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  • Oriphus
    Digital Video Technician
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    • Aug 2003
    • 405

    Radio Controlled Helicopters

    Anyone know anything about them. I have built a radio controlled airplane, but never flown it. Id love to fly a helicopter though. I have a cheap £30 indoor one which is cool, but would love the outdoor big boys.
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  • rsquirell
    Digital Video Master
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    • Feb 2003
    • 1329

    #2
    Do they have kits? Those things are aeronautically complicated. The rotor mast must tilt the blades so that on the receding side the blade has a large angle of attack, and on the acsending side it's nearly flat (to compensate for the additional lift. Helicopters actually stall out by going so fast you cant reduce angle of attack anymore on the acsending blade...it picks up too much lift and flips the bird over and bores a hole in the ground. With the tail rotor you must hold left rudder when moving forward to compensate for torque (backwards from a fixed wing aircraft.) In addition, the whole motor mast tilts to give you forward and backward movement. With that many moving parts I'd think a kit would be highly expensive (if they're available at all.)
    Last edited by rsquirell; 8 Sep 2003, 08:22 AM.

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    • Oriphus
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      • Aug 2003
      • 405

      #3
      Yeah, there are lots of them available with loads of bearings. The bearings are expensive, there was one with 20 bearings, and then the same everything except 30 bearings and it was £120 more. The thing is i have a Futaba Skysport 6 (6 channels) Radio and was hoping to get a heli-wopper with everything installed. Just use my radio.
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      • rsquirell
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        • Feb 2003
        • 1329

        #4
        Neato...might want to load up on extra bearings when you buy one. Real Life helicopters get full inspections every 25 hours of flight...and several models call for engine tear downs and or replacement at hundred hour intervals. Lotsa moving parts.

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        • Oriphus
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          • Aug 2003
          • 405

          #5
          The model im getting is called a Nexus 30 and it has a cracker controller - digital screen with a computer. Its £320
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          • SKD_Tech
            Lord of Digital Video
            Lord of Digital Video
            • Jan 2003
            • 1512

            #6
            Hehe a subject I like talking about! I fly model airplanes. At the moment I own and fly a
            Great Planes Giles 202
            Morris Hobbies Su-do-koi
            and in the building stage
            Midwest Extra 300S (80" wingspan 60CC engine made by ZDZ)

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            • SKD_Tech
              Lord of Digital Video
              Lord of Digital Video
              • Jan 2003
              • 1512

              #7
              By the way I use a Hitec Eclipse 7 Channel radio which I love to death You might want to take a look at them or JR

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              • Oriphus
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                • Aug 2003
                • 405

                #8
                Hey, what do you think of the Sanwa RD6000 - it is a 6ch with computer as far as im aware. Im going to get it i think. Also, do you know where i could get some software for the computer to train on, since ive never flown a helicopter.
                Cheers
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                • SKD_Tech
                  Lord of Digital Video
                  Lord of Digital Video
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 1512

                  #9
                  Go to www.realflight.com . That is what I use for my airplanes and it also has helicopters in the G2 version which I suggest. Also get all the add-ons if possible. It is pretty expensive but believe me it is worth saving a heli/airplane

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                  • Oriphus
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                    • Aug 2003
                    • 405

                    #10
                    it looks really good, however i cant find anywhere to download it or a price for it.
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                    • SKD_Tech
                      Lord of Digital Video
                      Lord of Digital Video
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 1512

                      #11
                      You will have to order it...

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                      • Oriphus
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                        • Aug 2003
                        • 405

                        #12
                        Ah right - here is the helicopter and Radio i bought:



                        Im going to get some mettalic spray paint and do the colour up a bit. Would love it to look something like this one :

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                        • rsquirell
                          Digital Video Master
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                          • Feb 2003
                          • 1329

                          #13
                          Very interesting rotor blades and mast.

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                          • Oriphus
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                            • Aug 2003
                            • 405

                            #14
                            On which one - the one in the image or the one i bought. the one i bought doesnt have any rotor blades on it in the photo. The one in the image is a Morley F1 .46 engine, compared to my .32 engine. It would be a better performer in heavier winds, but very similar in control and performance it little to lno winds. However, the bodykit looks amazing on it, but would cost a lot more to fix in crashes. I think i may have a few of them
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                            • Oriphus
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                              • Aug 2003
                              • 405

                              #15
                              Its coming on friday

                              I'll post all info about my crash on Saturday LOL - I hope not
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