dug out photo of my first near scale helicopter

[Dizzy]

whilst sorting my photo,s that are still loose from years back i found this thought i would share



She was all metal flew like a brick but looked brill in the air  :)

Motor was a enya 35 but changed it out for a irwine40 with a steel clutch with cork pads.

This model pushed me to purchase my collection of Baron 50,s and a baron30. and  after meeting Len Mount a leading champion figure in the RC heli world it gave me the urge to throw a lot of money at the hobby :( ;) LOL

So much fun though everything was so new  :D

dizzy :)

[Coyote]

Its all a bit different now isn't it :) Lovely looking model

[Charliewalker]

That brings back some memorys! I had a Kalt Baron 50, Beautifuly built all metal construction, & I met Len & his wife down at a Pontins model makers festival at Brean Sands must have been late 70's, he was flying the lawn mower & a jungmeister 1/3 or 1/2 scale if I remember right at the time, really nice guy,I did have some pics as I've allways been into photography, if I can find anything interesting I'll post them up,can't promise anything though. 
   

[Dizzy]

That brings back some memorys! I had a Kalt Baron 50, Beautifuly built all metal construction, & I met Len & his wife down at a Pontins model makers festival at Brean Sands must have been late 70's, he was flying the lawn mower & a jungmeister 1/3 or 1/2 scale if I remember right at the time, really nice guy,I did have some pics as I've allways been into photography, if I can find anything interesting I'll post them up,can't promise anything though. 
   

LOL pontins brings back memories for me i went for a lot of years to that do, thats where i first seen leds on a plane night flying, I agree with you Charliewalker Len mount seemed a very amiable guy with plenty of knowledge on helicopters i met him at a meet in devon he arrived in a jet ranger too :D

dizzy :)

[Charliewalker]

small world ain't it!

[Granpaw Jonah]

Nice looking helicopter Dizz.... she looks like she might go off water? That'd be brave!
G.J.   ^-^

[chris-s]

Fancy model with collective pitch, my first was fixed pitch and no gyro. These modern heli fliers don't know ow lucky they are!


Chris

[Dizzy]

Fancy model with collective pitch, my first was fixed pitch and no gyro. These modern heli fliers don't know ow lucky they are!



Chris

LOL look closer Chris pic was in 75 no giro and one of the first collective heads with sliding servos,  ;)

dizzy :)

[MarkLincs]

Thats a nice old heli

[Granpaw Jonah]

... I tried flying without giro a couple of times... got to take my hat off to you,  after hours tinkering and getting the tail rotor trim about right I found it damn near impossible... no that's a lie.. Impossible! I plugged it all back together before I totally wrecked the poor thing.
G.J.

[Dizzy]

... I tried flying without giro a couple of times... got to take my hat off to you,  after hours tinkering and getting the tail rotor trim about right I found it damn near impossible... no that's a lie.. Impossible! I plugged it all back together before I totally wrecked the poor thing.
G.J.

Yep happy days i started by flying with the tail teathered flying into wind till i was confident but even after she was set up properly i always ended up facing a different way in the hover i did fit a mechanical gyro in the end after about 6 months of crashes and repairs but they were so dear back then to buy the floats were real btw but she was so heavy its unlikily she would have floated tbh but helped with my bouncy landings  :D
Oh and a little snippet the tail rotor gearbox was metal spiral cut bevel wheels in a oil bath reservoir run from a piano wire shaft :D

dizzy ;)

[Granpaw Jonah]

 Sounds like a bit of 'Bush technology'...... :laugh:

[Dizzy]

Sounds like a bit of 'Bush technology'...... :laugh:

LOL I do wish i had kept her though  :+

and my barons too come to that  :)

dizzy

[Devonian]

Heh, my first 'copter was a MicroMold Lark - gave it away 10 years ago  :(

Heres' an example (flown on 459MHz too)

Flybar-less Lark

Nigel.

[MarkLincs]

Reminds me of this Hirobo Lama I had