jbeech
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Location: Sanford, FL (Orlando area)
| They actually fly pretty nicely albeit quite slowly on cyclic and look great once they're in the air. I've had several of the Kavan products including the 286 with retracting skids, the Alouette II, and of course, the Jet Ranger, which flew pretty nicely. Franz Kavan was ahead of his time in many ways, but for scale the real deal was Hirobo.
With respect to trainers, what the Germans call a pod-and-boom machine like what we almost all fly these days, the "man" was Mr. Dieter Schlüter. If you get a chance, eyeball one of his designs like the Champion, Heliboy, or Scout and you'll see many of the things we take for granted today.
John Beech - GM (and janitor)
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bought it used, No gyro but the collective had a mechanical mix to the TR. I flew it straight out and straight back at me never getting above 15ft. I finally dumped it in the grass before it got back to me.
No planks or anything. He couldn't believe I flew it back at me nose in so long and not loose it sooner. We became friends and sadly my financial status wouldn't let me continue the hobby back then. So I waited 22 years and got back into it in 2002. Billy had passed away long before 02. That FIRST heli will always stick in my mind. 
