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Bell UH-1D PICS for the hummingbird - 4/4/2003 1:30:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just recently finished a ikarus Bell UH-D1 body and mounted it to my hummingbird. It works but with some modifications. So for those out there wanting to know the ikarus line of bodies work and look awesome.....

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Bell UH-1D PICS for the hummingbird - 4/4/2003 5:10:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Let's see some pictures

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Bell UH-1D PICS for the hummingbird - 4/4/2003 11:33:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		I will post some pictures tonight (friday) and give you some flight results this weekend

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Bell UH-1D PICS for the hummingbird - 4/4/2003 11:49:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Great !! Thanks

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Bell UH-1D PICS for the hummingbird - 4/5/2003 10:45:28 AM   
moos4bkfst



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Status: offline 		Here are some photos... Hope you like them... It was fun building this body and ill let you know how it flies

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Bell UH-1D PICS for the hummingbird - 4/5/2003 10:46:23 AM   
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Bell UH-1D PICS for the hummingbird - 4/5/2003 10:51:45 AM   
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Bell UH-1D PICS for the hummingbird - 4/6/2003 12:57:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		Too cool! Now you just need some toy plastic guns to stick out the side doors and you'll be set!

Definitely report back on how it flies!

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Bell UH-1D PICS for the hummingbird - 4/6/2003 6:57:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		Nice Work!! Great Camo paint. I too am interested to hear how it flies. Piccolos that have these Ikarus scale bodies all seem to need a main motor upgrade of some kind just to get out of GE. I will be amazed if you can get it to two to three feet off the deck in a hover with the stock H'Bird 280 motor. Wish you luck.

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Bell UH-1D PICS for the hummingbird - 4/6/2003 10:44:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well done, moos4bkfst, good pioneering job for all us FEDA/HB flyers. You've shown us that the conversion can be done, now, as hoverup says, you'll have to report back on flight characteristics to see if it a practical option.

A good start might be to utilise LiPoly batteries. I use these on my FEDA and, although I'm no expert, they are at least as good, if not better, than the NiMH's supplied with the heli.

Another pointer is that I use training gear, and if the weight of the Huey body is the same as the weight of this gear, I'm in good shape for the extra payload of a body when I feel I can discard it.

I've always liked the "utilitarian" look of the Iroquois, a shape synonymous with the Vietnam war - two main rotor blades too! Scale blades anyone?

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Bell UH-1D PICS for the hummingbird - 4/7/2003 12:57:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		i am going to use (2) 1200 lipoly packs and with everything inside the heli it weighs 9 oz without blades, so im thinking it will come to about 10.5 oz flying wieght. The body kit gives you a more fowerfull motor (from ikarus, I dont know how it will work, we will se) and im using the new JR 281 digital micro servos, so I will let you know how it flies as soon as I can get some tail blades. Ill keep you posted...

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Bell UH-1D PICS for the hummingbird - 4/9/2003 6:12:50 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ok so I flew the heli. I had to use (3) 1200 mah li-poly packs to fly but it flew. I had some vibration and I fixed it by gluing small foam blocks in the side of the heli to stabalize it. The canopy is a little wierd as it doesnt want to stay on with the attachments they provide so I need to figure out something different. As for the flying, Using the ikarus motor and stock (10tooth) pinion and a 3 cell 1200 mah li-poly pack it hover great and is very stable. i was able to get about 12 minutes on my first flight. I havnt taken it outside for some forward flight yet because its too windy but I think it will fly good. For those looking for a cool fuse for the hb, i would recomend these. there are some mods you need to do to adapt the hb but if you test fit everything and be carefull, it will work good. I will let you know how the forward flight goes.

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