Radio Control: Helicopters
I FINISHED MY SX81, and I've begun familiarizing myself with the new machine. I'm enjoying the renewed regularity of my RC Helicopter flying and nervously look forward to participating in my first contest in quite a while. As I mentioned last month. Glenn Willison and I have been going to a local school to practice our flying skills: this, too, is an enjoyable situation, since until Glenn joined me I had been feeling like the Maytag repairman. Greensboro needs Helifliers. My enthusiasm for flying RC Helicopters seems to be somewhat dependent upon having around other folks with similar interest. And, despite my sport flier's priorities, there are few activities that gather interested people like a contest.
Radio Control: Helicopters
THIS MONTH we'll introduce the latest Schluter Helicopter and go through some of the construction. Those who have not seen the SX81 but have built and flown the Schluter Heliboy/Bell 222, will recognize many of the components in the SX81. The SX81 is an extension of proven Schluter components called "System 80." "System 80" is a concept of combinations. By combining Schluter sub-assemblies, such as drive trains, rotor heads, and fuselages, several different Helicopters become available as possibilities for the future.
Radio Control: Helicopters
HAVING EXPERIENCED a few frustrations of my own lately, I thought about the September issue and my description of the frustrations of Ron Cotrill's first attempts at flying RC Helicopters. Perhaps we Helicopter fliers do come across negatively at times. But then, part of the excitement of learning to fly Helicopters may be that for some of us it doesn't come easily. We often have few fliers in the immediate area with which to share frustrations, and (more importantly) with which to reflect on those opportunities to learn. Yes, the first frustration of a beginning RC Helicopter flier is often the lack of immediate success.
Radio Control: Helicopters
THOUGHT I'D SHARE this reprint from the May 1981 newsletter of the CORKS (Central Ohio Radio Kontrol Society). Dean Poeth edits The Cork and printed this article by Ron Cottrill. Thoughts of a Helicopter Pilot. "Over the past few years that I have been reading the CORKS Newsletters, I have never see any articles concerning the fun of flying Helicopters. After being the proud owner of a Cricket Helicopter, purchased from the resident "expert," for a period of three months, I now know why! The darned things are not meant to fly! In case any of you innocent members out there are contemplating purchasing one of these contraptions in the hopes of flying it in the near future, please read on!
Radio Control: Helicopters
THE TIME to catch up on those building projects approaches as I write this. Those of us below the Mason-Dixon line and to the southwest have to force ourselves to build, because good flying weather seems to go on and on. If you're like me, as long as one machine is flyable, building projects will gather dust on the workbench awaiting late returns from the flying field. For those of us who would rather be flying, good weather is bad for building (or writing). Today it's raining.
