Impressions from a Rig (VertiMOE) pilot. I have been in & out of R/C helis for 25 years or so, I guess that's why Eddie trusted me to fly the Rig yesterday. Thanks Eddie. Back in '77 (I think), my first heli was an American Revolution (???) .40 size fixed pitch heli that was basically a rip off of the Heli Baby. Flying the Rig (using the Olympus's thrust as the height control, obviously with no collective pitch), reminded me VERY much of that very early R/C heli, altitude wise. The control of height is sluggish. I do not think that this will prevent Eddie from accomplishing his goals, the pilot just has to be well aware of these limitations as we were way back when with that Revolution 40. There is definitely no lightning fast altitude corrections as R/C heli guys are used to with today's well designed collective pitch set ups. As Eddie stated on the web site, I felt 100% in control of the roll axis. If you will remember, Eddie started out with but one rotor for roll control,

Eddie definitely deserves a huge round of Jet-Dude applause for consistently pushing back the envelope of what can be accomplished in this most awesome of all sports. I thank him for letting me be a part of it. Stand up and take a bow Eddie, you deserve it!!!

http://www.corpcomp.com/weeks1/Rig/Rig.html

BTW, the Jet Team Liebetrau antenna can be purchased (I think) from JetCat USA. It is really quite nice.