Looking for a good (even smaller) compliment to a trex 450

[saltyzoo]

I'm looking for something I can fly in the garage in bad weather or when I don't have time to mess with the trex. I'd like something that is cheap and durable or easy/cheap to fix and flies as much as possible like the trex, but that's the lowest priority, after the others.

Suggestions?

[TheBum]

Gaui 200.

[crabfu]

Gaui 200.

yup gaui 200, I fly mine in the garage when it's windy, or in the small backyard when the weather is nice.

Another option is walkera 4#3b, it's a handful but tiny enough to zoom around in small rooms :)

-Crabfu

[saltyzoo]

The Gaui does look pretty cool. Probably a bit out of my budget at the moment since the wife is already freaking about the cost of the trexx. :rolling

[crabfu]

4#3B then, cheap and easy to crash, hard to break :)

-Crabfu

[raylepper]

Gaui 200. waaaay cool. Bit twitchy but the real deal in miniature.

[saltyzoo]

4#3B then, cheap and easy to crash, hard to break :)

-Crabfu
I'm having trouble finding that particular model. Do you happen to have a link to somewhere it's being sold?

[crabfu]

I'm having trouble finding that particular model. Do you happen to have a link to somewhere it's being sold?

here is the best deal that I could find: http://www.ehirobo.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=82_90&products_id=5874 tale a little while to get it, but hard to beat the price. Also here: http://www.chinesejade.com/walkera24G4M3_Heli.htm

and my canopy mod :) http://www.crabfu.com/swashbot/sub_micro_heli_dragonfly.html

-Crabfu

[saltyzoo]

Well thanks for wasting my entire afternoon!

Just kidding. I loved everything on your website. Really enjoyed the whole thing. You are very talented.

[crabfu]

LOL thanks & sorry... you were only suppose to look at the canopy mod :)

-Crabfu

[saltyzoo]

Well a week later and I still can't decide. I want something that doesn't exist and I don't appear to be able to compromise. LOL

I want the size of the walkera but with collective pitch rotors. ;)

The Gaui is a bit more than I wanted to spend and I don't see much benefit of it over the trex I've already got. It's a bit smaller, but not smaller enough probably.

The walkera is nice, but I want to invert.

Picky picky picky.

I was looking at the ELE firefox 100 as a possibility....

[raylepper]

Well a week later and I still can't decide. I want something that doesn't exist and I don't appear to be able to compromise. LOL

I want the size of the walkera but with collective pitch rotors. ;)

The Gaui is a bit more than I wanted to spend and I don't see much benefit of it over the trex I've already got. It's a bit smaller, but not smaller enough probably.

The walkera is nice, but I want to invert.

Picky picky picky.

I was looking at the ELE firefox 100 as a possibility....

What Walkera model? Man, the Gaui is like half the size of a 450. It's pretty small!

[crabfu]

Yeah Gaui is small compared to the trex... Trex 450 & Gaui 200:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2167/2405846543_9c6bd4980a.jpg


And Walkera 4#3B is micro compared to the Gaui:
http://helifreak.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=50395&d=1212719654

-Crabfu

[saltyzoo]

I hear ya. Still seems a little big to fly in a one car garage at my skill level, which was my goal.

[crabfu]

I hear ya. Still seems a little big to fly in a one car garage at my skill level, which was my goal.

When I first got the Gaui, I didn't think I could either, was going to be a hover orientaion practice little thing for the garage/backyard, didn't think figure 8's in the garage would be possible for my level. But after about a month of the Gaui, I was able to do just that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bnHhA94K8M

and some more 200 vids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bnHhA94K8M&feature=PlayList&p=58CC3B66E13AFF7C&index=0

Then after getting used to the Gaui, I got the 4#3b, and in about a week I was able to fly figure 8's foward, sideways, backwards etc:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLiHLsrUSUg

If the goal is flying in the garage, I think 4#3B is the way to go, it takes a bit to get used to the handling, but is really a nice thing to fly in small spaces indoors... perfect for a garage. Gaui is really fun in the garage, but really much better with a bit more room.

-Crabfu

[saltyzoo]

I made such improvement this weekend I think I can probably control the 200 in the garage, or at least the yard now.

But, now I've got my eye on a TREX 600. :drool: I need to find a rich mistress.