motomoron wrote:
The RC club field I use is planes on one side of the lot, heli on the other.
Never the twain shall meet.
The guys who can do all the full-on 3D heli stuff? It's all they do. I swear there's a couple guys who have been there ~every~ time I've been to the field the past 5 years. They log insane hours, and are addicted, fully.
The do a LOT of expensive crashing on the way to that level of proficiency.
There's a few guys flying 50 or 80cc Yaks or Extras who can do all the 3D stuff. I can hover and do harriers w/ a small (1m) electric foamy, but the mortality cost of a mistake w/ my 40cc extra is prohibitive.
this.
the heli guys are at the field every time i'm there, and they have spectacular crashes.
also, that heli is pretty wild, but thats not even one of the flybarless ones the 3d guys are using now. they're more responsive and and agile because they don't have the rotor pitch controlled via the flybar, (the paddles between the blades) they are stabilized and controlled by super sensitive gyros and the swashplate acts directly on the blades so there's no delay from action to reaction.
Toyman01 wrote:
As an interesting side note (although a somewhat inappropriate comparison) one of the most powerful full scale helis in the world, the American millitary attack helicopter AH-64D Apache Longbow (i.e. the most powerful version) has a power to weight ratio of 0.773 horsepowers per kilo. Even in the wold of rc 3D helis that's powerful. That's how ever without any weapons, fuel or pilot.
Yeah the real Apache isn't as good at such maneuvers.
fasted58 wrote:
Woody wrote:
I wonder how many times you behead yourself learning how to do that...
... good point there
that's really only a trick you can do once
Jeezus. I wonder how long before those are outlawed? You could kill someone with one o' them things! 
Don't think the cat would appreciate being chased by one of those.
EastCoastMojo wrote:
Jeezus. I wonder how long before those are outlawed? You could kill someone with one o' them things!
local PD near here has one that can carry a 12ga shotgun 
I wanna see four of these motors on a "quadracopter."
Swank Force One wrote:
I wanna see four of these motors on a "quadracopter."
That might already exist as a military grade drone.
HappyAndy wrote:
Swank Force One wrote:
I wanna see four of these motors on a "quadracopter."
That might already exist as a military grade drone.
Not with that battery life!
