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RotorScale MD-500E Super Scale 470 Size GPS Stabilized Helicopter - RTF Reviews

4.4 Rating 39 Reviews
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Great scale and flys Great thanks to the GPS
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Posted 7 months ago
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I am asking, if there may be an upgrade to get 4 or 5 Rotor Blade Options. It would be so much better for scale and stability would be a plus.
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Posted 7 months ago
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The scale details on this model are fantastic. From the quality of the paint, rivets, even the spotlight! Super easy to fly for beginners as long as you have a basic understanding of Helicopter controls. Let my 65 year old father who has never flown anything in their life fly around for 15 minutes with total confidence. It is on the bigger size, so best to fly in an open field, or rc club field and not in a park with others. I also have some fllywing models, and these fly better. I love that they include an Angle mode that still self levels but doesn't give you a GPS lock. This provides more scale flying ability. Must have if you can swing it!
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Posted 8 months ago
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Great bird, just wish it was a 4 bladed system. I also wish you had OSD for Alt, distance, speed, how GPS satellites and battery power, for the price you think it would, like a DJI drone has. Over all I love the way looks and flys and I do recommend it. One thing I did notice last time I flew it, the battery got low and it automatically went into RTH mode. It climbed up to approximately 40 ft and then landed. Luckily I was in an open parking lot and no trees were around.
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Posted 8 months ago
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Gave it its first flight. Flew great. Looks so real in the sky. Stable and really easy to control. I did notice some vibration when the motor is getting up to speed, but it went away and had no vibrations in flight. I may need to adjust the blade grip tightness a little. Overall it's a definite winner!
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Posted 9 months ago
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Flies great GPS is picked quickly, I love this aircraft, just wish it would get better flight time. I also have the Jive MD 500, the battery only seems to last about 6 to 8 minutes. But love flying both of them.
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Posted 9 months ago
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First flight today. Love it! Looks awesome in the air and flies great. Really easy to fly. Had a little vibration when coming up to speed but once the main rotor spools up the vibration was gone and it flew great. I may have the blade grips a little too tight. Other than that it's perfect. Cant' wait to fly it again. when the winds here die down. Top notch. Thanks to Motion and Rotor Scale for making it possible for guys like me to be able to fly helis. I want more now!
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Posted 9 months ago
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Gave it it's first flight today. Flew great. Looks so realistic in the air. Did have a vibration when spooling up but once it reached full rpm it was nice and smooth. I may have to adjust the blade tightness. Other that that it's awesome. So easy to fly. Just don't tell your friends that it's GPS. Let them think you know what you're doing. I now have the Freewing 450 size Huey and RotorScale 470 size MD500.I want the 470 size Fire/rescue one now. Need to wait until it's back in stock. Awesome heli!
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Posted 9 months ago