Real Newb question

[Nismo]

I am planning on buying a good starter heli like a blade cp or something along those lines. One day I might want to upgrade to soemthing nicer like a t-rex, but will I have to go out and buy a new gyro, esc, motor, servos, tx/rx? Thanks

[Turbojoe]

I am planning on buying a good starter heli like a blade cp or something along those lines. One day I might want to upgrade to soemthing nicer like a t-rex, but will I have to go out and buy a new gyro, esc, motor, servos, tx/rx? Thanks

Save up your money and buy the T-Rex instead. You'll be MUCH happier! You'll only have to buy once. I have both and wish I hadn't wasted the money on the Blade.

Joe

[HeatSeeker{DEN}]

:cool: This is an issue that is questionable as to where to start. On one hand I can agree that a T-rex is the way to go from the start looking back on the money I have spent.... However if I had not started out with a cheaper copter, I might have been more frustrated with a more complex one. My progression has been a Walkera 4 from E-bay $74.00 S&L included, a second hand Blade CP $90.00 from a friend at a hobby store that had one returned and couldnt resell it as new, and finally I am saving for a Trex SE now. While it is easy to say "buy a T-rex to start" I have to remember back when the Walkera was a complete handful, and more than enough to start with. The Walkera Tx works well with ClearView's simulator as well. My sugg :cool: estion would be get some simulator time in first if your first copter will be a T-rex.

[HeatSeeker{DEN}]

:cool: Looking back I may not have answered your question. Yes you will need a new radio,servos(if not included in the radio), a receiver(if not included with the radio), a gyro, Li-Po battery, charger for the battery, an electronic speed controler(esc), and motor(both motor and esc are included with some T-rex's) :cool:

[Nismo]

Thanks for the answering my question. It is pretty easy for someone just to say go buy a t-rex, but a heli of that sort would be a pretty big expense. I can go out and buy a savage for 450 bux and that’s fine, but something almost double that is half the size is hard for me. Mind you, I have never never touched a heli before; if I were to buy a t-rex and really crash it good I would probably never touch a heli again. If you ask me, its all about baby steps. :p

[two3gluva]

To be perfectly honest if you've never flown I would say get a sim or the blade cx. I'm new to this to and got very comfortable after the sim and cx.