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Title: Hello from USA
Post by: highvoltage on May 26, 2010, 01:32:26 pm

Hello, my name is John and I am from Alabama, US. Finally found a great site been looking for a while. I am building a 78'' Research Vessel ship. Will have a working sub and helicopter. Thanks for having me on board this great site.


John

Title: Re: Hello from USA
Post by: Martin (Admin) on May 26, 2010, 01:51:01 pm

Welcome aboard John,

 You are hereby appointed as our honorary Mayhem chapter chairman for Alabama!

 Do you have any pictures of your build?

 Martin  :-)

Title: Re: Hello from USA
Post by: highvoltage on May 26, 2010, 04:33:10 pm

Quote from: Martin - admin. on May 26, 2010, 01:51:01 pm

Welcome aboard John,

 You are hereby appointed as our honorary Mayhem chapter chairman for Alabama!

 Do you have any pictures of your build?

 Martin  :-)

Well thank you very much. I have a few pictures I will post up. My project is in the very beginning stages of the build. Ordering parts all the time.

Title: Re: Hello from USA
Post by: tigertiger on May 27, 2010, 01:54:30 am

Welcome aboard  :-))

Title: Re: Hello from USA
Post by: Peter Fitness on May 27, 2010, 02:06:27 am

It's good to have a new member from the deep south of the USA on board  :-))

We look forward to some photos of your build.

Peter.

Title: Re: Hello from USA
Post by: des321 on May 27, 2010, 11:07:24 pm

A working helicopter!  Now I am really looking forward to the video of it landing on the ship! Has anyone achieved this before?

Title: Re: Hello from USA
Post by: Umi_Ryuzuki on May 28, 2010, 12:43:01 am

Quote from: des321 on May 27, 2010, 11:07:24 pm

A working helicopter!  Now I am really looking forward to the video of it landing on the ship! Has anyone achieved this before?

Keven of Vancouver, BC landed his helicopter, indoors, on the back of Dumas Enterprise, crew ship.
He and one of the Burchett boys. performed the landing several times during the
Marine Expo in Seattle Washington, 2008. I was practicing to perform the same stunt at the
same show, but was unable to attend.  Kevin beat me to it.  <*< Pictures of the landing were later
published in one of the RC model magazines.  :-)

All I ever got were the couple of practice runs on video, and a miss, due to the slight breeze over the pond.  {:-{

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhm0GrcJWtU

Oh yeah, then there are these heli landings...
The boys narrations are classic...

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1179464

 8)

Title: Re: Hello from USA
Post by: oldiron on May 28, 2010, 02:06:53 am

  Last year I was working in a local hobby store. I took my Graupner Seabex in for display. One of our customers landed one of the small helicopters on its heli deck with no problem.

John

Title: Re: Hello from USA
Post by: highvoltage on June 02, 2010, 03:43:19 am

Here is a link to my project

http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=24231.0