I've already flown a turbine powered Cobra. A real one.
Just thought that someday it might be fun to have a turbine RC one. I figure that it will set me back a bit but what the heck. If I do go that route, I will want to make one with some extra features that real one's have like articulated pylons, rack ejectors, and the like.
The XBR is a lot of fun to mess around with since you can do some interesting tricks that are impossible with a TR type.
I currently have a Honey Bee King 2 that I fly indoors at home. Good for precision hovering, but Japanese homes are much smaller than your average US home so there isn't much you can do. But it does improve your accuracy, and close in reflexes since there is absolutely no room for error. I also fly outside or in a local gym with my friends.
I like my King 2. It's fun to fly. About half the folks here have them, the others the T-Rex. Many have a Quark, or other small heli like a Wink, in addition to their King 2 or T-Rex.
The T-Rex looks cool to me as well, so I may get one of those down the road. But for now, the King 2 will suffice.
At this point in time, I am not interested in 3D flying, but rather doing real heli maneuvers with precision such as ground taxi, run on landings, bubble landings, max performance T/Os, min performance T/Os, accels, decels, realistic aerobatic maneuvers such as RTTs -- basically everything I did when flying real helicopters such as the Cobra.
I must say that the Quark looks interesting to me. It's neat, small and fun. I may just pick me up one for the heck of it.
Nice site. Thanks.
I may opt for a smaller electric AH-1S model for a variety of reasons, one of which is simple storage space. And I also like flying indoors, so that rules out a turbine or large one. Decisions... But time is on my side.
One thing is for sure, the technology seems to be accelerating in the RC arena due to its increased popularity.
