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Quasi_Mojo
I've got three (one of each channel) of the Picoo Z (later became the Havoc Heli) 2-channel indoor helicopters and they were tons of fun.

Anybody want to give building a DIY indoor RC Heli a go?

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Indoor R-C Helicopters Go DIY, Use Spare Electronics Parts



Forget the Picoo Z's, no matter how much fun they are they can't be as cool as making and flying your own indoor remote-control 'copter. And over at this site there's a set of instructions that'll help you DIY, assuming you have some spare CD drive motors and servos lying around, and are happy with soldering and detailed rotor-carving. The instructions even say how to add a wireless cam beneath the fuselage... useful for, um, imaging the precise moment you crash it into your cat? I suspect more nefarious purposes. Still, it's a full cyclic-control aircraft, so it should be extremely flyable. [Heliproject via Hacknmod]
Reflex
Nice work

I started on Piccolo's now fly mainly T-Rex heli's cool.gif
Edwardswolentoe
Awesome, ive been looking for some way to build one.
Phife
i just recently bought a cheap ($50) 3 channel indoor heli, it was a piece of crap, hard to control and after a few crashes its broke and there are no replacement parts for it. $50 paper weight after 20mins of use.

So i did some research and bought an E-Flite Blade MCX ($130) its a real 4 channel heli with a real controller not some cheap IR Controller. Its great fun to fly, very stable, i can let go of the controller and it will hover in place.

Crashed this one several times now and its still going strong, nothing broken yet, but if it did break replacement parts are very cheap and easily bought at my local hobby shop.

I've caught the RC Heli craze and after i master flying this little beast im gonna move up into the big boys. Cant wait to try outdoor flight next spring!

As far as building one yourself, i think it would be fun, but it may be cheaper/easier to buy one IMO.
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