oldfart
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Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| I totally understand where you are coming from. It took me some time and ah........2 motors to get the tuning thing. Just like you said the trust factor comes into play as well but dont discount that extra flight time and other advantages of nitro.
That and battery issues. I killed 1-2 6s batteries before I learned the 80% guide line is really a law that has to be followed precisely. At $150 a pop batteries are not cheap.
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I also fly a lot of nitro, electric and even gas powered helis. They all have their advantages and disadvantages.
As you can see from the quote above, I guess as far as damaging items go, it was a wash here (two motors, for two battery packs).
I guess the point I am trying to make, is that as others here have mentioned, the big plus for electrics, from a more neophyte view, is that less skills are needed to get the heli set-up to fly as they should from one flight to the next. There is no doubt that they are more "plug & play", which will result in more flying and less fiddling. They can also have much better power to weight ratios if set-up with high power motor/esc/battery combos.
But if you want to take the time, and make the extra effort required (even if you may burn up two engines) to learn these extra skills, you may find it all well worth while.
That being said, relative to flight times. If one sets the Swift 16 up for similar rotor speeds and flight times as you would operate your Raven 30 (e.g. 1750/1800) on a 6S/4500 pack, you would find you may well also get around a 9 minute flight.
The great thing about it all, is whatever you choose to fly, you will be enjoying yourself while doing so.  |
you can try using a carb smart
