Sunday, December 5, 2010

RC Helicopter - My First Hobby Grade Heli

I found a cute toy which inspires me to have my own first RC helicopter. I was shopping in the mall to look for some cute stuff, suddenly a kid was trying to flew his RC Heli, so i thought it was cool to have one. I had a few bucks on my paypal, so i was trying to figure out which one is better. So everything happened yesterday, and it was a tough choice. I see that there were a lot of makers/brands and as a newbie it was kind'a overwhelming by the numbers of designs, and that keeps me pondering which one is way better than the other.




Something like the one on the image. It has 2 propellers, im not adept to this toy so much, but i believe that this will help me enhance my engineering skills. I saw one from eBay called "3-Channel 6020 RC Mini Helicopter". So its features are listed below.


Features

* Miniature size & light weight. Super wide infrared control miniature design for indoor flying 19cm long and weighing an incredible 40 grams
* Controlled by 32-level high precision speed. Auto stabl, rotor blade system for steady lifting-up
* POWERED BY 2 SOLID MOTORS WITH A 3RD MOTOR IN THE TAIL ROTOR
* 3-Channel Helicopter movement forward / backward / up / down / left / right
* High tenacity propeller
* High capability, dynamical Li-Poly battery. Can be recharged through the transmitter provided
* Charging and power indicator
* Controlled by digital technology. Infra red control system
* Tri-band Technology. Nonintervention used 3 bands
* High efficiency, driving motor and surge power


It was cheap, considering that i bought the thing for $18.00 and that includes the shipping. The parcel should arrive before Friday. It shouldn't take too long since Philippines and Hongkong are just neighboring places. I had read that others bought one the same as the price that i availed. There are also a lot of videos showing the hobby grade RC helicopter on Youtube, so i checked that as well. Anyway, i added two new rechargeable batteries for $6.00 because i was thinking that i will be using it more often iin the future when i get bored.

Im not sure if its a good buy, but anyways ill check my mail more frequently this week. Im so excited with this...I was planning to collect different designs when everything falls according to my plan. Ill keep you posted.