I personally fly a mini protos and find it a great heli to fly, very crash resistant and easy to work on...

That said it can be more expensive than the dominator, and I have not flown it so can't really judge it. But it looks nice....

Citizen#024

 

Agree with ManyC, I have flown my miniProtos Stretch for quite a while and its a solid machine with a few small upgrades. Incredibly fast, incredibly strong and incredibly durable. The 450L dominator is a good helicopter as well however it does have tail issues and they tend to run the head speed very high to be reliable for that type of build in my opinion. Having flown only one, im not the best person to give an honest review on the 450L. Many seasoned diehard 450 fliers fly the minip for some very good reasons. Mini Prots... and here is my minip 6s setup

But regardless 6S is the way to go it doesnt matter weather its a 450L or MiniP.... But to give you some idea of the reliability of the miniP, I have done thousands of flights on mine.

 

My life would not be the same without my miniProtos. It means that much to me! Maybe i should get a life?

 

I fly a fair few 450s, and I really like the 450L, mine is setup with a YEP40 and I have the head speed round about 3000 and it flies real well for me there.

Pros of the 450L...
light disk load
proven driveline, be it a little lite for the duty!
good support
cool battery tray
awesome cooling for the motor

Cons of the 450L...
pain to change tail gears
tail gears are weak link (this has been the issue since the 450Pro first came out)
Tail needs some tweaking for good performance... dremil mod, or grip flip.

Here is mine flying at a very reasonable head speed.

 

PS I used my iPhone with the Heli Tach app, today, and mine seems to be running around 2835

 

Ok, nice flying. You seemed more relaxed on this flight compared to the gaui. How do they compare? Whats your Favorite 450 as you seem to have a few.

 

Hard to say, but the X3 is the most robust, I think once I add the belt that may be the straw that breaks the camels back...

Top three are easy, the X3, the 450L and the Mini Protos, all for their own reasons, Protos is quite and has awesome geometry that shines in clean flying, the L is a smooth machine that is not a native as the Mini, but has better disk loading, and cleaner power delivery, the X3 is is the pitbull of the bunch, it may not be the most graceful, or quite, but hot damn its a tuff rugged street fighter!

 

I turned up the headspeed on the 450L, kinda had no choice, the pinion I had ripped three teeth, and I had no replacement 13T, I was running the straight gears, now I have a 12T with the 121 main slant cut...

 

Hey I like this flight, more aggressive than what I have seen from most your other flights which were still great. Were you angry? Lol but really nice - I enjoyed it immensely. What batteries are you using?

 

Thanks buddy! I use the 1450 Aligns they are 45C, YEP 40, 460MX

I was not angry, LOL, Just flying the setup... The headspeed was higher, due to a new main gear, and pinion, Man she really zings now!