Topic: floating helipad (Read 10146 times)

J.beazley · « **on:** August 08, 2006, 05:58:48 pm »

i have just purchased a scale helicopter and am learning to fly,
i am really interested in building some sort of floating helipad that can be towed behind my Severn

if anyone has any pictures of a helipad or know where i can get some FREE plans for a nice floating barge please post them up
cheers

Jay

Stavros · « **Reply #1 on:** August 08, 2006, 07:04:22 pm »

Brave man buying a chopper let alone wanting to land it on a barge good luck.

J.beazley · « **Reply #2 on:** August 08, 2006, 09:12:46 pm »

well the idea is to tow something behind my Severn while trying to land my heli on the landing pad.

do any tugs have landing pads?? or maybe a aircraft carrier?? now theres an idea.

ambernblu · « **Reply #3 on:** August 09, 2006, 06:50:48 am »

... maybe a winch would be a better idea (and a less stressful one!) You know, like in air-sea rescue helicopters - you could arrange to winch a stretcher from the tug or something like that. Now that would be a stunt and a half!

The real guys though, need to do this flying very straight, with both ship and helicopter travelling at the same speed - so maybe you need to find a very long lake first...?

warspite · « **Reply #4 on:** August 14, 2006, 11:40:15 pm »

as well as the long lake, it would need to be a very big barge, i suppose it is not a 1/72nd scale seaking, (in a SAR role). Ellesmere show a couple of years ago, had an oil rig in a tug towing exhibit, and that was the size of a small trailer.

J.beazley · « **Reply #5 on:** August 15, 2006, 12:02:27 am »

sadly its not a seaking, but you have given me a thought to hunt for a fuselage of one.....
my heli is nothing special just a ebay job so the scale is pretty small compared to many other models out there.

UltraMagnus · « **Reply #6 on:** August 15, 2006, 10:56:35 am »

if your feeling ambitious i know the royal navy have specially built helicopter carriers.

malcolmfrary · « **Reply #7 on:** August 15, 2006, 11:48:02 am »

The idea of combining model helicopters and ships was pretty fully explored in the "Supermodels" series. It was noted that the smaller the model helicopter, the more twitchy. To get an outdoor workable model helicopter, the ship model would be enormous.

J.beazley · « **Reply #8 on:** August 15, 2006, 12:33:48 pm »

ultramagnus get some pics up for me to look at

if it looks good enough then i might try building something like it, as for now im in the process of finding a fuselage of a rescue chopper but im having no luck.

need to find a vacuum moulding thingy to make my own fuselage but thats getting extreme and costly.

warspite · « **Reply #9 on:** August 15, 2006, 07:52:59 pm »

Is it OCEAN the latest member of the HMS logistics support vessels?

I know matchbox do a large scale Puma which could probably act as a 'skin' for a r/C chopper

UltraMagnus · « **Reply #10 on:** August 16, 2006, 09:25:20 am »

yup, the HMS Ocean, the wikipedia page on it can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ocean_%28L12%29 although, its not very good, the "external links" section has some pritty decent links

its pritty small for a carrier, only 208m long

ambernblu · « **Reply #11 on:** August 16, 2006, 09:53:07 am »

... its big for a floating helipad though - 'cos that is about all it is....

Having said that, the other two big recent additions to the fleet probably don't look that big either, but the one I saw nearing completion absolutely dwarfed the town of Barrow - especially perched high up on the slipway...!

warspite · « **Reply #12 on:** August 16, 2006, 06:41:48 pm »

Like the regular ships in the navy, the royal auxiliary have to combine what was single use vessels into multipurpose types, as a freight carrier, she is still quite small, someones buit one with a seaking that lifts of the deck by a clear rod mechanism

As mentioned in another thread / section, i have a couple of seakings that i want to put on a 1/72 scale hermes, but the size of it would be too big for this terraced house, the two with rotors extended are fitted with motors to turn the main rotor, and they have LED's on the tail and under the front for navigation lights, the third is a static (ignore magnum's mates hughes 500).

i also have a couple of harriers with nav lights as well.

sorry about the quality of the pics, they were taken with a web cam using the prints i have.

warspite · « **Reply #13 on:** August 16, 2006, 06:43:15 pm »

oh the hughes 500 is of to the left, i thought it was in the pic i took with the web cam

2772e · « **Reply #14 on:** September 15, 2006, 09:30:33 pm »

I thought i would have a go at a helicopter, looked like a bit of fun and bought an electric dragonfly off ebay for about 11 quid. Do you think i can fly it? Tried twice crashed three times put it back in its box.

Local model shop expert said the bigger ones are easier to start with, but who wants to fork out many hundreds of pounds, break it and not like it.

Good luck!

Tralee · « **Reply #15 on:** September 16, 2006, 11:02:23 am »

Have a look at Billings Boat model Calypso this is a converted minsweeper user as a research vessel by Jaques Costea it includes a helipad and a diving belle

J.beazley · « **Reply #16 on:** September 16, 2006, 09:42:37 pm »

i have the same trouble with my copter 2772e tried to fly it and well crash it everytime so it just sits on a shelf now.

measurements wise the helipad would need to be 3 foot square just so i can land the thing on it without the tail dipping into the water.

might give it a bash at flying again over the winter if the lake freezes up.

justboatonic · « **Reply #17 on:** September 17, 2006, 12:31:50 am »

I'd give this idea a miss, seriously! Flying a decent model sized heli is difficult enough as it is without learning to fly one to land on a moving barge!

I think you're just asking to damage the towing vessel not to mention probably landing the heli in the drink.

cbr900 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 17, 2006, 09:03:31 am »

I know its not nice but I love watching helis crash as they have a tendency to thrash whatever is in the vicinity to death with the rotors, always get a laugh out of that,

And Helicopters do not really fly the earth repells them..>

Roy

J.beazley · « **Reply #19 on:** September 17, 2006, 10:51:20 am »

think this idea is blown out of proportion a bit

the general idea was a good one but trying to put it into practice is something else especially when i cant fly my heli yet.....

on the up side i could always tow a platform behind one of my electric cars that way i dont loose the heli if it goes pete tong.

should learn to fly first tho ::)

justboatonic · « **Reply #20 on:** September 17, 2006, 11:10:54 am »

Quote from: cbr900 on September 17, 2006, 09:03:31 am

I know its not nice but I love watching helis crash as they have a tendency to thrash whatever is in the vicinity to death with the rotors, always get a laugh out of that,

And Helicopters do not really fly the earth repells them..>

Roy

Oh I say! That's not very nice!

Must say I love helis especially scale (same with all my modelling criteria!).

chromedome · « **Reply #21 on:** September 17, 2006, 11:21:41 am »

I have a great admiration of any modeler who can contoll a model chopper...especially a retired one !!!

chromedome

JayDee · « **Reply #22 on:** September 17, 2006, 11:25:53 am »

Hello,

Another quote I read was, " Helicopters do not fly, they beat the Air into submission !".

Not too far from the truth.

John.

cbr900 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 17, 2006, 11:39:53 am »

Quote from: justboatonic on September 17, 2006, 11:10:54 am

Roy

Oh I say! That's not very nice!

Must say I love helis especially scale (same with all my modelling criteria!).
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Mate when flown correctly I love watching them as well, but I have seen a lot crash for varying reasons..

Roy

J.beazley · « **Reply #24 on:** September 17, 2006, 07:09:49 pm »

ive got to admit there has to be a nac to flying a copter ive still not found it.

dont get me wrong the crashing is spectacular at times but the repair bill is always the downer.

back on the subject im transforming my 1/10 scale Griffon hovercraft to take my heli on the deck area should be interesting but will see how it goes.

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