Comparing Ladybird, Space Walker and Scorpion

[cds1950]

Attached is a comparison that I wrote up comparing the Ladybird, Space Walker and the Scorpion.

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Thanks Dave great report. It sounds like your plan for progressing is a solid one. Keep us posted.

[cds1950]

An update after flying all three quite a lot.

These three are my go to multi-copters now. In fact, I haven't flown any one of my helicopters in a very long time. I am out of practice for sure on those.

The Ladybird is about the most robust of the three and yet I have broken it the most due to accidents from 20 to 30 off the ground. Sometimes onto cement and usually onto grass. I started using the larger battery out of the Scorpion and the added weight caused the frame to break so I am back to using the original Ladybird battery.

The Scorpion seems to be the most fragile of the three. It is the most unusual as well and I get more comments and larger crowd when flying it. I have broken two of the motor mounts in different crashes but they were very easy to fix with slow setting epoxy glue.

The Space Walker hands the wind the best of the three and responds to my inputs a little slower so it is not as twitchy as the other two. In fact, the Scorpion is the fastest to respond to direction changes where the Ladybird reacts to throttle inputs the fastest. It is a lot of fun to fly and I try tricks longer flights with these three most often since I have the luxury of having them available.

When I am comfortable with a trick or flight path using multiples of these three I then move up to the Hoten X to try it. This is a great way to learn and I am sure it saves me a lot of money on replacement parts.

Dale