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71 of 73 humans found the following review helpful.
indoor heli- if you live in a gym. A n00bs perspective
By En P. Junction
E-flite markets the mSR as the “next step ultra-micro heli for coaxial pilots” (taken from the mSR’s box). While this is true in most ways, if you are new to this sideline or have only flown Syma s107s, AirHogs, etc. you will have to read on because as good as the mSR is, and it is great, there’s some selective information you must have before investing the time and cash necessary to make this bird fun. For reference I had very little experience with helicopters beyond 3ch/gyro helis like the syma s107.
First, I will have to clear up the conception of indoor. This heli is indoor in the sense that it can’t fly well in any sort of wind. Sure, proficient pilots may fly it outside, and persons alter the mSR for outdoor flight but if your proficient/modder you’re not reading this review. The mSR isn’t much more spectacular than a syma s107 and weighs with regards to the same amount. But not similar to any coaxial heli the mSR is INSANELY FAST. You closely can’t be grateful for how fast this thing is until you experience it. People routinely fly helis like this in gyms because you need that much room to in truth take vantage of the heli’s capabilities. After the initial few weeks of discouraging and hindering crashes I in truth thought I had made a fault and was wishing I had purchased the mCX2 instead. And if you are a potential buyer you ought to take a minute to consider this substitute possibility. The mCX2 is much rapidly and without delay than a Syma 107, is four channel, etc. and it is controllable for a novice. If you aren’t going to progression to the cash pit known as collective pitch helicopters, or CP, this is likely what you want. This bears repeating. The mSR is fantastically fast and capable. Sure you may slow it down to the point that it may buzz around from room to room but if that’s your goal, why suffer through the learning procedure of a single rotor heli?
This doesn’t mean the mSR is wholly unsuited for indoor flying. On the contrary, if you are a very good pilot and you have a programmable radio, you may tame the mSR down to the point that it is very fun to fly indoors while holding back the capability to fly like a bat out of hell when you take place upon a place with sufficient room to let loose. Maybe that’s the value proposition of the mSR? It will take you from beginner to experienced pilot all with the same heli and a huge bag of spare parts.
But what if you are just a novice with the radio that came with the RTF kit? Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the radio that comes with the kit is beauteous limited. It only adds $20 to the price over the BNF so this shouldn’t come as a total surprise. With a programmable radio like the Spektrum DX6i, as a beginner the mSR is much more comfortable to learn how to fly. As an experienced pilot, the DX6i allows you to in truth tap the mSR’s potential. A programmable radio like the DX6i allows you to slow down the mSR’s flying to almost that of a coaxial and you may gradually fetch up the speed as your capacity develops. It allows for things like mixing and dual rates, exponential, etc. If all of these things are alien to you, don’t worry. They are not as complex as they sound. And to fly the mSR well you will at last learn them. There’s a lot of help available online, from horizon hobby, etc. Again, if all of this is unappealing consider the mCX2 who’s included radio is totally suitable that heli’s capabilities.
I don’t want to exclusively dissuade you from buying the mSR without a programmable radio, exceptionally if you might invest in one down the road. Just know it is going to be discouraging and hindering and to give yourself a good deal of time to learn how to fly, it isn’t easy for any person their primary time.
So now you have the mSR and a programmable radio (or not). What next? There’s a support guide in pdf available from rchelicopterfun dot com for $8. You may find everything in it is 77 pages by combing tens of thousands of pages of rc helicopter forums or you may make the best $8 investment in your new hobby. I have no affiliation with the site, it is operator etc. I just found his guide exceedingly helpful. It saved me innumerable hours and dollars in set up and repairs. For instance, before I knew what any of the radio settings did, I just copied his easy to follow settings and went from there. It was a good basic setup for a beginner.
Tips for Beginners.
1. buy a heap of spare parts. Specifically landing gear, tail rotors, fly bars.
2. buy a few e-flite 150mAH batteries. the included charger may charge 4 batteries. If you have 4 batteries you will always have one ready to go. it makes learning go more quickly if you don’t have to wait for batteries to charge.
3. the 150mAH batteries come with galore shrink wrap. Don’t throw this away! it goes around the battery to correctly position it for center-of-gravity.
4. trimming the heli is the original thing you have to do. if it isn’t trimmed you can’t fly it for more than a few seconds without crashing. Unfortunately, trimming requires good technique which as a beginner you don’t have. Watch a heap of of the videos on the blade website. One in peculiar shows the following: spun up the rotor slowly. You’ll detect the heli start out to skid to the left– this is normal. As it skids, don’t lift off, compensate attention to see if the nose swings left of right or stays straight. If the nose moves, trim it out, retest. Get the nose trimmed before you even take off.
5. Taking off and crashing left. As noted above the heli will skid left on take off, this is normal. if fact it will always behave cooky when it is very close to the ground because of the fundamental interaction of prop wash and the ground. I wish someone told me this simple thing when I was learning. When you take off you have to give a little right cyclic to counteract the left skid. Also, you will have to spun up tardily to reduce wear on the scheme but once you are up to speed don’t be affrighted to pull it off the ground with a smooth progression of the stick. this will minimize the amount of right stick you need to counteract the ground effect.
6. More on trimming. I’ve read a good deal of people’s heli was trimmed out of the box. They turned it on, took off and it hovered hands off from the start. Mine didn’t. Not even close. I had maxed out the trim adjustment on mine and it still would drift backwards and left. If this is happening to you, to may need to adjust the ball link arms. A little bit at a time. I wasn’t sure what controlled what so I just moved the stick and looked at the heli’s head. I saw which arm moved when I pulled back on the stick. I popped it off and twisted to the linkage two turns to lengthen the arm. I then popped it back on tested. I wound up having to to lengthen it by three turns and now it flies perfect. if you may get an experienced pilot or a local sideline shop to help, that is preferred. Just know, barring a heap of huge defect, if your bird doesn’t fly right it is only a matter of adjustment. if you can’t figure it out, find an individual who may help.
hope this helps any potential purchasers.
12 of 12 persons found the following review helpful.
super-durable little RC for beginners
By Caraculiambro
Perfect if you’re just starting out.
This thing is small: more or less larger than a man’s hand. This is a big advantage, since if you’re just learning how to fly these things (heck even if you’ve been flying them for a while), you’re gonna crash it often. But since there’s not much heft to this thing, it’s in truth hard to damage.
A lot of folks when they get into this sparetime activity buy a much more spectacular and more pricey helicopter, but they just end up crashing them all the time in the beginning, as every one does. Even if money’s no object for you, that will still mean you’re going to be heading off to the repair shop after closely each flight.
But this one — man! You may smack it into walls, trees, chairs, etc., and it normally doesn’t get damaged. If it does, you’re looking at $5 or $10 to replace this portion or that.
Another vantage of starting with a little one like this is that, once you get your Ming vase out of the way, you may fly it indoors. With the more prominent ones, you’re going to have to wait for a calm day. And when I say calm, I mean, eerie, Twilight Zone levels of stillness.
Trust me: begin with the tiny ones. You’ll recognise when you’re ready to graduate.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Highly Recommended!
By R. Hunt
Having perfectly no experience flying RC helicopters, I was speedily competent to have this hovering and flying little maneuvers within an hour. I hesitate to call it a toy but I have been told by RC veterans that this little jewel of a heli will prep you well for more prominent more complex RC helicopters. It’s exceedingly lasting but if you break a part, there are a great deal available on the cheap. The landing skids tend to break after a multiple crashes so buy galore spares. It’s loads of fun, just make sure you have at least 4 batteries so you may cycle through without having to wait. Very addictive and highly recommended.
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