After practice with the e-flite mCX, and some sim hover practice (I use RealFlight G4 and fly the Dominion 3D 90) this little bird is the best possible next step in acquiring helicopter flying skill.
I crashed it thirty times without any damage. Even if it gets damaged the parts cost very little. It is about ten times as fast as the mCX, and can be flown in a 10 * 10 living room even by slightly experienced pilots. I am mostly practicing hovering nose out.
I am guessing that the reason that I have gotten no feedback on this post is that it was assumed to be mere spam.
I will point out a couple of imperfections with the mSR to show that this is not true:
(1) It is not nearly as stable as the mCX (like all single rotor helicopters) so pilots are best off if they have some single rotor hovering nose out simulator practice. Ideally one should have mastered hovering nose out on a simulator before trying the mSR. I count this lack of stability as an advantage because it provides much better hands on training with single rotor helis.
(2) Compared to the mCX it is very unstable at altitudes of much less than a foot, the heli slips and slides every which way, greatly resisting staying in one horizontal spot. This is probably due to the ground effect of the single rotor.
Even though it has stability comparable to other single rotor helis, it has two key advantages over other non simulator alternatives for single rotor helicopter practice, because of its very small size and light weight: (a) It can be flown within the home (b) It can withstand relatively significant crashes with zero damage. I have crashed it at least forty times with zero damage. I was going to go with the e-flite blade-400, but with this heli everytime you lose control it costs you at least $20.00.
The key to avoid damagewith the mSR is to cut the power at the instant that you lose control. The most expensive thing to replace is the $60.00 esc, and this can be destroyed very quickly with the throttle is up, and the rotor blocked from spinning. Essentially everything on the heli is either soft plastic and bends without breaking or strong enough that it will not break even with substantial impact.
Either spam or we just took it at face value -- it's a pretty self- contained post.
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