The Freya in flight!

[lrogers]

It's been a while since I made you suffer hearing about my other hobby, the R/C helicopters. It has taken a lot more tweeking than I expected (not helped by an engine with a bad carb), but the Freya is finally flying like I hoped it would. Very smooth machine and it looks prety good in the air too! Since changing out the carb, the OS 70 purrs like a happy kitten. It starts well, has a good idle and transistions to full power smooth as silk. I had a great day flying yesterday along with my friend/mentor John.

We had some spectators at the field and John put on quite a show for them. I managed not to crash either of my birds! Afterwards, we both answered a lot of questions and sent a dad and his sons home with smiles on their faces.

[leehljp]

I am about to get into the electric powered CP Heli. Sure would like a gas powered one but the price and the noise it causes here will prevent me. Even if muffled, one person complaining can put a stop to it.

Can't open the box until Christmas though.

If you have a video of your flights and can post it online, let us see it.

[lrogers]

Hey Hank! Once you open that box you've taken the first step toward the dark side! Which helo are you getting? Be warned, the small electrics can be a handfull to fly. However, once you master them, you can fly anything.

With the newer muffers, the nitro birds are surprising quiet. The Hatori mufflers, while expensive, give a nice sound. Keep me posted on your progress!

I have one video clip I made a year ago when I was on about my 5th flight. I have NO idea how to post one. If you go to www.usaheli.com you can see some vid clips that my friend and instructor posted. The helo is a Fury that on of my co-workers recently bought (slightly used). Since Paul has zero helo experience, he asked John to look it over and change to head settings to "novice". There's a lot of smoke, but realize the engine is still fairly new so John was running it very rich.

John also has a Fury identical to it and I got to fly it about a month ago. When hovering that baby, you don't move the sticks, you just put a bit of pressure on them. It's about the same size as my Freya, with the same engine, but since it has so much carbon fiber in it, it weighs about a pound less.

[leehljp]

I ordered the Honey Bee King RTF such as the one posted on Hobby Lobby RC.

I watched the videos, thanks. I can't wait to get started, but LOML said I had to wait til Christmas, so I will.

When you get a video of your flights made, let us know.

[lrogers]

I've actually considered the Honey Bee King. It's got the two things I consider important, a collective pitch head and a belt driven tail.
If at all possible Hank, get some local help to trim it out for you. You won't believe how much easier it is fly a well trimmed bird. If any of your local friends have a simulator like Real Flight G3 or Reflex, spend a little time on it too. Those two items will greatly increase your chances of success.

Good luck! After you make that first hover, you'll be hooked!