RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

Air Hogs HavocHeli. Yes, the original, and yes i still do have it, but it cant fly because the battery lasts for 5 seconds now.

RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

Same here the original havoc it can't get off the ground now</p>

RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

First was Dubro Whirly Bird, second was the Dubro Hughes 300.

RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

GMP Cricket here too in the 1982-86 timeframe, followed by a LMH 110+ in 1996-98.

Did any of you guys with the Dubro Whirly Bird actually get them to fly?

RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

Mine flew quite well, but I had to make several modifications mainly using tighter springs on the control arms. It crashed when the solder joint on the throttle spring failed pushing the throttle to idle when it was about 40 feet high.

RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

Yup. all the mixing was done on the heli with adjustable arms. Pitch to tailtotor and throttle to pitch had long arms with multiple holes so you could make the apropriate adjustments. I remember fixing/adjusting/maintaining for three or four days and flying for five minutes. then starting the whole process over again. It you looked at it crosseyed or picked it up wrong, you needed to go over your setup again.

RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

Speaking of Crickets, did anyone actually get theirs to fly? In my case the first try I did get some 1-3 second hover hops, then rolled over and broke blades. I got 4 or 5 "flight" sessions like that. Got tired of just patching. One or two guys in OKC could hover them but I never saw one in FF.

RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

Yep, I flew my Cricket in forward flight. No gyro or computer radio of course. I remember as a kid, one early morning in around 1982 or 83, John Gorham came up to me at the Sepulveda Basin and said 'wow, I havent seen too many people actually fly a Cricket like that'. He then went over to his camper and pulled out all kinds of GMP goodies to send home with me. He was so nice and it felt good to get a complement from someone like that....

RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

Thanks!

Is there a site explaining what happened to GMP? They were really rolling along and then....

RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

Hirohito Shuttle ZX, back in 1991. Followed by a Concept .30 SX a few years later.

RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

Kyosho Concept 30 DX upgraded to the SX. Still have it, another DX and the Hughes 300 body for them. Still fly great, but not often.

RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

Started with a Hirobo Scuttle ZX, resurrected from a crashed heap-o-parts... got it for $50.00.
Moved on to a Concept 30 DX, then a Concept 60 SR. I really loved that Concept 60 with a Futaba 9ZHP. Sold everything eventually, now am just a low-stress airplane dude. [&:]

RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

Lite Machine...

RE: Do you still remember your first rc helicopter?which brand?
 

And a Lite Machine here too. It has a couple of dings but can still be put up in the air.