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Antiques or Out of Business > What was your first RC Heli??
 
 
C-DOG
Veteran
Location: SunShineState

first heli

nexus
11-12-2003 Over year old.
 
 
fritz
Senior Heliman
Location: San Antonio, Texas 78232

FIRST ONE WAS A

CRICKET P.O.S. NEVER COULD FLY IT WELL, THEN A SCHLUTER MINIBOY, DAMN GOOD SOLID LITTLE HELO WITH A .40 AIRPLANE ENGINE ON IT, THEN A GMP COBRA, VERY FRAGILE, AND A HELISTAR .60 BY SCHLUTER, STARTED IN 1985, SPENT A COUPLE YEARS AT IT, THEN QUIT, GOT A BARON 28 IN 1988, DIDNT DO MUCH WITH IT, NOW HAVE A HAWK SPORT AND A P.O.S. PICOLO WASTE OF MONEY.
11-13-2003 Over year old.
 
 
Prolodoc (passed)
Senior Heliman
Location: Cookeville, TN, USA

Dubro

Mine was the Dubro Whirlybird. And yes, I actually got it to fly! Once. That was in 1974.

Later< Prolodoc

I saw an adult one time.....I was not impressed....I refuse to grow up....
11-16-2003 Over year old.
 
 
jed
Heliman
Location: Homer, IL USA

First Whirlybird

GMP Cricket with ENYA 30SS and a good old Futaba 4ch AM Radio...

Sweet and Simple...
But A B%$#@H to FLY...
11-26-2003 Over year old.
 
 
thill
Heliman
Location: Texarkana, Arkansas

 My first heli was a GMP Cricket, somewhere around 1982 or 83.
12-09-2003 Over year old.
 
 
heli13
Heliman
Location: Grovetown, Ga.

Kyosho Nexus 30...
12-15-2003 Over year old.
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Raptor_in_Swede
Senior Heliman
Location: Stockholm /Sweden

First Heli:
A second hand ( and worned out) Concept 30 DX/SE with Magnum(TT) 36H engine, Futaba mechanical gyro and Futaba 5 channel Heliradio. Learned everything about mechanical trimming on that heli.

Raptor 30V1/TT39H/Hatori#415/GY401_9253
Hirobo GPH GT/TT50H/Hatori #544/GY401_9254
RD8000
12-22-2003 Over year old.
 
 
Ted Toth
Elite Veteran
Location: Myrtle Beach S.C.

Schluter champion kraft gold radio futaba mechanical gyro weber 60
had a built up rotor head wish i bought the superior had a
head like now and higher from boom. My first chrash boom strike
first flight in 80's
12-23-2003 Over year old.
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UK Helinut
Senior Heliman
Location: Gloucestershire

Heim Helimax 40 with Irvine 40 ABC, no gyro, std radio.
The good old days!!!!!!!
12-26-2003 Over year old.
 
 
Ramster
Senior Heliman
Location: NJ

My First Heli

Schluter Mini-Boy, Webra Speed 40, Simprop Tx/Rx.





Ron
01-06-2004 Over year old.
 
 
BladeRunner
Elite Veteran
Location: Ontario Canada. Member of "some sort" s

Lots of interesting stuff........also interesting is when everyone started.
I forgot to mention that I "flew" my Heli~Baby with a Kraft Sport Series radio....the one with the Yellow~Gold colored servos..metal case TX same color......It was a great radio system, I crashed that system ...dare I say it?..In more than a few planks before it went into the Schluter.........
01-07-2004 Over year old.
 
 
Salty
Elite Veteran
Location: Jville Fl...Ahhhh getting better

My first was a nexus 30...then I got involved with a whole fleet of kalt cyclones.....still got the nexus....picked up a small fleet of rappys and coulnt be happier....that nexus is still a good little flyer to take out and beat up!
01-09-2004 Over year old.
 
 
TSK_Flyer
Heliman
Location: Sweden

My first heli was Hirobo 555

/Swen-Erik
01-10-2004 Over year old.
 
 
BladeRunner
Elite Veteran
Location: Ontario Canada. Member of "some sort" s

After an....ah..... extended break... I came back with the Nexus, still have it as well. I was trying to "shoe~horn" it into a Bell 222 that I have. The 222 originally had a Concept in it. The Nexus is a bit "tall" to go into the Bell. I have since picked up a couple of Concepts and "some day" will refit one into the 222 and fly it that way.......there is a pic of the 222 in my gallery if anyone wants to have a look...
01-10-2004 Over year old.
 
 
jvanscoyk
Veteran
Location: Tucson, AZ

American R/C Mantis... it ROCKED... nah not really

Bought an American R/C Mantis back in the late 70's. By today's standards it was a huge piece of crap. Started out with an OS 40FSR airplane engine, wood side frames and plank style radio hardware. The starting belt was held together with 2 eye hooks. It started out wood and then they came out with plastic side frames which I upgraded to. A local friend/heli flyer who flew a Heli-Boy checked it out for me and showed me that it could fly. I could not get the thing to hover. The old OS 40FSR would go to full throttle if the linkage would come disconnected so as you can guess that's what happened. Went to full throttle while I was attempting to hover it. Was the last time I attempted to fly it.

In 1987 a friend came back from Japan with a Baron 50. It sat at his house half completed for over a yr. After pestering him for months he finally let me have it to finish it and get it into the air. It was a very stable hovering machine. I basically learned to hover on someone else's dime. Went out and bought a Shuttle XX for myself and have been flying on and off ever since.

must go faster, must go faster.........
01-19-2004 Over year old.
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arrio
Senior Heliman
Location: Newport News, VA

Schluter-Hegi Cobra was my first RC heli in 1972, A huge model with fixed blade pitch. Had a Veco 61 in it. Painted it up in Army green with the shark mounth on the chin. Used the big tripod landing gear that came with the kit and learned to hover with it. Never flew it forward flight. Had no place to put into flight at the time. Sold the heli a year later.

"fly it like you hate it"
Alfred (arrio) Riopel "more toys than time"
01-19-2004 Over year old.
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fast_lad
Senior Heliman
Location: Preston, Lancashire, UK

Venture

First heli was a JR venture.. Smashed it three times and 1.5 years later I still have it and it still flys pretty well.. Goes out of track easily, apart from that, not a bad one to learn on..

Chris

Team Avant
Team V blades
Magnum Fuels
Team Thunder Power
Fast Lad Performance
01-19-2004 Over year old.
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noname
Veteran
Location: .

Nexus 30 w/46 upgrade ... dam, I hated that heli ! My second heli was a Concept 46VR which was even worst The good thing about it was it gave me a reason to by a 3rd
01-24-2004 Over year old.
 
 
blueeyedpop
Senior Heliman
Location: westlake village, CA

EH-550

Turned it to aluminum pulp by the time I was done with it
01-26-2004 Over year old.
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KopterKat
Senior Heliman
Location: Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Concept 30 SRT

She was my first, My last , My everything....( a little Barry White)
01-28-2004 Over year old.
 
 
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