model helicopter..
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derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
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- On the edge of London
I was flying these a few years ago, These do auto rotate had a couple of small crashes nothing major but still cost a couple of hundred pounds to get back into the air, A set of carbon blades were 90 quid, Cycling is cheaper without a doubt.
craigwend
Grimpeur des terrains plats
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
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Whoops
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
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- Meanwood, Leeds
I confess to knowing nothing about the model helicopter world beyond the budget low end models. I received one several Christmases ago and, after the novelty wore off, it languished in a corner of the living room until I stood on it.
byegad
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Back when Radio Control was brand new I remember watching a father and son run a RC Plane on Thornaby Aerodrome. The radio was in the back of a Morris 100 van and filled a goodly part of the back too. After taxiing and checking the controls the lad took it off from a short roll and then they father jumped into the van and they shot off down the runway in pursuit of the plane. after overtaking it they stopped, the plane did a sharp 180 and they chased back up the runway. After several repeats the plane was landed and they refueled.
We chatted to them, and it turned out the radio range was so short that after the take off roll the plane was out of range, hence the chasing in the van!
How things have changed!
We chatted to them, and it turned out the radio range was so short that after the take off roll the plane was out of range, hence the chasing in the van!
How things have changed!
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Calling @Mark Grant - he's got experience of a big chopper, as he's handled a few in his time I believe.
Can't remember the name of the shop though...
Can't remember the name of the shop though...
This is mine in flight.
It hasn't flown in over a year now, and it took a good few months to get to the point of hovering it under some semblance of control. The contraption attached to the skids is some home-made training gear which helps cushion the inevitable heavy and imperfect landings and stops it falling over. It cost about £3 in bits and saved me over £100 in parts.
Hard things to fly, and I didn't get to the point of nose-in hovering or forward flight.
It hasn't flown in over a year now, and it took a good few months to get to the point of hovering it under some semblance of control. The contraption attached to the skids is some home-made training gear which helps cushion the inevitable heavy and imperfect landings and stops it falling over. It cost about £3 in bits and saved me over £100 in parts.
Hard things to fly, and I didn't get to the point of nose-in hovering or forward flight.
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
sorry @vernon i thought you were a keen model builder..
Seems like a lot on here do though..
when i get better ill fly you a melton pie over
I am a keen model builder but it's expensive to embrace all of the disciplines of aeromodelling. My activities are focussed on the 'stick and tissue' rubber powered and i.c. engine powered freeflight models and i.c. powered control line line planes. I have enough engines, plans, balsa wood, tissue and ancillaries to supply a small model shop.
Construction and flying my models will re-commence in earnest in March when I have all the time in the world.
I'm patching up some of my existing models to repair 'hangar rash' and will be adding the covering and fitting engines to airframes awaiting completion.
Here's a picture of an unorthodox tailless 50" span model awaiting repairs to the wing roots.
Here's a picture of a scaled up 75" span airframe of the same model with an original sized wing for comparison.
I might also have to resort to using Radio Control as some MOD sites have introduced some very strict rules about models flying beyond the boundaries of the flying fields.
Helicopters do have their attractions but a 'crash and burn' can cost a small fortune whereas a free flight model that flies out of sight (OOS) never to return costs around £80 max tempered by the bittersweet joy of seeing it sucked skywards by a booming thermal. Usually the planes are returned to the owners by honest folk who use the contact details on the stickers attached to the planes in prominent places.
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
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- On the edge of London
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Jetex and a dope covered model = Fireman Sam model in about 0.5 seconds.
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
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- On the edge of London
This was a typical Sunday morning in Epping.
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
Ayton Senna was into them aswell.
