SLMaxwell68
New Member
To all on RCH - Hello,
I am an older subscriber - having been an RCH member for a couple years, as well as being older in age. But this is the first time that I have been bold enough to post. Having lurked on this site for many years, read too many blogs & forums and watched too many videos; I realized that it is time that I again started "doing" instead of just reading/watching.
I initially got into RC with a gift of the Blade CX heli sometime around 2008/09. At that time i was hooked on these small, stable and fun co-axial birds. I expanded by getting the smaller Blade mCX (s300 edition with the sweet little scale body) and the mSR fixed pitch to fly indoors and to attempt a progression into CP Helis. Around mid-late 2010 I purchased the Blade 400 3D as my CP trainer..........and there it sat.
Life, $$$, time and frankly fear got in the way and the heli-"habbit" took a back seat for several years. During that time I never really "left" the RC hobby. I just transferred my time into watching videos and reading posts & blogs, on this and other common sites.
Until recently when time, money and frankly a commitment to "just do it" allowed differently. I discovered Dollar-Tree foamies, FliteTest and many others showing off their outstanding foamy builds and started playing with those myself. The Blade 400 had just made it's way back into my sights when our latest Western PA winter brought ice-jams and severe flooding to the homestead. Well, the Blade 400 decided to go swimming in the icy floods several times.
As I was pondering if I should attempt repair or simply replace it with a different model I started hanging out with a bunch of great guys on Everything CPO "Heli Hangouts". When asked "If they could do it again what would they start on?" Consensus was....a 500 - For the extra stability and near negligible price difference both on cost and repair. Investigation showed that this was true about the price. 500 class helis were also suggested by one of RCH's great guys and moderators "Lee" - as being a great starting CP trainer size.
Enter a new addition to my Heli family - the Align Trex 500e. This is the Flybar, belt driven, cheaper cost align 500 super combo kit - purchased at under $400 US shipped. Along with the addition of the Heli-X sim - I am attempting to get over the crash/build fear and adventure again into RC heli fun.
Sorry guys - this turned into a Bio instead of a simple intro. (Forgive me)
The short story:
And thank you in advance for the PITA that I will become on my new 500e build and flight training journey.
Gratefully,
Scott M.
I am an older subscriber - having been an RCH member for a couple years, as well as being older in age. But this is the first time that I have been bold enough to post. Having lurked on this site for many years, read too many blogs & forums and watched too many videos; I realized that it is time that I again started "doing" instead of just reading/watching.
I initially got into RC with a gift of the Blade CX heli sometime around 2008/09. At that time i was hooked on these small, stable and fun co-axial birds. I expanded by getting the smaller Blade mCX (s300 edition with the sweet little scale body) and the mSR fixed pitch to fly indoors and to attempt a progression into CP Helis. Around mid-late 2010 I purchased the Blade 400 3D as my CP trainer..........and there it sat.
Life, $$$, time and frankly fear got in the way and the heli-"habbit" took a back seat for several years. During that time I never really "left" the RC hobby. I just transferred my time into watching videos and reading posts & blogs, on this and other common sites.
Until recently when time, money and frankly a commitment to "just do it" allowed differently. I discovered Dollar-Tree foamies, FliteTest and many others showing off their outstanding foamy builds and started playing with those myself. The Blade 400 had just made it's way back into my sights when our latest Western PA winter brought ice-jams and severe flooding to the homestead. Well, the Blade 400 decided to go swimming in the icy floods several times.
As I was pondering if I should attempt repair or simply replace it with a different model I started hanging out with a bunch of great guys on Everything CPO "Heli Hangouts". When asked "If they could do it again what would they start on?" Consensus was....a 500 - For the extra stability and near negligible price difference both on cost and repair. Investigation showed that this was true about the price. 500 class helis were also suggested by one of RCH's great guys and moderators "Lee" - as being a great starting CP trainer size.
Enter a new addition to my Heli family - the Align Trex 500e. This is the Flybar, belt driven, cheaper cost align 500 super combo kit - purchased at under $400 US shipped. Along with the addition of the Heli-X sim - I am attempting to get over the crash/build fear and adventure again into RC heli fun.
Sorry guys - this turned into a Bio instead of a simple intro. (Forgive me)
The short story:
- I love RC period.
- Trucks, tanks, planes...but am currently back into Helis.
- Thank you RCH - all members!!!
- For your posts, videos and blogs.
- You all kept me into RC when I could not do it myself.
And thank you in advance for the PITA that I will become on my new 500e build and flight training journey.
Gratefully,
Scott M.
