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Antiques or Out of Business > What was your first RC Heli??

Jim Patterson
Senior Heliman
Location: AREA 51 Roswell

My first heli was a Kalt Baron 50. Cost me $900 in parts to teach myself how to fly it. No sims back then. Next I found a blue Shuttle at a garage sale for $90. It was very easy to fly compared to the underpowered Kalt. I lost it due to a radio problem, and purchased a brand new Concept 30 which I still have and is actually airworthy. It's the one on the far right in the photo of my heli rack in my gallery.

Jim

Highly addicted to carbon fiber.....

01-05-2006 Over year old.

bradraptor30
Senior Heliman
Location: SOUTH CAROLINA

raptor 30 v2

01-05-2006 Over year old.

slider46
rrProfessor
Location: Gloversville, NY

Here was my first love a Schluter miniboy. Mechanical mixing on the tail and I flew it with a single stick proline radio. I wish I still had that bird....

Tom..... No "D" flying....

01-13-2006 Over year old.

Intrepid175
Heliman
Location: Texas City, TX

Slider46 said:

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Here was my first love a Schluter miniboy. Mechanical mixing on the tail and I flew it with a single stick proline radio. I wish I still had that bird....

I understand that. I've always wanted to find a Horizon, new in the box to build and fly today. I always thought it wasn't that bad a machine to learn to hover on but I'd really like to try one again, now that I know how to fly!

Fly Safe,
Steve R.

01-13-2006 Over year old.

RAPTOR ROACH
Heliman
Location: Port Elizabeth

Morley F1 carbon for sale

I have a Morley F1 Carbon that i would like to sell
if anyone is interested It has a only flown once and has a brand new
OS 60WC that has run for about 0.5hr I would like to part with it because there is no spares available for it in South Africa.

01-31-2006 Over year old.

Jimmi
Key Veteran
Location: Southern Ca. U.S.A.

My first helicopter was an american revolution back in the early 80s. But the second helicopter which I owned and learned the most on was the hirobo shuttle which is a great helicopter Jimmi

Build the best, fly the best, crash the best

02-19-2006 Over year old.

seflyer
Senior Heliman
Location: Northern California, Redding

1984 or so, GMP Cricket, still have it, maybe i'll fly it again some day
kevin

My heli is right side up -- the world is upside down

02-19-2006 Over year old.

sunfm
Senior Heliman
Location: Chemainus BC Canada

Raptor 50 V2

was my first heli

i sold it now

and my current heli is Align Trex 450 XL HDE

good thread !

02-21-2006 Over year old.

HOMEPAGE

Bohnhead
Heliman
Location: Sioux Falls,SD. USA

First Heli

Schlueter Champion. Put over 50 gallons thru it with not a single problem. German Quality. This was many years ago.

Quick Charge,Fuel, and let's go Flying!!!

02-21-2006 Over year old.

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RAPTOR ROACH
Heliman
Location: Port Elizabeth

My first heli

My first heli was a Kalt Cyclone 50

Then i bought a Shuttle ZX wich was better

until the Raptor 50 thats when i really advanced

i can really recomend this heli for anyone wanting to start RC Helicopters

02-21-2006 Over year old.

Betofazzo
Senior Heliman
Location: Venezuela

My first nitro heli was Shuttle Z 3erd generation (still have), whit O.S. 32F-H, Jr mechanic ball bearing gyro.(upgrade later whit HH gyro)
And my 1st. electric heli was Helimax Rotofly (sold).:)

02-28-2006 Over year old.

Kingair Cap
Heliman
Location: Las Vegas, NV.

I had a Baron 28 with an OS 32 cone start because that belt was a pain in the neck. Not to mention the starters with pullies on them cost more! This was back in the late 80's early 90's we would get together at a high school called Vo-Tech. I grew up flying with guys like Chip Hyde back when he was with JR. In fact I remember being out one morning hovering like always, Chip had a van with JR logos all over it but he was flying TSK's at the time. His collective went out on him and the heli dropped from like 6 ft, climbed back up, dropped and hit the ground again and was crunched. He walked over to his van, threw the broken machine in the back and pulled out a new one and continued flying. We gave him lots of grief about that but he's good for it. I haven't seen those guys in years but I'm finally get back in town. The Enforcer was the machine that really taught me the most. It flew differently everyday and was so nice to start with the convenient cone starter coming up thru the canopy! You had to have a remote glow plug or a 9" glow driver. Those were fun times..

03-01-2006 Over year old.

Kiwi Wanabe
Heliman
Location: Golden Bay,New Zealand

Raptor 30v2

03-08-2006 Over year old.

leejax01
Senior Heliman
Location: Jax. Fl.

First was a Kyosho Nexxus.

Perfect practice makes perfect

03-09-2006 Over year old.

BarracudaHockey
rrMaster
Location: Orange Park FL

American R/C Revolution 40

AMA 77227
http://www.jaxrc.com

03-09-2006 Over year old.

jvanscoyk
Veteran
Location: Tucson, AZ

I just got a Revolution 40 kit, new in the box from a friend who's father passed away and left it behind.

The engine was missing from the kit though I've already aquired a K&B 40 is reasonably good shape from someone on Ebay.

I was reading the building instructions and I thought it was unbelievable that they wanted you to hold the tail boom and bring the power up to a hover 2 feet off the ground to trim it out and get the engine adjusted properly. Way to scarey for me.

Jim

must go faster, must go faster.........

03-10-2006 Over year old.

HOMEPAGE

BarracudaHockey
rrMaster
Location: Orange Park FL

I never tried that trick. I got mine to hover but the tail was hard to keep under control in those days.

AMA 77227
http://www.jaxrc.com

03-10-2006 Over year old.

Gary Hoorn
Key Veteran
Location: Annapolis Maryland USA

I had a couple of Dubro Helis before my Revolution 40. The Revolution is the one I really learned to fly with. The loss of the K&B 40 is really no loss as the engine was so non-linear in throttle response it made the bird harder to fly. I used an OS40 and after trimming it flew fine. If you have the original blade holder you need two wrenches to bend it and set the tracking. Far cry from today

Gary

03-12-2006 Over year old.

James Bond 007
Heliman
Location: Johnson City, Tn

My first heli was a Kyosho Concept 30 DX. It went though several crashes and rebuilds. This was in the late 80's. It had a OS motor and a Gyro. I used Futaba radio equipment then and still use Futaba equipment to this day. I have sold it and moved on to bigger and better Helis. If there had only been simulators then.

James Bond 007
Universal Exports

03-16-2006 Over year old.

853633
Heliman
Location: Harpursville, NY USA

MFA Sport 500

Now back into choppers, 20 years later, I have a MFA Sport 500 with Hughes 500 fuse...

I had an old Airwolf when I was a kid (13), don't remember many of the details, had it for all of 30 seconds of flight, and crashed into the pond, where it sank like a rock some 20 odd feet to a mud bottom...

Tony Z

Crash Test Pilot

"I'm not crazy, I'm in recovery!"

03-17-2006 Over year old.

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