Bell 206 Jet Ranger
Chris Reibert ([email protected]) from Macedon, New York, submitted this photo of his RC Aerodyne Bell 206 Jet Ranger.
Pilot
Chris wrote that he has been in the hobby since he was six years old. He grew up next to a private airplane field and watched planes fly over his house from a very young age. He got into helicopters in the mid-’90s with a Lite Machines 110 thanks to Ray Stacy and has been hooked ever since. He enjoys flying 3-D but also likes to relax and fly scale birds.
Model
The Jet Ranger is a Chaos 600 stretched to a 700. It features hinged front doors that open, a full cockpit with instruments and seats, and cable cutters. Chris says, “Seeing something that big fly around the field is truly a sight to see. It carries so much field presence and is a sure hit to draw a crowd anytime it is in the air. I have taken it to over seven events this summer, both airplane and helicopter, and it gets the crowd on its feet and their cameras in the air.”
Specifications
- Motor: Scorpion HK 4025 1000 kV
- Servos: Align 610 cyclic servos and 620 tail servos
- Gyro: BeastX three-axis AR7200bx gyro
- ESC/BEC: Castle Creations HV100 ESC and BEC Pro
- Battery: Thor 22.2-volt 6S 5000 mAh 35C LiPo
- Flight time: Approximately five to six minutes
Photo details
MA Assistant Editor Jennifer Orebaugh took this photo in September 2012 during the Northeast Helicopter Jamboree at the Rochester AeroModeling Society (RAMS) field in Macedon. The image was shot with a Nikon D3100 at a 300mm focal length in Shutter Priority mode: f/6.3, 1/250 second, ISO 100.
Submit
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Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
