Talking about the present , it doesn't seem so because the price's make a huge hole in your wallet . Hope the prices reduce . Though FBL's have con's too .. They make the heli less responsive to the cylics
i tend to disagree on this... fbl's are very responsive.. the have a roll rate of 360 within a second... i am using the skookum, mikado v bar and now a mikado mini v bar and absolutely happy with it... infact i am glad i got rid of the flybar...
- less cost of spares
- very stable (heli stays where you want it to)
- cost is not "very prohibitive" (when you calculate the cost of a good gyro and a rx... and yes spares)...
- longer time of flight ( i got almost 14 mins on basic hovering on my 500...
... i was quite amazed myself)
with fbl units like the microbeast, skookum 360 ( i got this for usd 130 from a guy on runryder and works perfect on my trex 500).. sjgd brand new ones are lesser than usd 200... long term it makes sense... and i think FBL is they wayforward and you might see the flybar's being obselete soon...