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Antiques or Out of Business > What was your first RC Heli??

jjeaster222000
Veteran
Location: Bedford in

kalt baron 30

What cowbell?

12-19-2007 01:08 AM

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1basejump
Heliman
Location: Ballymoney Northern Ireland

[B]Concept 30 DX

Back in the early 90`s spent £300 on a second hand concept 30 dx with a futaba challanger 5 channel radio, futaba rate gyro ( mechanical)and an os max .28, all this and only 13.
To learn to fly I walked two miles to the local model club, with flight box and Helli in hand, for two flights, then two miles back home.... I was the slimest pilot at that field.

Hell i was happy when i lernt to drive.

Wil

12-26-2007 12:03 PM

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Copter Doctor
Elite Veteran
Location: daleville/ft.rucker, al

the original blue canopy shuttle back in 1986.
i still have shuttles today.

drive a rotary, fly a rotorcraft

12-28-2007 06:57 PM

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rob_k
Senior Heliman
Location: Denver, CO

GMP Competitor - 1987

12-28-2007 07:17 PM

Copter Doctor
Elite Veteran
Location: daleville/ft.rucker, al

the first timei ever saw a heli do aerobatics it was a competitor, back in 88. good ship.

drive a rotary, fly a rotorcraft

12-28-2007 07:25 PM

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heli_headcase
Veteran
Location: Hovering around Atlanta

My "first time"...

...seeing heli aerobatics was a Kavan Jet Ranger doing TWO LOOPS at the 1974 AMA NATS in Lake Charles, LA. Sloppy loops, blades 2" out of track but looped anyway.

My first heli loop was July 4, 1991 with my Concept 30DX and no idle up

HHC

So many heli's - too little time...

12-28-2007 10:36 PM

ronw258
Heliman
Location: lincoln park, michigan, usa

My first heli

My first heli is a kalt whisper, which I still have since 1991. It has never flown, but will summer of 2008 finally.

12-31-2007 09:47 PM

FenderBean
Veteran
Location: savannah, Ga

Kyosho Concept 30 DX I trade my goldburg ultimate for, best trade ever LOL started it all for me. Think it was back in 91. Last year I got on ebay and bought one for collecting and restored it to new and its so fun to fly.

01-01-2008 12:54 AM

hotrod23t
Heliman
Location: MA

Mantis fixed pitch then HeliBoy

First heli was the .40 American Mantis fixed pitch. I had a K&B .40 and Kraft KP-5C radio with O-ringed and ball bearinged servos in it. I thought I was hi-tech! I never got it to fly and gave up on it. I did get to know the UPS driver fairly well. Then I got the Heli-Boy. I polished the side frames with SimiChrome to a mirror finish. Then I installed the SX-81 swept tail boom to keep the T/R out of the weeds. I also fashioned a double loop of coat hanger wire for a tail skid. I wasn't taking any chances after the Mantis debacle. Next I purchased the Schluter Training Stand. And I also bought two audio cassettes of Walt Schoonard explaining how to set up the HeliBoy. I listened to those for hours. Finally it all came together and after many hours of setting up the machine and practicing on the training stand I was able to hover. However that was as far as I got and for whatever reasons I sold out of the hobby for the first time. I wish now that I had those Walt Schoonard tapes! I lent them, along with the training stand to a college buddy and never got them back. One of these days I'll dig up some pictures of those two helicopters and post them here. I did locate a SuperMantis NIB and will some day assemble and fly it as it was originally intended. I would rather have the fixed pitch machine but can't find one. I'd also love to listen to those tapes one more time!

01-01-2008 12:08 PM

mike 58
Heliman
Location: leesville louisiana ,usa

american rc revolution it took 20 years for me to try it again much better results this time around now iam addicted

01-02-2008 01:50 AM

simages
Senior Heliman
Location: NY USA

Sharing Information, Technology and Experience

01-02-2008 02:42 AM

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Roger Oxe
Heliman
Location: Egelsbach, Germany

Hello Friends,
my first Heli was a 222 Trainer 1979...

i wish my english were so good as i can fly Helicopters...

01-12-2008 09:54 PM

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steffgiguere
Veteran
Location: St-Eustache, Quebec, Canada

My first heli was a T-rex 450 in Dec. 2006

I wish I could fly 24/7

01-12-2008 09:55 PM

mannyh
Heliman
Location: grande prairie alberta canada

first time !

Me too. 1981 or 82 ? Mantis fixed pitch! Then a kalt baron 20 with an os 28,

whoo hoo I could hover it!

Still lovin helis .
flew today again!

remember when a collective machine was hitech stuff?

01-13-2008 12:17 AM

payne1967
Veteran
Location: warwick uk

mine was a morley bell 47g
i've still got it and it's now fitted with a four stroke engine

heres my lastest bell 47g

01-13-2008 12:59 AM

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mavrick#1
Senior Heliman
Location: ON, CAN

first heli

My first was a Caliber 30
Had the swash plate set up wrong the first flight, so it did not last more then 2 seconds.
It flipped on it's side before ever getting in the air.
Total carnage, bought a new kit.
Had some help on my next heli, and this summer, 5 heli's later, hope to start on the 3D adventure.

A good day????......... is not crashing :)

01-22-2008 11:10 PM

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Heliflyer69
Senior Heliman
Location: Norcal.US

My 1st heli was a Kalt Colt, mid 1980's.

No parts support locally, so a hammer,concrete did an acceptable job of staightening the mainshaft lol

2nd was a ys 60 powered King Cobra, PCM9 single stick radio.

Heli noobs are spoiled today.

600N/Hyper 50
Murphys Law was written by a heli pilot

01-24-2008 08:37 PM

SteveH
rrProfessor
Location: Texas

Quote
Heli noobs are spoiled today.

Truer words were never spoken!

SteveH
Magnum Fuel
AMA76186

01-24-2008 08:48 PM

Copter Doctor
Elite Veteran
Location: daleville/ft.rucker, al

i agree

my first heli was a hirobo shuttle i bought new in 1986. radio was a 4 channel airplane radio with the os .28 it came with. i eventually got a gyro soon i learned of their existence. there were no buddy cords, flight sims or experienced fliers available to me. luckily, the library at my high school carried rc modeller magazine that was infested with heli articles, many catering to beginners. hovering found me in three months.

drive a rotary, fly a rotorcraft

01-24-2008 09:24 PM

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heliman1971
New Heliman
Location: Advance, NC USA

MY FIRST RC HELI

MY FIRST RC HELICOPTER WAS A SCHLUTER HELI-BOY...IT HAD AN OS-61 WITH A WEBRA HELIBALL MUFFLER AND IT SPORTED A FUTABA GOLD SERIES 7 CHANNEL STYLE TRANSMITTER RADIO WITH A FUTABA GYRO....

CHEERS, HELIMAN1971

01-27-2008 01:23 PM

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