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The V911 was and still is a perfect gateway drug into helis and 5 years later WLToys decide it’s time to update their classic to a sleek and super clean flybarless version. I don’t think I will ever forget the V911 experience which was my first ever heli as I bashed it round my room with a big stupid grin on my face in utter amazement as it simply wouldn’t break until I learned to hover by the brute force method. I had 4 of them at one point and flew at least 6 or so of other peoples and not one of them flew the same. To say they were an organic experience would be kind but some were just down right sloppy but still impossible to dislike. So of course I had lots of questions and was quite excited to see how this one turned out and even 10 seconds in, anyone picking it up will be able to tell it’s a very different look and even more so, different experience. Flybarless means we have a much lower profile head with less moving parts and one less servo than a collective pitch FBL as the electronic stabilization steps into the limelight in place of that clumsy but effective rotating mass. So is the flybar dead?

Well that really depends on what you specifically want from a heli and possibly a little on your current skill set. While i’d still heartily recommend the V911 to anyone who has never picked up a heli or even anything rc at all before, the V911S is a little more suited to those who can at least hover for 30 seconds or so and very much those who felt frustrated by the original V911’s lack of speed in fast forward flight and inability to fly outside without getting swept up, up and away in even the lightest breeze. The V911S FBL is strong and very assertive springing the heli back to level with gusto the moment the right stick is returned to centre and in a tight space, the lack of minute cyclic inputs without a forceful ‘snap’ back to attention may well put off a totally new pilot wanting to simply learn to hover inside. If however those inputs become bigger to get the heli moving and fly faster or fly circuits, the electronic stabilization leaves the V911 flybar feeling like a very outdated and sloppy, almost clumsy experience in comparison. There’s practically no bobbling up and down of the nose or heli as it cuts through the air with a clean, predictable precision and it has a smooth, elegant grace to it that’s hard to predict if you had only hovered it on the spot inside.

The tail performance for a FP heli is superb and feels very much like the XK range of micro helis. It holds well without excessive bounce even if you stab at the inputs and doesn’t drift at all towards the end of the lipo like the original. It starts and stops smoothly without any jerks and there’s loads of resolution for ultra slow yaw inputs and very respectable speed at max stick deflection. I didn’t seem to get 2 rates as the manual would suggest but I don’t feel that it’s actually needed. It will even fly backwards at slow speed and only hunt a little which is something the V911 simply wouldn’t do without spinning back round to nose first.

Instead of the V911S taking the place of the V911, it joins it in the growing lineup of entry level helis and complements it really well taking off where the V911 couldn’t physically go, just don’t expect it to be a hands off hover unless you are outside with some space to drift and definitely don’t expect it to fly like a quad or the original V911.

I’m curious to see if binding this with the T12 will allow some taming down of the 6G like the XK range provide so if that works out, i’ll do an update and perhaps a giveaway too.

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Original V911, probably better if you haven’t flown anything yet or want a slightly more hands off experience for flying inside a small room. Highly recommended, old flysky protocol, not FSi6 compatible.
https://www.banggood.com/WLtoys-V911-2_4GHz-4CH-Gyro-Remote-Control-RC-Helicopter-Mode-2-New-Plug-Version-p-1349057.html?p=UI14032168777201508N

Slightly updated V911 pro, same design with some slight physical improvements to improve durability of the frame, links and canopy.
https://www.banggood.com/WLtoys-V911-2_4GHz-4CH-Gyro-Remote-Control-RC-Helicopter-Mode-2-New-Plug-Version-p-1349057.html?p=UI14032168777201508N

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