Friday, 30 December 2011
Double Horse 9104
Sunday, 25 December 2011
Syma/Double Horse Dragonfly
Large outdoor two channel helicopter. Priced at £21.00 this is an old, very basic helicopter. Looks nice and has the largest motor (370 size) of any helicopter we have tested. It is a right handful to fly and he have not had a clear day to test it yet.
6 out of 10
Friday, 23 December 2011
Huan Qi Lama 315B *REPLACEMENT BLADES AVAILABLE*
This could well be the bargain of the century if we can acquire one shorty. Priced at just £23.95 and being 18.3" long it looks extremely good value.
Are initial assessment is this could be heavily based on the expensive E-Sky Lama V4 retail of around £90 plus. We hope to buy one then test it at a local R/C model group against the E-sky model. Then fit the upgraded motors by Extreme to boost the performance to greater than the E-sky. Our estimated cost of Helicopter + modifications will be less than £40.
Also note we use the E-sky Lama Extreme upgrade motors to upgrade other helicopters such as our Double Horse 9100 with incredible results. The Motors cost less than £10 each.
Update: The Helicopter has arrived and is now under going tests. The initial thought is this is a very good helicopter. Build quality is excellent and performance as expected.
Double Horse 9100
The Double Horse 9100 is a very different beast to most other outdoor helicopters at this price. It is a single rotor design which makes it fast, very fast. The Co-Axial helicopters are very slow in comparison as they use a small rotor on the rear for forwards and backwards motion. The 9100 uses its main rotors to pull it forward and back. DH 9100 is my favourite out helicopter.
Saying this however it does have it's faults. It is very difficult to fly especially for a novice, I would never recommend it as a first helicopter. Some people have complained of poor forward flight. I have improved mine very a few simple mods. The most simple is to put Blu-tak in the nose which will drastically improved forward motion. If you have a soldering iron you can change the motor for an Extreme Lama motor A. The most powerful motor available and is only around £10-£12. The third is a swash plate mod that can be found on the net.
Heung Long Explorer Sky Fighter
Another quality helicopter from Heung Long.
A fairly large indoor classed helicopter that we have successfully flown outside. Using Radio Control not Infra red it leaves the option to use it outside on a very calm day. This model was picked up for £19.99 from a local model shop.
Far heavier than most indoor helicopters it has been given the the motors to cope. A decent size and powered lipo battery gives a long powerful flight.
What's good: Good quality and fun to fly. Lovely LED's all over it and a wall plug in charger not USB. Powerful motors (130 size I think) and a quality Radio Control unit. Feels like it should be priced more around the £25-£30 pound mark.
What's bad: Plastic construction although it has survived well. Not the easiest to fly and probably would benefit from a fairly large space. It's kind of in between being an indoor or an outdoor helicopter.
Conclusion: Looking at the price this is the biggest bargain I have tested. It is large, well scaled and performs well. It's large size may not suit everyone and it is noisy in flight. It comes with spare blades and has a good quality feel. This model would particularly suit somebody who has flown indoors and wants an occasional outdoor experience or is not confident enough to move to the large out door ones yet. It would be especially good in outdoor spaces with limited space or for the younger flyer.
9.5 out of 10
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