sbalder
Senior Heliman
Location: Westland, Michigan
| I had a Kalt Cyclone when I was in high school. Carried that pile of crap around in my car, but I was always afraid someone would smash out the window and put 2 more Cyclones in! I have no fond memories of this pig. Unfortunately I pitched it out when I was cleaning up my parent's basement 2 months before I learned about eBay and that there were sentimental jerks like me who still liked to mess around with these old machines and could have gotten some use out of it.
That boom was a unique piece of fiberglass art and I've never come across a piece of material like it, even though I build my own booms now. It might be possible to expand a piece of aluminum tube on a lathe, or use a tube that fits the smaller end and machine a sleeve to undersize the larger end.
If you keep the Cyclones 'cause they are neat old birds that remind us all of how good we have it today, more power to you. On the other hand, if your "generous" uncle gave it to you or your wife found it a yard sale and you want to learn how to fly on it, I'd recommend putting it aside and learning on a modern machine. The slipping tail belt alone will challenge even the best pilot!
Have fun!
-Steven Balder |
any info would be greatly appreciated (I will consider trades, I have one great (read New 1 flight) kalt cyclone and three other helis I call parts birds all they are lacking is tailbooms....HINT HINT)
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got a chuckle out of me on that one.... well the tubing expander works Exceptionally well, with one caviot, (I took the advice of a kind heliguy and practiced on a bent up boom first) If you do it cold it will split, I cut that section off and tried again this time heating the end up very gently with a propane torch, just where it gets that dull scabby look before it gets red and melts in a flash. and then crank on the expander and your in bizeness. that being said its hard to do that and get 22mm the first time...so a little tweeking with it cold and it streched out enough to work.
next up seeing if the rappy equip will work, that may make my life easier
heck I may say heck with it put it in the classifieds and get out of the old heli biz....heck I couldopen up a machine shop and had two new heli's built in the amount of time it took me to make one boom and a clutch system...errrr Any Kalt freaks out there looking for a serious amount of parts????really, I'm serious....
