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| 1542.1 | | REPAIR::TRIMMINGS | | Thu Jul 15 1993 04:16 | 13 |
| Hi Andy,I'll give you my advice gained recently.First of all before
buying anything I would find your local model club and find out what
they fly so they will find it easy to teach you to fly on the same
model.I went out and bought the model first,but the manager of the shop
I got it from and several members of the local club fly the same model.
You then have the choice of buying a an un-assembled kit or an almost
ready to fly kit (ARTF which I bought)which is not too hard to
make.Where I had problems,the shop I bought it from finnished it off
and helped me with my first flight.
Hope this helps,talk to you again later!!
Tyrone
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| 1542.2 | I can do that, gis a job... | UBOHUB::BELL_A1 | still they want more | Thu Jul 15 1993 06:27 | 11 |
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Hi Tyrone,
I currently own a Kalt Baron .60, however I've never flown this
or anyother helicopter, but i'm sure willing to learn and practise. So
with this in mind, can you please post the details of the 'club' that
you belong to. ie meeting place, time, dates etc..
ta
Alan
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| 1542.3 | You will need to join the club | REPAIR::TRIMMINGS | | Thu Jul 15 1993 08:38 | 11 |
| Alan,I'll post the names of some contacts at the club,or if you have
time,Andrew Green at the Hobby Shop in Oxford road might have the names
handy.I flew my concept on a Sunday afternoon which is one of the times
they meet,at the end of the A329 at the Thames Valley Business Park.You
turn right at the roundabout at the end of the motor way after going
over the flyover at the cemetary junction roundabout.The flying area is
at the end of the road that run parallel with the river.
Hope this helps.
Tyrone
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| 1542.4 | There's a wealth of knowledge in here already (and it's somewhat organized! 8^) | GAUSS::REITH | Jim 3D::Reith MLO1-2/c37 223-2021 | Thu Jul 15 1993 09:18 | 5 |
| There's a directory listing in 11.* by keyword (a lot of effort was put into
this in the past) and searching that with title=copter yeilds 11.792 which is
over a screens worth of chopper note references which should cover most of
your questions. All the advice in the previous three replies is reiterated
there and more.
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| 1542.5 | | WASTED::nadeau | Brian Nadeau | Sat Jul 17 1993 02:46 | 43 |
| Hi, I started flying helicopters about 2 years ago. About the best
advice I could give anyone would be to buy a copy of "Ray's Complete
Helicopter Manual". Everything you'll need to know is in there, over
200 pages of info.
>New vs used
You can save a lot of money with a used heli but you need to be real
careful. Make sure it's something you can still get parts for and
make sure the radio isn't a billion years old (I've seen one that didn't
mix throttle in with the collective pitch, not to mention it wasn't
1991 ready).
>Flying lessons
I can not provide any specifics but I can tell you that it is possible
to learn on your own, at least that's what I did. The first thing you
do is learn to hover and you should never be over 2 feet up. If you
get into trouble just cut the power. Of course you'll need a suitable
training gear mounted, I assume you've seen training gear used. Once
you get past that then you start to think about forward flight.
>Particular kits
In my experience Shuttles are real popular, as are Xcell. I happen
to fly a Schluter Magic. I would forget about anything electric, I
have a Kalt Wisper and it's real tricky to fly and setup. Get the
largest and most rugged heli you can afford, the big birds are easier
to fly IMO.
>Pitfalls
A crash can be expensive, avoid at all cost... Never get into the
air with anything you even remotely suspect as marginal, low fuel,
low battery, poorly balanced blades, etc. Any one thing can cause
a total loss of the model.
>Fuel
It's just your basic alcohol/nitro. Heli type fuel has a bit of extra
oil in it I think.
Brian
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| 1542.6 | - BMFA | KERNEL::ANTHONY | | Sat Jul 17 1993 10:19 | 25 |
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re .0
is wotvax
NLC Warrington, England - Full Logistics Operation??
then the Reading club is a bit far to go ... :^)
I would ring the BMFA (British Model Flying Ass.)
on 0533 440028 (Leicester no)
ask them for details of model clubs in your area. They freely
give out club secretay's telephone nos (I know 'cos I get these
enquiries..) Then visit the club before doing anything. ..
Don't buy anything , Don't try to fly on your own. You need
advise on what to buy and training. You also need insurance.
�16 BMFA subs buys you �5 Million insurance.
This is step 1 in this great hobby,
If you need futher help, then feel free to mail me
cheers
Brian
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