RC HELICOPTER POLL
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DAVIDLOFLAND
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- Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:02 pm
- Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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DAVIDLOFLAND
- Moderate User
- Posts: 352
- Joined: Mon Oct 11, 2010 7:02 pm
- Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Bad weather through the holiday voyage kept the chopper grounded. We spent two days holed up in a cove waiting for the seas to be calm enough just to move from point A to B.
Test flying around the house has confirmed though, the results would have definitely been 'crash and sink'. I don't think there is any such thing as a calm enough day to fly this thing outside. As soon as it lifts off, it floats on the breeze like a dendelion, and does not seem to have enough power to overcome even the slightest puff of wind (at least not with me at the controls).
It is a fun toy, but won't take the aerial pictures of the flotilla, like I wanted it to.
Now I'm thinking of a tethered helium, or hot air baloon, with a camera attached?????
Test flying around the house has confirmed though, the results would have definitely been 'crash and sink'. I don't think there is any such thing as a calm enough day to fly this thing outside. As soon as it lifts off, it floats on the breeze like a dendelion, and does not seem to have enough power to overcome even the slightest puff of wind (at least not with me at the controls).
It is a fun toy, but won't take the aerial pictures of the flotilla, like I wanted it to.
Now I'm thinking of a tethered helium, or hot air baloon, with a camera attached?????
1977 F-32 INSTANT FUN "Just Add Water"
My Forever boat - O/O 30 years and counting
Yanmar 6BY3-260's
My Forever boat - O/O 30 years and counting
Yanmar 6BY3-260's