My Father just crashed a helicopter

[downfader]

Never give a man fast approaching 60 a radio controlled helicopter. He will try and fly it in the house, crash the bl**dy thing into your Brothers bad foot and then state "You dont get that with Ryan Air! How hard can it be?"

 

[Globalti]

Gti junior got one for Xmas, took it outside and watched it fly itself onto the roof where it ditched in the snow. Apparently the IR control doesn't work too well in daylight.

Guess who had to get the ladder out and climb up to dislodge it with a long stick?

 

[Campfire]

Hmm, broke my dream that did. The night before last I had a dream that I was training as a pilot (small aircraft) and made the wrong signals - they overlooked it. Then I was late for a training session. The next time it seemed that I had been kicked out! What does that signify hey?

Fortunately I am probably past the age where I would be considered for flying unless I had lotsadosh - but it doesn't stop me dreaming does it?

 

[Shaun]

I remember a bloke a work buying a radio controlled helicopter.

He said you start by tieing the helicopter to a stake with about 1ft of string to stop you crashing it too badly - something to do with them having 8 planes of movement:

left/right cyclic = roll
fore/aft cyclic = airspeed
left/right yaw = yaw
collective pitch/throttle = climb / dive

I suppose once you can co-ordinate all that lot you're sorted!!!

I'll stick to my mini-science up/down simple hovercraft ...

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[ufkacbln]

We had a small RC plane

Very stable and flew beautifully without intervention - leave the controls and it just flew in a straight line.

Which is fine until it gets out of range and simply flies away!

 

[Norm]

Apparently the IR control doesn't work too well in daylight.

You got an indoor one then.

We've several, we love them. Buy an e-flite model, they don't use IR.

 

[rusky]

+1 for the e-flight, especially the mCX great fun buzzing the wife but the cat tries to swipe it out of the air!

 

[Norm]

+1 for the e-flight, especially the mCX great fun buzzing the wife but the cat tries to swipe it out of the air!

Ooooo yussss.

 

[Smokin Joe]

I'm into radio control, cars and bikes mainly and I am tempted to get an R/C yacht, but I would never touch a plane or helicopter. I could see a very expensive crash happening on day 1, although the newer moulded ones you can get cheaply now look pretty tough.

 

[GM]

but I would never touch a plane or helicopter. I could see a very expensive crash happening on day 1,

At the flying club I used to go. Flying a Helicopter was referred to as 'cheque book flying'. When you've crashed a few times you knew why.

 

[dellzeqq]

Never give a man fast approaching 60 a radio controlled helicopter. He will try and fly it in the house, crash the bl**dy thing into your Brothers bad foot and then state "You dont get that with Ryan Air! How hard can it be?"

Ingrate! You're extremely fortunate to have a father with a bit of style about him.

 

[tjsc1]

I used to fly planes (arc ready 2) and a heli (align 450se) and as thegreenman says........it starts to mount up!! good fun though you meet lots of like minded people.

 

[beanzontoast]

I crashed 2 in sucessive Chistmases so Santa said I couldn't have another one this year. I think it ruined my no claims bonus.

Pity - the military one I saw being demo'd in Modelzone looked rather fun.

 

[gaz]

If you are going to get a RC helicopter it's all about this $20,000 for two

 

[Norm]

I crashed 2 in sucessive Chistmases so Santa said I couldn't have another one this year. I think it ruined my no claims bonus.

Pity - the military one I saw being demo'd in Modelzone looked rather fun.

The Chinooks that I have flown are actually much harder than the single-shafted helicopters. They are much more twitchy and it seems much easier to break things when (not if but when) gravity exceeds pilot skill. They are very, very satisfying to get right, though.

There is a Blade SR or 120SR in my future.