JohnM
Senior Heliman
Location: Providence, RI - USA
My Posts This: Topic Forum | I have owned and flown both. If you can afford the Eolo, get an Eolo. The quality of the Eolo is a big step above the Zoom.
I am not sure of how big your flying area is but this should also be a consideration. The Eolo is the same size as the Corona and the Zoom is much smaller.
Like you, I also learned on a Corona and was spoiled with the durability and low maintenance cost of the Corona. I went from the Corona to an Eolo for my first CP helicopter. The Eolo is a superb flying machine and from what I have seen, if adequately equipped (and in the hands of a qualified pilot), it will perform any possible maneuver just as well as any glow machine I have witnessed at the flying field.
With that said, I am far from an advanced heli pilot and do not have the desire to get to that level. I have since sold my Eolos to pursue my main heli interest, which is micros, and eventually, once I fully master all controlled (non 3-D) flight, I plan to pursue building and flying scale micros.
I now own a Zoom and a modified FP Dragonfly micro. As I stated before, the quality of the Zoom is far beneath the Eolo, but it is still a great flying micro and fits my needs. A big realization from going from the Corona to the Eolo was the increased amount of damage even in mild crashes. My learned intuition (10 years of flying planks) of bringing the throttle to low (off) when I knew the Corona was going to crash did not help at all when flying a CP heli with a constant head speed throughout the throttle curve. I learned all to soon that crashing a CP heli with the blades still trying to spin at full bore was not a pretty site and it has still not become second nature to me to flip that throttle hold switch!
The repair costs of the Eolo (and most any CP heli) add up quickly if you are crashing on a regular basis. The repair costs of crashing my Zoom are lower especially since I have converted it to a direct drive tail. I actually still fly my FP Dragonfly micro more than the Zoom since I don’t worry about crashing as much which lets me concentrate on improving my flying skill. |
, I have the 3rd bearing mod now and the gears dont strip.So 370.00 + 50.00 for third bearing puts the Eolo with no motor, Killer blades and a great kit for $420.00 . + the tail drive mod $35.00 455.00 Not too mention the 4to6 hours labor on the Eolo , Which I enjoy building! I have about $400.00 bucks into my shogun with lipos and a 401, and a BL motor. I could buy 3 shoguns for the price of 1 of my Eolos.
and it doesnt require substantial upgrades to rock like the eolo.
we can argue this all day long and some will believe that the Zoom/Shogun is superior but I have a hard time believing that a 500g micro will fly as good as a 300g heli of the same size!
I dont care if all you Know how to do is crash, as long as your having fun doing it.
