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  • Tom Slick
    Veteran Member
    • May 2005
    • 2913
    • Paso Robles, Calif, USA.
    • sears BT3 clone

    #16
    I think the Navy bird looks better but I think the novelty of Marine One would be a unique model. The current Marine One has been serving since the Kennedy administration.


    when you get done with that one you should built a MH-53 Super Stallion, they look tough!
    Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

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    • Anna
      Senior Member
      • Feb 2006
      • 728
      • CA, USA.
      • BT3100

      #17
      Originally posted by lrogers
      Anna,
      Yes, I'm building a R/C model of the Sea King. The model will be 54" long nose-to-tail, will sport a scale 5 bladed main and tail rotor, will have navigation/anti-collision/landing lights and the main wheels will retract. Power will be provided by by .70 OS engine burning 30% nitro fuel. I'm guessing all up weight will be around 12 pounds. There is even a bit of wood in it so both hobbies are combined!
      Wow. Then definitely go Navy. It is prettier and shows better. How do you keep it at 12 pounds for something so big? Styro?

      I bought a 4-year-old an RC chopper for his birthday. The bellow he made when the chopper took off was just amazing, and he started jumping up and down, laughing maniacally as he flew it all over the place. I'm now imagining his reaction if he gets his hand on a 54" model.

      Hope you share the videos of the Sea King in flight.

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      • Ed62
        The Full Monte
        • Oct 2006
        • 6022
        • NW Indiana
        • BT3K

        #18
        Gotta go Navy.

        Ed
        Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

        For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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        • Tom Slick
          Veteran Member
          • May 2005
          • 2913
          • Paso Robles, Calif, USA.
          • sears BT3 clone

          #19
          Originally posted by Crash2510
          id say navy unless you can paint nixon and make him pop out the payload door

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          That would be awesome!!
          Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison

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          • gerti
            Veteran Member
            • Dec 2003
            • 2233
            • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
            • BT3100 "Frankensaw"

            #20
            Navy......

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            • footprintsinconc
              Veteran Member
              • Nov 2006
              • 1759
              • Roseville (Sacramento), CA
              • BT3100

              #21
              navy ... the while and red one. the colors seem more alive.
              _________________________
              omar

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              • TheRic
                • Jun 2004
                • 1912
                • West Central Ohio
                • bt3100

                #22
                I like them both, can see why you are having trouble picking. I would pick Marine One for the simple reason the black bottom would be easy to see against clouds (partial clouds, haze, clear sky, etc) verses the white bottom of the Navy Rescue.

                Note: I know nothing about RC flying, just makes sense to me.
                Ric

                Plan for the worst, hope for the best!

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                • lrogers
                  Veteran Member
                  • Dec 2002
                  • 3853
                  • Mobile, AL. USA.
                  • BT3000

                  #23
                  Interesting voting demographics at work here.
                  BT3 family overwhelmingly in favor of Navy SAR
                  Local R/C club favor Marine one
                  Non Bt3 family/friends - evenly split!

                  Looks like it's still going to be tough decision!

                  Anna,
                  Weight is kept down buy use of lots of carbon fiber and epoxy glass. One of the reasons I traded my Freya for the Vigor (this will be the "heart of the machine") was because the Vigor had carbon fiber main frames and weighed a full pound less. If you go to www.youtube.com and do a search for rchelopilot, there are a couple of videos of my other scale helo, a Hughes 500D.

                  Phil,
                  I've thought about making that door operational, but where could I get a scale model of "tricky Dick"?

                  Tom,
                  There is a a REALLY nice MH-53 available and it is a beast! It can fly with a 26cc engine, but really needs a turbine to swing that 6 blade head with authority. This a kit that would be approaching $10-12 grand to build. I think there are three being built in this country right now.

                  Keep those votes coming!!!!!!
                  Larry R. Rogers
                  The Samurai Wood Butcher
                  http://splash54.multiply.com
                  http://community.webshots.com/user/splash54

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                  • cabinetman
                    Gone but not Forgotten RIP
                    • Jun 2006
                    • 15218
                    • So. Florida
                    • Delta

                    #24
                    I vote for the Navy SAR.
                    .

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                    • Uncle Cracker
                      The Full Monte
                      • May 2007
                      • 7091
                      • Sunshine State
                      • BT3000

                      #25
                      Suck it up, build 'em both.

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                      • lrogers
                        Veteran Member
                        • Dec 2002
                        • 3853
                        • Mobile, AL. USA.
                        • BT3000

                        #26
                        I'm afraid that would result in serious bodily harm to me! Besides, no one would see it shoved "where the sun don't shine".
                        Larry R. Rogers
                        The Samurai Wood Butcher
                        http://splash54.multiply.com
                        http://community.webshots.com/user/splash54

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                        • Uncle Cracker
                          The Full Monte
                          • May 2007
                          • 7091
                          • Sunshine State
                          • BT3000

                          #27
                          Build one airframe, and two bodies...

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                          • Mrs. Wallnut
                            Bandsaw Box Momma
                            • Apr 2005
                            • 1566
                            • Ellensburg, Washington, USA.

                            #28
                            I am going to chime in here. I like the Navy one for the colors but since I have a nephew who is a Marine, and serving in Iraq. I am going to say the Marine one. Actually he is not a "real" nephew, but calls me Auntie and I have known him for quite a while now. So to support him and his fellow Marines I am going to say the Marine one. Plus I like the looks of the colors and the fact that it carries around important people.
                            Mrs. Wallnut a.k.a (the head nut).

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                            • Crash2510
                              Senior Member
                              • Feb 2006
                              • 830
                              • North Central Ohio

                              #29
                              Originally posted by lrogers
                              Phil,
                              I've thought about making that door operational, but where could I get a scale model of "tricky Dick"?
                              here now im definately for marine one

                              http://www.toypresidents.com/view_pr...ash.asp?pid=12
                              Phil In Ohio
                              The basement woodworker

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                              • lrogers
                                Veteran Member
                                • Dec 2002
                                • 3853
                                • Mobile, AL. USA.
                                • BT3000

                                #30
                                VERY cool! Guess you really can find everything and anything on the web.

                                Count now stands at 38 votes for Navy SAR and 23 for Maine One.

                                You navy guys ARE very vocal (not just here, on the other sites I posted this as well).

                                Are you Marines going to stand for this???????
                                Larry R. Rogers
                                The Samurai Wood Butcher
                                http://splash54.multiply.com
                                http://community.webshots.com/user/splash54

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