning curve! I shall write more and with some pics of things which I have noticed about parts which break and look weak to me. Also the battery runs down flat very quick so you will also need spare batteries. Great fun though 🙂

Just got myself one of these tiny micro helicopters, these things are amazing! 4 channel r/c and hence they handle very much like the bigger electric helis do.
There are loads of small heli’s around, but these are not like the cheaper toy ones out there, please be aware of that if you get one, they are quite difficult to fly if you are new to r/c helicopters.
Hence in the picture, you can see I backed mine into a wall and broke the tail blade 😉 Opps
Great fun though!
I would advise to anyone new to these, to turn down the pot on the receiver under the front cover, so there is not so much movement in the servos, and turn it back up when your skills get better.
These are quite difficult to get , there are a few online dealers, but search the net about them , as some out there did not give a very good service, either that or order direct from china on ebay.