Indoor helicopter

[Piemaster]

Bah! Had forgot about my sons syme 006 till this thread. Then I rememberd why - I seriously broke it, but it never flew very well anyway, tended t spin round and round (an older non-gyro model)
I've now spent ages looking at webstores and youtube vids. Is it worth the extra few £ for a four channel heli?

 

[rusky]

up/down, rotate left/right, forwards/backwards, move left/right

 

[Panter]

Well I got a £20 Amazon voucher for Christmas so rather than just blow it, I've spent it on something worthy, a S107!

FYFY

 

[Headgardener]

Have you got a link or some pics? You have my interest, never seen one of these.

I've only ever seen them in Maplins at Christmas but I will see what I can do.

Edit: Try here www.maplins.co.uk/r-c-construction-digger-221621 Go to toys and games, remotecontrolled land then the second page. They might have some left.

P.S. Shaun is there any reason why I can't get the insert link to work it is greyed out?

 

[Vapin' Joe]

As someone who first dabbled with radio control stuff in the eighties I just cannot believe how cheap these things are, even R/C planes that can be used outdoors can be had well under £100.

Planes used to be an expensive hobby, and helicopters seriously expensive.

 

[Panter]

As someone who first dabbled with radio control stuff in the eighties I just cannot believe how cheap these things are, even R/C planes that can be used outdoors can be had well under £100.

Planes used to be an expensive hobby, and helicopters seriously expensive.

I know what you mean, an R/C plane was always a dream as a kid, but even when I started working a budget trainer was £300.00 plus.

 

[derrick]

My wife bought me one of those, and i ended up with a couple of these, start watching vid at about a third the way in.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0xwCHwfs0M

Then i had to fly a real one,

Talk about addictive, cycling is so much cheaper. lol

 

[ianrauk]

I've only ever seen them in Maplins at Christmas but I will see what I can do.

Edit: Try here www.maplins.co.uk/r-c-construction-digger-221621 Go to toys and games, remotecontrolled land then the second page. They might have some left.

P.S. Shaun is there any reason why I can't get the insert link to work it is greyed out?

Write some text first ie Maplins Digger. Copy the url you want to link to. Highlight your text ie Maplins Digger. And the insert link button should now be available.

 

[derrick]

these are my current ones.

this is what happens when you get it wrong

a day at the field

 

[col]

I've only ever seen them in Maplins at Christmas but I will see what I can do.

Edit: Try here www.maplins.co.uk/r-c-construction-digger-221621 Go to toys and games, remotecontrolled land then the second page. They might have some left.

P.S. Shaun is there any reason why I can't get the insert link to work it is greyed out?

Thanks Iv had a look, makes it more interesting than the usual doesnt it.

 

[Piemaster]

[QUOTE 1666251, member: 45"]I don't see how that works, given the picture.

Normally they're-

Channel 1 - rotor power (up/down)
Channel 2 - differential between upper and lower rotors (left/right)
Channel 3- vertical facing rotor on tail (tail up and down - forwards and backwards)

The one in the pic has a horizontal tail rotor (turn left/right) and twin main rotors. I'd be interested to know why as they both serve the same control function, and I'd also like to know how it does forwards/backwards.[/quote]

I think from a bit of reading 4 channels are: up/down - rotor speed; forwards/backwards; rotation - left/right; and the extra is yaw - fly sideways left/right. Don't all helicopters fly by altering the angle of attack of the blades towaeds the direction of travel?

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I've always wanted a R/C articulated truck (full function) but the only ones I know of are the kits from Tamiya which come to around £700 with the tractor and trailer.

 

[col]

I've always wanted a R/C articulated truck (full function) but the only ones I know of are the kits from Tamiya which come to around £700 with the tractor and trailer.

I used to watch a giant model series on discovery a few years back, a comedien called mark something did it. they had impressive artics on there in one of the episodes, all fully functional.

 

[Headgardener]

I've always wanted a R/C articulated truck (full function) but the only ones I know of are the kits from Tamiya which come to around £700 with the tractor and trailer.

£50 from Maplins Joe follow the above link and instructions.

 

[classic33]

I've always wanted a R/C articulated truck (full function) but the only ones I know of are the kits from Tamiya which come to around £700 with the tractor and trailer.

Like these
http://www.wonderlandmodels.com/radio-control/rc-trucks/tamiya/
or to go with the digger mentioned earlier
http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/466_1_19253.html