Exceed G2 Helicopter

Wobbly Goblin · 05-24-2008, 05:15 PM

I haven't flown a radio controlled helicopter is about 20 years, but I've really been wanting to get another one, so I went looking online and ran across the Exceed G2. 20 years ago there weren't any electric helicopters that I'm aware of. Everything was gas and extremely expensive. In fact, it wasn't uncommon for me to shell out $100.00 for repairs a couple times a month. Fast forward 20 years and you can find dozens of different electric helicopters, complete with flight training software for a fraction of the cost...how cool is that?

That being the case, I just ordered myself a Exceed G2, Flight Simulator Software & Training Gear. Can't wait to get started!

New Version 2! Exceed-RC G2 3D Z400 Belt-Driven 6-Channel Radio Remote Controlled RC Helicopter RTF w/ LiPo Battery System

Greyfox60 · 05-25-2008, 05:26 AM

That's coll, all I ever flew were planes and that was a lot of fun. I always looked at the helicopters, but like you said they were pretty darn expensive and from what I heard much more difficult to fly than the planes. You will have to post some video of you crashing....eerrrrrr...flying it lol

Wobbly Goblin · 05-25-2008, 07:11 AM

Ya, they're harder to learn...that's for sure. In fact, myself and 2 friends flew nearly every weekend for several months and never got very good at it. From time-to-time we'd go watch the guy that flew the "Air Wolf" stunts practice at a park in San Bernardino, CA. I remember watching him hover over a pitchers mound with the nose pointed toward home plate while he slowly walk the bases, but the helicopter never moved...it was amazing. We also saw fly inverted a few times, which required him to switch from positive pitch to negative pitch in flight. Pretty incredible stuff!

This time my plan is to take it slow and easy. In those days we didn't have computers with fancy flight simulation software. All we had were magazines and a lot of trial and error. I've been looking at a couple of forums that seem to offer some good information, so I'll probably start there. Hopefully I'll do much better this go around. At any rate, I'll document my progress here.

If you want to see something really amazing, check this guy out!

YouTube

Greyfox60 · 05-30-2008, 07:13 PM

I think the guy in the video has maybe flown a time or two before lol. what to me was equally amazing is how good the cameraman kept on it with all the quick movement.

I would like to use the money to buy a house that the guy in the video probably spent on rotor blades to get that good! Man, that is just unreal!!!

Wobbly Goblin · 05-30-2008, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Greyfox60

I would like to use the money to buy a house that the guy in the video probably spent on rotor blades to get that good! Man, that is just unreal!!!

When you break a set of main blades it almost always bends/breaks something else...it's never cheep! This is a video of the same guy "Alan Szabo Jr." with more incredible stunts ending in a crash.

YouTube - alan szabo jr - xfc 2003 crash_szabo.wmv

Wobbly Goblin · 06-15-2008, 08:21 AM

This has been a disappointing helicopter. First off I was looking for an inexpensive way of getting back into RC helicopters, but this has been anything but inexpensive. The helicopter is tail heavy out of the box, so I'm not sure how they're advertising it as being "ready to fly". Once that's taken care of it seems ok, but the plastic parts are sloppy and cheap servos make it extremely difficult to hover. That being the case, I upgraded the head, tail piece and main blades ($200.00), which helped with stability, but now I have 2 striped servos. At this point I have to save my pennies to purchase 4 good servos (about $80.00), so I'm dead in the water until then.

Greyfox60 · 06-15-2008, 02:26 PM

That kind of sucks. It would be interesting to hear one of their tech support explain what they mean by "ready to fly".

I have done the same thing several times though. Buy a cheaper model of something hoping to save a few bucks (or a few hundred) only to have something that falls short of expectations or doesn't last very long.

Sorry to hear.

Wobbly Goblin · 07-12-2008, 11:22 AM

I've been playing around with my helicopter with several successful hovering sessions, so I decided to document my progress on video tape. My plan was to start practicing nose-in hovering. Unfortunately I had a hard landing and something went horribly wrong immediately afterwards.

Note: I never intended to go beyond the small grass area. I'm not sure what happen? It felt as though my radio wasn't responding, but I'm sure my lack of experience didn't help much either.

YouTube - Learning to fly 7-12-08