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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Helicopters / January 2006Kick a.s RC Turbine Heli and its HUGE!!
So you like Heli's. What about a Custom made RC Heli about the size of a Golf Cart that is powered by a Turbine Engine. Just an amazing job of engineering and construction. Check out this guys Toy and start to druel.. http://www.pm-video.at/video/video.php Chris >So you like Heli's. What about a Custom made RC Heli about the size of >a Golf Cart that is powered by a Turbine Engine. Just an amazing job of > >engineering and construction. Check out this guys Toy and start to >druel.. >http://www.pm-video.at/video/video.php I just don't have the patience to sit through 3 minutes of "credits" waiting for the real action.. The cutting in and out of the turbine noise is annoying as hell too... Someone let me know how it flies.. An impressive project, BUT.............. It flew like a tail heavy pig with a badly setp up throttle and pitch curve, with a drifting tail. >>So you like Heli's. What about a Custom made RC Heli about the size of >>a Golf Cart that is powered by a Turbine Engine. Just an amazing job of [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > waiting for the real action.. The cutting in and out of the turbine > noise is annoying as hell too... Someone let me know how it flies.. " just don't have the patience to sit through 3 minutes of "credits" waiting for the real action.. The cutting in and out of the turbine noise is annoying as hell too... Someone let me know how it flies.. " You can download the video and skip to the building and flying parts.. "An impressive project, BUT.............. It flew like a tail heavy pig with a badly setp up throttle and pitch curve, with a drifting tail." Keep in mind it was his first flight with it and he was still trying to dial in the Trim and setting im sure. If you just took 6 months and many thousnads of dollars to build would you just go full throttle on take off and try and put it through the paces? Not me. Chris >You can download the video and skip to the building and flying parts.. If if had been downloading at a reasonable rate, I would have done that, but at 13k/sec?? Must've been the rest of you all trying to view it at the same time and clogging up his poor server. :) >"An impressive project, BUT.............. >It flew like a tail heavy pig with a badly setp up throttle and pitch [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >many thousnads of dollars to build would you just go full throttle on >take off and try and put it through the paces? Not me. If I wanted a really cool crash video, sure. heheh | An impressive project, BUT.............. | It flew like a tail heavy pig with a badly setp up throttle and pitch curve, | with a drifting tail. Just like my little electric heli! :) (but that problem is at least as much me as the equipment.)  SignatureDoug McLaren, dougmc@frenzy.com Fear is not an option. The initial hover flights looked that way but they were, after all, "initial" hover flights. The slow figure 8's he was doing by the end of the video looked pretty good to me. Also, if you've never flown a multi-bladed flybarless head, they can be significantly different from what we're used to with our two bladed, flybar systems. It's also a LOT heavier than anything most of have, or ever will, fly. All in all, I think he did a pretty good job on the flying part. The only thing I'll pick nits with is the fact that, unless they do things differently in Austria, he's got his navigation lights on the wrong side. Toward the end of the vid, it sure looks like he's got green on the left or port side. I thought that was universally supposed to be on the right or starboard side? FWIW! ;-) Fly Safe, Steve R. > An impressive project, BUT.............. > It flew like a tail heavy pig with a badly setp up throttle and pitch [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> waiting for the real action.. The cutting in and out of the turbine >> noise is annoying as hell too... Someone let me know how it flies.. >The initial hover flights looked that way but they were, after all, >"initial" hover flights. The slow figure 8's he was doing by the end of the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >Fly Safe, >Steve R. I don't know about the Universe, but I think at least internationally it's green on the starboard (right) and red on the port (left)... Impressive project and I'd dearly love to fly the full scale version of one of those some day... (Flying these R22s is getting old.. hehe) I'd like to see more video as the bugs are worked out, but for Pete's sake (and who the F is Pete anyways??) get a different editor to piece together the intro stuff... If you think flying 22s is getting old come muster some cattle with one in central Australia. The old cows get pushed along with the skids, flying under trees and power lines (hopefully not through them but it has happened to a friend of mine). enough to give even the most seasoned pilot white knuckles. ;-) >>The initial hover flights looked that way but they were, after all, >>"initial" hover flights. The slow figure 8's he was doing by the end of [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > Pete's sake (and who the F is Pete anyways??) get a different editor > to piece together the intro stuff... >If you think flying 22s is getting old come muster some cattle with one in >central Australia. The old cows get pushed along with the skids, flying >under trees and power lines (hopefully not through them but it has happened >to a friend of mine). enough to give even the most seasoned pilot white >knuckles. ;-) When I was earning my private, my instructor chased a small coyote for about 20 minutes. Fun as hell, but at the time I had a hard enough time just flying straight and level. No way I was going to try that at the time. Now? I think herding cattle might be kinda fun in a helicopter. >>The initial hover flights looked that way but they were, after all, >>"initial" hover flights. The slow figure 8's he was doing by the end of [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > Pete's sake (and who the F is Pete anyways??) get a different editor > to piece together the intro stuff... Try Peter Wales. (I can't remember his URL, but he builds some EXCELLENT scale turbine powered heli's. SignatureBeav OMF#19 VN 750 Zed Thou mail is beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com (with the obvious changes) >>>The initial hover flights looked that way but they were, after all, >>>"initial" hover flights. The slow figure 8's he was doing by the end of [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Try Peter Wales. (I can't remember his URL, but he builds some EXCELLENT > scale turbine powered heli's. I'm not sure Mr. Wales is the "Pete" he's refering to ;-), but you're right, Peter Wales does build some of the finest examples of scale model helicopters around. I've been fortunate enough to scrutinize some of his work at the AMA Nat's. "Impressive" doesn't even begin to describe them! <big thumbs up!> Fly Safe, Steve R. >> Impressive project and I'd dearly love to fly the full scale version >> of one of those some day... (Flying these R22s is getting old.. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Try Peter Wales. (I can't remember his URL, but he builds some EXCELLENT >scale turbine powered heli's. I saw his Lama build up on his web site. Wish I had that kind of time to devote to anything.... > An impressive project, BUT.............. > It flew like a tail heavy pig with a badly setp up throttle and pitch > curve, Throttle's automatic (governed by the ECU of the turbine), but the collective looks to be a tad out of whack. > with a drifting tail. Well it IS a new heli, so trimming probably hasn't be finalised just yet. SignatureBeav OMF#19 VN 750 Zed Thou mail is beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com (with the obvious changes) Hello Mr. Beavis, If it was ME doing the maiden flight, I'd have a to change me pants............ To be honest, I've seen vid clips of this project after it's been trimmed etc and it flies just great. Just trying to be a poop stirrer. Who, me ? P.S. Glad you're not dead, was worried, you've been a bit quiet lately. > OMF#19 > VN 750 > Zed Thou Is this Northern for "I'd like curry sauce on my rice cake baps please" ? WTF ? >> An impressive project, BUT.............. >> It flew like a tail heavy pig with a badly setp up throttle and pitch [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Well it IS a new heli, so trimming probably hasn't be finalised just yet. > Hello Mr. Beavis, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > P.S. Glad you're not dead, was worried, you've been a bit quiet lately. Dead? Me? I f.cking hope not or my batteries are going to be royally shagged very shortly. They've been on charge since I last used the heli. >> OMF#19 >> VN 750 >> Zed Thou > > Is this Northern for "I'd like curry sauce on my rice cake baps please" ? > WTF ? Is *what* Northern for "I'd like curry....."? SignatureBeav OMF#19 VN 750 Zed Thou mail is beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com (with the obvious changes) >>So you like Heli's. What about a Custom made RC Heli about the size of >>a Golf Cart that is powered by a Turbine Engine. Just an amazing job of [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > waiting for the real action.. The cutting in and out of the turbine > noise is annoying as hell too... Someone let me know how it flies.. Like a total dog, but it still looks like the dogs bollocks:-) I suspect the owner is a bit concerned that about the amount of money he's got flying to really wring its neck though. The Bolkow tends to sit tail down (full size), but that model seems to sit too far down and it looks very pitch sensitive. A sure fire symptom of a C/G too far back. Shame really. SignatureBeav OMF#19 VN 750 Zed Thou mail is beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com (with the obvious changes) >>>So you like Heli's. What about a Custom made RC Heli about the size of >>>a Golf Cart that is powered by a Turbine Engine. Just an amazing job of [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > too far down and it looks very pitch sensitive. A sure fire symptom of a > C/G too far back. Shame really. Could definitely be CG issues. Something else I'm wondering about is, the exhaust on the turbine looks like it's aimed pretty much straight back. If so, it's still putting out a few pounds of thrust in that direction and the only way to hold it back is to rock the rotor disk in the aft direction. Isn't that why they have those "Y'd" exhaust pipes on the pod and boom versions? Just a thought? Fly Safe, Steve R. >>>>So you like Heli's. What about a Custom made RC Heli about the size of >>>>a Golf Cart that is powered by a Turbine Engine. Just an amazing job of [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Just a thought? That was the issue Peter Wales had with his first turbne heli (a modified Futura IIRC). Until he had a deflector system made, it needed a fair handful of back stick to stop it haring off into the distance. SignatureBeav OMF#19 VN 750 Zed Thou mail is beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com (with the obvious changes) MOTORBIKES ! Have you got an Itchi-fanni 650 ? > OMF#19 > VN 750 > Zed Thou > MOTORBIKES ! > > Have you got an Itchi-fanni 650 ? I've got an address for anyone needing reading lessons, if that's any help. SignatureBeav OMF#19 VN 750 Zed Thou mail is beavis dot original at ntlworld dot com (with the obvious changes) |
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