Specifications

Table of Contents
Preface ..................................................................................................................xiii
1. Things You Should Know ......................................................................................1
1.1. Helicopters require a SIGNIFICANT TIME COMMITMENT ............................1
1.2. Repairs are expensive ................................................................................1
1.3. Hovering is difficult to learn .........................................................................1
1.4. Airplane experience may not help ................................................................1
2. Types of R/C Helicopters .......................................................................................2
2.1. Single rotor helicopters with fewer than four channels ...................................2
2.2. Coaxial helicopters with two to four channels ...............................................2
2.3. Multirotor helicopters with four channels ......................................................2
2.4. Four to six channel single rotor ....................................................................2
2.5. Summary of skills .......................................................................................2
3. First Helicopter Selection Guide .............................................................................4
3.1. Things to consider when selecting your first helicopter ..................................4
3.1.1. Recommended first heli choices .......................................................5
3.1.2. Recommended second heli choices ..................................................5
3.2. Clones .......................................................................................................5
3.2.1. Design problems .............................................................................6
3.2.2. Cheap plastic used for critical parts ..................................................6
3.2.3. Low quality electronics .....................................................................6
3.2.4. Nonstandard electronics ..................................................................7
3.2.5. Sloppy tolerances on molded and/or CNC milled parts .......................7
3.3. Classification of helis used in this guide .......................................................7
3.4. Overview of selected machines ...................................................................7
3.4.1. Lite Machines Corona ......................................................................8
3.4.2. Ikarus Fixed Pitch Piccolos (Fun or ECO) ..........................................8
3.4.3. Ikarus Collective Pitch Piccolos (CP upgrade/Pro) .............................8
3.4.4. Ikarus ECO Lite ...............................................................................9
3.4.5. Ikarus ECO 8 ..................................................................................9
3.4.6. Ikarus ECO 16 ................................................................................9
3.4.7. Ikarus Viper 70/MS Composit Stinger 3 ...........................................10
3.4.8. Ikarus Viper 90/MS Composit Stinger 6 ...........................................10
3.4.9. Feda Skylark/Century Hummingbird/GWS Dragonfly .......................10
3.4.10. JR Voyager E ..............................................................................10
3.4.11. Kyosho Concept EP - discontinued? .............................................11
3.4.12. Mikado Logo 10 ...........................................................................11
3.4.13. Mikado Logo 20 ...........................................................................11
3.4.14. MS Composit Hornet FP ..............................................................11
3.4.15. MS Composit Hornet CP ..............................................................12
3.4.16. MS Composit Hornet II .................................................................12
3.4.17. Maxir SE .....................................................................................12
3.4.18. Robbe Spirit L-8/Eolo R22 ............................................................13
3.4.19. Quick Quick EP 10 ......................................................................13
3.4.20. Quick Quick EP 16 ......................................................................13
3.4.21. Zoom 400/Shogun 400/Zap 400 ...................................................13
3.4.22. Align T-Rex 450X ........................................................................14
3.4.23. Align T-Rex 450XL HDE/CDE .......................................................14
3.4.24. ARK X-400 ..................................................................................14
3.4.25. Hirobo XRB SR (Sky Robo) ..........................................................15
3.5. Summary of helicopter sizes .....................................................................15
4. Recommended Configurations .............................................................................17
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