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Taking the plunge

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 4:27 am
by pvolcko
Bought a Vortex off a facebook buy/sell group. Made helidirect, amazon, and buddyrc orders for batteries, goggles, rx board, antennas, and some other odds and ends. Hopefully the end of next week I'll be practicing some FPV.

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:58 am
by Graham Lawrie
The bug will bite Paul :)and before you know it the Goblin KSE will be on the shelf then up for sale :)

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 6:31 am
by Derek
Oooooo, Paul has crossed to the dark side lol. Cool purchase, Paul!!!

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 7:29 am
by Stambo
You will love it Paul. :D
Beats LOS for me any time.

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 3:32 pm
by danhampson
oh yeah, dont forget some type of cheap hd cam (mobius ect...) its an valuable tool when it comes to tuning and you know us and videos.

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:23 pm
by Graham Lawrie
First dibs on the KSE 700 $10:)

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 5:31 am
by pvolcko
Sneaky, Graham. ;-)

I don't see ever giving up the helis. I'll be reducing the number of models, but helis are way too fun and cool to give up.

Stuff is shipping. Should start arriving early next week.

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 6:31 am
by Graham Lawrie
Lol :) Paul. Glad to hear it :) You would be amazed at how may people that have not taken a heli off the shelf since getting into FPV:)

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:58 am
by Stambo
Graham Lawrie wrote:You would be amazed at how many people that have not taken a heli off the shelf since getting into FPV:)
That's me. :)

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 8:59 am
by KevG
and Me! enjoy Paul, the dark side approaching is, me thinks!

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 6:13 pm
by danhampson
Graham Lawrie wrote:Lol :) Paul. Glad to hear it :) You would be amazed at how may people that have not taken a heli off the shelf since getting into FPV:)
+1 here
The only LOS ive done is test hovers/flights, I have quite enjoyed the LOS that ive done over the last few days with the wing, but cant see it lasting long im itching to FPV it.

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:45 pm
by cml001
LAME! Dust them helis off boys! Fly both.. Variety is the spice of life! Lol

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 1:36 am
by Derek
cml001 wrote:LAME! Dust them helis off boys! Fly both.. Variety is the spice of life! Lol
I'm with you, Clay! Thankfully, my wife has allowed me to fly planes, helicopters, and now FPV quads. She might draw the line if I decide to get into turbines though, lol.

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 2:22 am
by cml001
Lol

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 9:37 am
by Lee
Two friends have bought the Vortex Pro. Still waiting to get my hands on one to try it out.
My helis have sat in the spare room since we moved house :(
Mind you, so have my quads.
Been working overtime for three weeks now. Great to be saving some extra cash, but no time for anything but eat and sleep :(

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 10:17 am
by Graham Lawrie
+1 i love my helis:) just cant fly them past a basic hover and circle:( Quads are great fun, but i am same as Lee with working away from home , eat sleep work, repeat:( But brighter nights are coming:)

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 6:08 pm
by pvolcko
Wow. That was fast.
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I didn't realize these goggles were 16x9 aspect viewers so I ordered up a 16x9 camera for the vortex. Also waiting on the Rx module for the goggles still. I actually ordered one from a high cost place since they were out of stock in the other places I was looking. Then they came in stock today at Helidirect so I ordered another from there and will send the high cost one back.

Also waiting on the spektrum satellite rx cable to show up still. May throw spare full rx on there to play with for the time being. :)

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 7:37 pm
by danhampson
cool Paul, it should be in the air in no time.

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 7:38 pm
by KevG
Looks like your cooking up a nice bit of fun by there butt, have fun mate,

Re: Taking the plunge

Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 2:39 am
by Graham Lawrie
Wow that really was quick:) cant wait to see more:)