View Full Version : Another do it yourself heli
NutLoose
12th Sep 2021, 23:17
You cannot keep them down, more leaping scrap iron, this ones getting better or is it braver? He certainly is exercising that tail-skid lol..
https://fb.watch/7_gFvSet5D/
Bksmithca
13th Sep 2021, 00:18
NutLoose, seemed tail heavy but at least he was thinking about rolling over onto his side with the long bar thru the rear wheels
NutLoose
13th Sep 2021, 01:03
Agreed and better than
https://fb.watch/7_neQDPXYb/
tartare
13th Sep 2021, 06:03
Easy on the collective son...!
nomorehelosforme
14th Sep 2021, 09:40
He clearly takes a moment to say a prayer or two before the action starts! Must have had plenty of green paint left over from respraying his car(complete with go faster spoiler) and decided to have a helicopter in matching colours!
retoocs
14th Sep 2021, 17:01
So what are his controls controlling? Nothing go up to the main rotor.
Agile
15th Sep 2021, 01:51
Problem 1: he is missing about 100 horsepower --> instant RPM losse on pitching up
Problem 2: for some reason tail rotor authority is not enough
Problem 3: CG is way back
but other than that his got a lot of things right
a well balanced rotor head
some cyclic controls (spider type inside the shaft)
a robust design
anti roll over bars
and some fuel
Petit-Lion
15th Sep 2021, 03:16
Can't help but admire these guys!
Fareastdriver
15th Sep 2021, 08:50
What they are hoping for is a technically savvy government minister will give them a big development grant which will keep them in clover for years.
Fareastdriver
15th Sep 2021, 08:52
What they are hoping for is the a technically ignorant government minister will give them a big development grant.
Then they are quids in.
NutLoose
15th Sep 2021, 14:27
Did you watch the second film i posted with a whole host of them... Post 3
tartare
16th Sep 2021, 09:12
Where's the video of that Chinese one?
The guy was an absolute loon - got airborne - flew around - bloody incredible....
This one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDhC4JHw-Hw
GrayHorizonsHeli
16th Sep 2021, 14:19
this last guy just looks like he took a Kyosho model and upscaled everything.
i give all these guys credit for trying
little late though as Igor Sikorsky was in this same boat many years ago with his creations
he fared better than some of them though
Maoraigh1
16th Sep 2021, 19:14
Not a helicopter pilot, just fixed-wing SEP.
But that guy looks experienced, (and experienced in that particular aircraft) and that helicopter looks well designed and built, by an experienced engineer.
RINKER
16th Sep 2021, 22:34
Not sure the Chinese guy is a trained pilot. Anyone think he doesn’t know about avoid curve and vortex ring,
commendable as his achievement is.
R.
Seems one needs a FB account to view these vids?
Winemaker
17th Sep 2021, 20:01
Here's what a guy down in Oz built and taught himself to fly. Pretty amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw5mmxDCbQg
Impress to inflate
19th Sep 2021, 21:16
I'm not sure who's braver, the pilot or the poor cameraman who was asked to film his takeoff.