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MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 5/15/2005 3:51:10 AM   
heliguy02


 

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From: Columbus, IN, USA
Status: offline 		Hello,
I am new to R/C universe. I came across this section of the forum and thought maybe I would share a picture of me homebuilt helicopter I have been building for the past several years. It is called a A/W 95. I am almost done with it now. I should start testing it in a few weeks. It is a simple design (if there is such a thing as a simple helicopter). It is powered by a 2 cycle Rotax snowmobile engine.

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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 6/1/2005 1:21:30 AM   
Fly-n-3D



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Status: offline 		How long did it take you to build it?

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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 6/7/2005 3:15:07 PM   
heliguy02


 

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Status: offline 		I have been working on it for about 5 years off and on. There was alittle over a year where I couldn't work on it due to money being tight. I am now working on it again and I am hoping to have it ready within a month.

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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 6/7/2005 10:08:04 PM   
FLYBOY



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Status: offline 		Do you have a heli rating already?

Saw a vid of a guy who built one and then tried to run it up and get it light, boy were his eyes huge when it lifted off the ground and slam back down a few times

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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 6/8/2005 3:13:44 PM   
heliguy02


 

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Status: offline 		No, I do not yet have a heli rating. My friend built on also. His is done. He don't have any experience either. I have some "funny" video of him also. I am sure it will be about the scariest thing I have ever tried but I have ALWAYS wanted to do it. I have rode in quite a few helicopters but never piloted one on my own.

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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 6/13/2005 5:20:37 PM   
FLYBOY



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Status: offline 		Don't mess with it too much till you get training. I have a friend who bought an ultralite and took it out to just "taxi" it. He spent the next 10 hours in surgery getting rebuilt because he managed to lift it off and didn't know what to do with it. Wached another guy in a benson gyrocopter fly it who we thought knew what he was doing. He died when it hit the ground!

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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 6/26/2005 12:43:46 AM   
qazx98948



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From: yakima, WA, USA
Status: offline 		yeah if i were you i definitely would not mess with it yet until you get some training in. i saw a video of this guy that just bought a small 2 seater, took it out for a spin and didnt have a single bit of training, thought he was a macho man and knew what he was doing. lifted off, and in the next 4 seconds the helicopter was in pieces. i fly them on flight simulator 2004 and it was very hard to learn to fly one. landings are the hardest part! i would love to take helicopter lessons but the price is ridiculously high...working on my private liscense (flying cessnas) right now, so ill just stick with that

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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 6/26/2005 1:28:27 AM   
Bass1



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From: Va.Beach, VA, USA
Status: online 		I bought a partially built Benson gyrocopter in the early seventies. I finished buliding it and was waiting on an engine rebuild to complete the project. I didn't have any real flying experience and was told by an experienced gyro pilot that it was a piece of cake. I could picture myself flying to my friends houses/farms and impressing the young ladies with my way cool Benson. Well, my dad found out about the project (he was a Navy fighter pilot and was an accident investigator for the military) and he begged me to sell it. If I did, he would send me through flight school. I finally agreed to sell it and in hindsight it was a very smart move. I got my private ticket and realize that without proper training I probably would have busted my arse in that Gyro. Please get proper instruction in full scale helis before attempting flight in the homebuilt. By the way, the experienced gyro pilot I was referring to is not with us anymore. He crashed test flying someones newly built gyrocopter. I'm sure that little heli homebuilt would be a blast to fly, if built to perfection and the pilot had sufficient heli training. Good luck

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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 6/26/2005 2:28:56 AM   
Fly-n-3D



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Status: offline 		Go to the vid section on helihobby.com or click the link below.

http://www.helihobby.com/html/rc_helicopters_videos.html

You will see vids of some real heli crashes.

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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 8/13/2005 1:23:33 PM   
DT56


 

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From: Lucedale, MS, USA
Status: offline 		Nice looking Helo!

Do yourself a big favor and get your license in a Robinson R22. The R22 is very sensitive to control inputs,turbulence, and wind, just like your ship will be. It also bleeds rotor energy very fast when mismanaged, a trait many homebuilt helicopters share. An industry adage is; "If you can fly a R22, you can fly anything."

Good Luck!
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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 8/14/2005 3:25:08 AM   
heliguy02


 

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From: Columbus, IN, USA
Status: offline 		Thanks DT56. I've heard that before about the R22. I am hoping to start lessons soon. They are so expensive. I've had a few rides and some unofficial tips in a bell 47, but not near enough info to try my own yet.
Thanks again.
-Tony

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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 11/8/2005 5:15:49 AM   
Skiddz


 

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Do yourself a big favor and get your license in a Robinson R22. The R22 is very sensitive to control inputs,turbulence, and wind, just like your ship will be. It also bleeds rotor energy very fast when mismanaged, a trait many homebuilt helicopters share. An industry adage is; "If you can fly a R22, you can fly anything."


Yep. Squirrely little beast when you 1st start out, but once you tame the little bugger, they fly pretty nice.. The requirements to get rated in one are higher than in say a Schweizer 300 because of the low inertia rotor system but it's not bad. (SFAR 73 in the latest FAR/AIM will have all the details.)

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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 12/11/2005 2:42:06 AM   
dirtdemon8989


 

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From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Status: offline 		happy flying hope you have fun in that

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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 12/15/2005 6:40:03 AM   
BigWes



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Joined: 11/1/2005
From: Opp, AL, USA
Status: offline 		Let me know how it goes. I could fly it I think. I am not a fan of the R-22 though. I agree with one thing though, if you can survive in an R-22 you should be able to survive anything. R-22 is a death trap. I'd rather fly the homebuilt. Do get someone to give you some training in a real chopper first though. You'd be surprised at just how fast your feet and arms can get tied up even in a good flying helicopter. Not to mention what a quartering tailwind will do to you. Hmmm, now that I think about it that think will be even harder than turbine power that I am used to. You will have to govern rotor rpm by hand with the throttle. I may not be able to fly it. Get some time in a bell 47 or a hiller dude. Your life will depend on it.

Wes

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RE: MY HOMEBUILT HELICOPTER - 12/16/2005 12:24:29 PM