webbhost
Key Veteran
Location: england - Leicester
| with a little practice i dont think it would be too hard 
Controlling each rotorhead individually would be a cheap way of doing it, - althrough at the same time it could turn out to be like trying to hover first time using a heli or simulator lol..
Maybe spend out on a few gyro's to help on the cylics through lol
i do know it would be a really nice challenge doing it like that too.
Hmm another thing strikes me, needs more than 5 channels.
Maybe if i put throttle on a governer channel, and then 2 channels for each pitch
Modify a cheap controller with 2 sliders on each side -
You get a switch that would activate throttle, and let a governer keep the RPM, modify the left stick so that the click movement is gone and you have a springed stick, like the right hand stick.
This gives you 2 cylics which will work nicely, and can be trimmed seperatly.
Each slider will control 1 rotor pitch.
To move foward, move both cylics fowards, and apply more blade pitch to the rear end, to move left and right cylics, push both sticks to the right, and vice versa. To rotate heli, move cylic sticks in opposite directions (I THINK?) - counters to keep helicopter upright, but because of the cylics being tilted, wind direction would make the helicopter move in circles?
Also im guessing that having 2 rotor heads that counter-rotate - this would eliminate the biggst need for a gyro as is the same with the little indoor ones with counter-rotating blades?
Edit --
on second thoughts im guessing for foward flight, back would be higher in pitch (until the helicopter is tilted fowards, then as the helicopter progresses fowards, pull back onto the cylics, so that the blades are horiontal. (pull back to this point when you have enough foward movement).. to stop the foward flight, you would increase front pitch, and push foward on cylics etc... Me thinks i have something going here lol ill have to post the link of the thing crashing into the floor when it happens.
Id also guess that by keeping your cylics horisontal, but back higher
than front, you can also hover it at a angle.
Hardest bit i think would be connecting the tail boom to both helicopters, would have to shorten the boom, and cut out a D shape from the tail end so that it can fit into the other raptor. - would also have to be done in a way that keeps the helicopters exactly parralel with each other - have to be very accurite.
This could be interesting.. atleast with 2 raptor 50's i would have 2 chances at gettign the tailboom correct lol.
would also have to figure out how im going to get the belt twisted 180 degrees without causing binding in the middle.. that bit is going to get me thinking - unless i have the boom there for support and divert the drive belt via a seperate method. 1 option i would have would be to try and insert a tail cog 1/2 way down the shaft, thus the belt has to run on the belt and not on the other side of the belt
meh |
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