More heli flights this morning

It was a little misty at the duck pond this morning, but worth it. I met up with my ESky HoneyBee buddy and we flew our heli's. I'm pround that I used up two full batteries on my Blade CP Pro without breaking or bending anything -- what satisfaction.

É um dia grande a voar! (Look it up, it's Português)

I also flew my new imports: the 2-channel heli and the yellow & red planes. They flew great too...until I ran out of plane battery mid-flight with the little yellow plane. It went right into the pond! But, guess what...It's foam and it floats. After about 10min. it drifted back closer to the pond's edge. And...I was able to use the prop to propel it closer to me, so I could grab it!! And...it still flys too! So, I'm really pleased with this plane.

The only bad thing about flying this morning was that halfway to the park I realized I had left my video camera at home :( and so I got no shot of my little yellow sea plane -- maybe next time it goes in the pond I'll be prepared.

Fun times with my RC Toys from China

I spent about 45min today, at lunch, flying my two small planes and my 2-channel heli that I got from China (see previous posts for the snapshots) a couple weeks back. I had a great time.

The red low-wing plane even flew well -- I was amazed. The yellow top-wing is still the better flyer, but the low-wing was fun today...I got it really high, that helps.

I also took some more video of the 2-channel heli in flight.


I got at least 8-10 min. of flight time out of each craft -- that's pretty good!

You get what you pay for??? part three

I'm warming up to my cheap 2 channel heli -- see previous posts...I flew some more today, and it was pretty fun. It's still more of a loop around or boomerang flight, but it lands well and takes hard landings reallllly well.

I also flew the little yellow top-wing plane that I got with the helicopter. I've listed in a previous post that a con was it's either on or off throttle...but, it didn't seem to bad today. I think it's because the plane can also glide pretty well without the motor. You can get this little plane pretty high, and a slight breeze is also a plus, and this little guy will fly for quite some time.

So, I think I might order some and make them available for order...stay tuned.

Flight Tests of my new 2-channel Heli

I got this heli the other day...see previous posts...and found that it flew backwards by default...So, I tested it today with weight (taped on 2 AA batteries) added to the front -- like we've all done with our Picco-Z heli's. It seemed to make a difference. You can also see, in the video, that this is a pretty durable copter. I smack it to the ground pretty hard several times and it's only received a few cracks in its canopy. The main rotor blades are a flexible rubber and are pretty strong -- I'm impressed. I still have some more testing to try, but it's not too bad of a heli as long as you're OK with Picco-Z performance i.e., it pretty much flys where it wants to go with limited controllability by the pilot.