i really recommend joining the BMFA
if you're not already a member - you get insurance cover and they have loads of advice.
Don't skimp on the radio gear - spektrum with futaba gyro and digital tail servo is the way to go. Cheap gyros are just a waste of money and will crash your heli. Trex clones are great - all the parts interchange with the original. Don't spend money on extras like carbon frames and metal heads when you're learning as they're just expensive bling.
Also buy plenty of spare main rotor shafts they get bent really easily and cause vibration.
hope that's helpful :)
(, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 22:41, Reply)
Indeed it is!
I'd been wondering about the BMFA thing and I think you've probably just made up my mind. I think I'm also going to join a local club as the more I research the whole thing, the more I think it's probably a good idea to have somebody who knows what they're doing nearby as I start out!
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more balanced than jeremy beadle It wasn't me..., Tue 14 Dec 2010, 22:53,
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just read up as much as you can - join rcgroups and check out the heli forums
i wish you good luck, just setting the heli up right is a bloody nightmare - i hope you do better than me :)
(, Tue 14 Dec 2010, 23:06, Reply)