XLFLYER
Senior Heliman
Location: Denver, Colorado
| I am not here to tell you what bird to buy! X-Cell, Hirobo, TT, Robbe, and JR are all good machines.
This is my experience and you draw your own conclusions. I started with a raptor 30 and flew it for 8 months. My second heli is a Fury 80. I had no problems building it and I thought the ccpm set up was easier. I like the two frame halves, which allow you to get to all of the mechanics easily. The canopy covers all the mechanics so they hardly get oily when flying inverted. The Fury is a very well engineered and high quality machine (you get what you pay for.) If you compare the build time and complexity to a Raptor 30 there are double the parts. The Fury manual is fairly good and the build time will take you a couple of days verse an evening for the Raptor.
In addition, don't let the larger size scare you! Larger helis are more stable in the wind. You may want to wait to get a new ship until you can do loops, rolls, stall turns, etc.
There are only 2 drawbacks to a larger machine 1) Higher cost to repair 2) You will go from 1gallon of fuel=16 Raptor tanks to 6 to 8 tanks per gallon for the larger birds. I am getting 6 ten-minute flights from a gallon of fuel with a ys 80 you will definitely want to think this item through! I am burning 2 gallons of 30% per week=$160 per month in fuel. (Almost a car payment wow!)
If you want first hand flight experience my Fury is fast as hell and it will out run my friends Freya! Both of us are running ys80s and ksj mufflers and v-blades and 30% Cool Power. My friend is a factory pilot for Hirobo and is pictured with the Hirobo reps at this years Vegas fun fly so, he is very experienced and he agrees with me! I think the speed is due to the Fury being a pound lighter then the Freya.
It will cost more to fix the Fury then the Freya especially if you spend $140 to paint your canopy and fins. You definitely will not out grow the 60 or 80 however; I think I would skip the 50 heli unless money is an issue. If it is several people at our field have converted their TT30s to 50s and they fly great!!!!! I even converted mine.
In reference to the above post: the manual is vague about the ccpm set up. I made a crude set up manual if anyone wants it....
If you have any questions or would like more in-depth info email me!
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BUT, I'm far from there skill level and not shy about admiting that.
