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

Eagle
Senior Heliman
Location: Australia

Started With a 60

My first Heli was a Hirobo Tsurugi in a BK117 body. The guy how was selling it won it in a raffle and had no intentions of flying Helis. I bought and started to learn flying heli with the body on. About 1 month later I had purchased all the parts to change it back to Pod and Boom and flew it for 10 months without an incident.

It finally died when the receiver antenna was caught in the rotor head and ripped it cleaned out, happened during a roll.

11-06-2002 Over year old.

midwestpilot
Elite Veteran
Location: Crystal Lake, IL

GMP Cricket..circa 1983

I think back to the old days....flying my GMP Cricket...and think.... what the hell happend to all those years...

In life there is no spacebar!

Rich Erikson AMA 6175

11-06-2002 Over year old.

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rockier
Key Veteran
Location: Las Vegas

Mine was a Ergo 60 Sport

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11-06-2002 Over year old.

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flawless1
Heliman
Location: Fort Wayne IN.

First heli

Sceadu 30 Just started in May, and loving it!!!!!!

11-07-2002 Over year old.

wjvail
Senior Heliman
Location: Meridian, Mississippi

Funny you should ask. It was (is) an X-Cell 1001 kit. Bent metal frames, wood servo tray, home built wood blades, OS .61SFN and Futaba mechanical gyro.... and I just got done putting it back just so and flew it this week! I put a new pistion/cylinder and set of bearings in the motor so it was sloppy rich and the trusty rusty gyro did not like that... and it was windy... and the gyro (with a 5101 servo) didn't like that ether!... and dam that muffler is loud... I don't remember that...

I wouldn't trade it for the world but in the end, I like my 601 gyros and GV-1 and NEW X-Cell carbon SE/OS .91!

Bill Vail

11-08-2002 Over year old.

Obsessive
Key Veteran
Location: 41.73N 71.41W

Kyosho Concept 30 SR-X, OS32FH, Futaba 7UHPS

11-08-2002 Over year old.

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johnboy
Veteran
Location: South Lincolnshire nr Peterborough UK

MFA SPORT 500

OOOOOO in about 1998-9 , I wish you lucky new guys could try this one.

you thought 3D was hard , some one should have one rigged up at a fly in , and see if you could hover it for 2 mins, 4 servos and no gyro, no collective, And i did it all for fun

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01-20-2003 Over year old.

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Cormac
Senior Heliman
Location: Nanaimo B.C.

My first heli was a 20 year old 60 size schluter

01-20-2003 Over year old.

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v22chap
Senior Heliman
Location: Howe, Indiana

I 'm dating myself along with the other two guys,but I must have been the first to have the Dubro 505 as I had mine in 1968 area.
Was way to hard to do anything much with it but it did get the basics.Then in 69 I proceeded to a Dubro Huges 300 ( first good forward flight and landings ) with O&R chain saw motor.In 1971 I considered my self good enough to buy a Kavan Jet Ranger.Now this was the bird back then and I guess some still fly them.

Larry

Larry C ----------Bergen R/C helicopters

01-20-2003 Over year old.

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2LTime
Veteran
Location: Walworth,NY

Mine was an LMH 100+ bought used. I got it to roll and loop. Forward flight made the tail ineffective. Once the engine quit at the top of a loop about 150 ft. up. Came straight down inverted. Cost to repair...... 57 cents for a link rod. That's why I liked it. It also fit in the car well.

Jeff

01-20-2003 Over year old.

Rotor
Key Veteran
Location: USA

Raptor 30. Wasn't everyones first heli a Raptor? I know Seneca loves his!!!

My motto is this..Fly...Rebuild...Fly

01-21-2003 Over year old.

mdu6
Veteran
Location: Montreal

My first heli was a GMP Competitor
OS45 engine with 5 channel JR radio

01-21-2003 Over year old.

SteveH
rrProfessor
Location: Texas

Mine Was A GMP Cobra

It was 1985 and I started with a GMP Cobra, an OS .40 airplane engine with clamp-on heatsink head, a Kraft gyro, and an ACE Silver Seven AM radio that I built from a kit. Believe it or not, learned to fly with that thing!

01-21-2003 Over year old.

Airman98
Key Veteran
Location: Southern Illinois

Concept 30 with OS32
Tim

01-21-2003 Over year old.

airman02
Senior Heliman
Location: Southern Illinois

JR Venuture with OS 32.

01-21-2003 Over year old.

Terry Moore
Heliman
Location: Yuma Arizona

1st Heli

Kyosho Nexus 30S, learned basic flight and nose-in, replaced with a Sceadu 50.

Terry

01-21-2003 Over year old.

DaveyMG
Heliman
Location: Central NI, New Zealand

Hirobo Shuttle Z w/ mechanical gyro and JR X-378

Then moved up to Hirobo Condor 60, JR PCM10.

The Condor met its demise when the Rx battery flew out of the front of the canopy after a particularly aggressive stall turn

That was a few years back. Current model is a Vigor CS, OS91, 10X

Dave
NZ

01-21-2003 Over year old.

davej
Senior Heliman
Location: Tiptree Essex England

Mine was a secondhand Kalt Cyclone, tried to hover it for several weeks gave up bought a Robbe Mosquito Expert hovered it sucessfully first flight.

01-21-2003 Over year old.

SUGGSMK69
Heliman
Location: East Ridge, TN

1ST HELI

My first one was a GMP Cricket, no gyro. Learned to hover, somewhat, several crashes later got a .50 GMP Cobra, learned forward flight but would not turn nose-in. Had to backup to get back to landing area. A few years later got a Kyosho Concept .30, learned to fly, then graduated to a JR Ergo .60 Sport.

GALATIANS 2:20

01-21-2003 Over year old.

The Newtron
Senior Heliman
Location: Hot ASS Phoenix Az

Kalt Cyclone 50

My 1st helicopter was a KALT Cyclone 50. Oh my God! What a nightmare. I have video of this thing with floats on it etc. My learning curve was totally destroyed.

Based on the plactic pitch slider etc. Oh my goodness. I still wake up in the middle of the night screaming "Cyclone" Aaaaahhh Run!

Yeah, I need help...

BiG Newt

01-23-2003 Over year old.

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