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[cbr900]

Jay did you fly fixed wing aircraft, and now switching to helis..

Roy

[J.beazley]

cbr900 the only aircraft i used to fly with my dad was a Ripmax mustang but that was a few years ago now.

the only reason i got a heli was because i thought it would look good flying above my Severn lifeboat.

[cbr900]

I have not tried them but have been told if you fly fixed wing aircraft, it is even harder to learn as you are in a mind set for the fixed wing, and helis don't work that way..


Roy

[furs307c]

I saw a large model heli crash once, it had a canister of some sort for orange smoke trails onboard, it stopped dead in mid air, dropped and then the smoke canister must have opened/exploded on impact and the whole feild looked like it was on fire, except with orange smoke not flames

[Bartapuss]

Don't think your allowed to fly model aircraft of any sort in public parks, bit of a safety issue.

[Dan.Lord]

Hi I certainly would'ny risk flying a helicopter behind your Servern, think of the expense if it went *$%* up. you could however get a lesro ILB & Century make a scale Seaking helicopter, which is about 4ft long, roughly the same scale, & do winching, which looks the part, also not so expencive on the boat, heli dammed expencive though !!
Pic of me being winched at a sea festival in Harwich when I was on the Lifeboat crew.

[J.beazley]

Brilliant picture, myself has given up trying to fly my heli slow enough to look realistic behind my baby severn.
Going slowly forward almost at a stationary hover seems to be the only way i can fly my copter close enough to the boat without it looking too out of place.

still on the plus side i might ask a friend who flies if he would like the challenge of landing on a barge towed by my Ryhope tug or baby severn.

Jay

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

Wait a couple years, and the Helicopeters will get smaller....

In the mean time, you need to build a very large scale Offshore Diving Support Vessel (OSDSV? - DSND?), or
 an Offshore Construction Vessel (OSCV)

Proposed X-bow OSDSV Ulstein SX121



Proposed OSCV to be launched 2009 from Aker Shipyards


Perhaps a slight refit to any of the AHST models like the Aziz might work.
Time to build a new boat...

[Ghost in the shell]

JB it would need to be quite large and stable, but it is theoretically feasable, just be a "xxxxx" to control.

[J.beazley]

I think technology needs to be a bit more advanced and the size of outdoor helicopters to be scaled down more before anything like this will be atempted by myself.

The thought was there but my brain had gone for a walk. ::)

still the ships above are very impressive and could be modelled into a large scale given time and a lot of effort.

Jay

[tobyker]

Trallee - who was the diving belle on the Calypso - was there a figure in the kit? The truth must be told.

[Umi_Ryuzuki]

Perhaps an easier helicopter to fly might be of help.

The dual rotor helicopters are very maneuverable, and supposed to be a lot simpler to control.
Especially for us "helm hard over" types.

They are still fairly large, like the Blade, and AXE-EZ. Some of the smaller ones like the Dragonfly,  may be a little too light for stiff breeze. But these types of helicopters may give you more confidence in the air.

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=EFLH1200
http://www.towerhobbies.com/products/heli-max/hmxe05.html

http://www.hobbytron.com/ElectricRCMiniDragonflyHelicopter.html

[tigertiger]

Just a thought.

In a model you cannot look down. So landging on anything further than a few feet away might be a problem

However with 2.4 ghz and micro cameras, this could be fun