Mda1701d
Member
Hello all,
After racing RC buggies as a kid, then indoor 1/10 in the late 90's, I stumbled across heli's after an impulse buy of a small coaxial last year. Its a bit of a handfull in our garden, as the slightest breeze sends it flying in all directions!!
I began watching vids on Utube and became interested in a more powerfull bird.
I spent many hours researching the hobby, and decieded the best way to start would be with a flight sim.
I picked up Realflight 4 from Ebay with a usb controller, and although it didnt work great, it got me into flying!! Months more of research and I have finally bought my first proper bird!! I wanted to assemble the kit myself, to further learn about setup, and how things work, so I finally chose the Trex 450L Dominator, 6s, along with Spektrum DX6i.
I will be posting again soon on the build, which is now almost complete, along with a few things I would have done differently if I'd have known!!
I soon ditched Realflight, as it wouldn't work well with the DX6, so now I have Phoenix. It runs well on my older XP machine, and I have to say the support is fantastic. We had an issue when we first loaded it, and after one email, we got a download to fix it within an hour on a Sunday!
Nice & easy to configue, some great models & flying sites and free upgrades! The only slight drawback is the sound isn't as good as Realflight.
Its amazing how much things have moved since I was last playing around with the cars, brushless motors, lipo batteries, computer radios!! Now I have joined the 21st century, it would be nice to hear from anyone who has started with a similar heli to mine, as the first spool ups and hovers will be a bit nerve racking with no training gear (I read that flybarless dont take well)
Lastly for now, RC help has a fantastic vid on connecting the reciever & 3GX, and servo set up..... invaluble!!!!!!
Thanks guys!!
After racing RC buggies as a kid, then indoor 1/10 in the late 90's, I stumbled across heli's after an impulse buy of a small coaxial last year. Its a bit of a handfull in our garden, as the slightest breeze sends it flying in all directions!!
I began watching vids on Utube and became interested in a more powerfull bird.
I spent many hours researching the hobby, and decieded the best way to start would be with a flight sim.
I picked up Realflight 4 from Ebay with a usb controller, and although it didnt work great, it got me into flying!! Months more of research and I have finally bought my first proper bird!! I wanted to assemble the kit myself, to further learn about setup, and how things work, so I finally chose the Trex 450L Dominator, 6s, along with Spektrum DX6i.
I will be posting again soon on the build, which is now almost complete, along with a few things I would have done differently if I'd have known!!
I soon ditched Realflight, as it wouldn't work well with the DX6, so now I have Phoenix. It runs well on my older XP machine, and I have to say the support is fantastic. We had an issue when we first loaded it, and after one email, we got a download to fix it within an hour on a Sunday!
Nice & easy to configue, some great models & flying sites and free upgrades! The only slight drawback is the sound isn't as good as Realflight.
Its amazing how much things have moved since I was last playing around with the cars, brushless motors, lipo batteries, computer radios!! Now I have joined the 21st century, it would be nice to hear from anyone who has started with a similar heli to mine, as the first spool ups and hovers will be a bit nerve racking with no training gear (I read that flybarless dont take well)
Lastly for now, RC help has a fantastic vid on connecting the reciever & 3GX, and servo set up..... invaluble!!!!!!
Thanks guys!!
There are loads of us on here that have started down the same route with the same set up. Align Trex Pro V2 3GX and DX6i. Plenty of help here
