Radio Control: Helicopters
THIS MONTH we take a look at Gorham Model Products' latest venture, the Special Edition Stork. This kit typifies the excellent cooperation between GMP and Hirobo. Hirobo created a machine for the Japanese market that featured some really neat state of the art ideas. However, this version had a few features which aren't welcomed in the U.S. market, such as a unique engine and wheeled undercarriage. Always thinking, GMP "Gorhamized" the Stork and came up with a dynamic new machine so superb that Hirobo is now importing the GMP Special Edition Stork for the Japanese market.
Radio Control: Helicopters
THIS MONTH we're going to look at gyros. I know, ever since Collin Cameron Tough started publishing RC Helicopters Magazine you've all been told that gyros are necessary-but why? A gyro, as used on a model Helicopter, is employed to dampen the movement around the yaw axis. Depending on how much gain or authority the gyro possesses, the tail can be transformed into a gentle kitten instead of a twisting, feisty tiger. What a gyro is exactly, is "a very sensitive magnetic motion sensor." But all you have to do is think of it as the little black box that makes your tail rotor much more manageable.
Radio Control: Helicopters
WELCOME BACK. I'm really sorry I left you hanging for a month, but unforeseen circumstances did not allow me to finish my column in time for last month's issue. In the last column I was discussing gyros and how to install them. As always, when I describe a list of products, I seem to inadvertently leave someone out. When recently talking with Tony Moreno of Morley Helicopters, I found that they also market two high quality stick-authority gyros. If you are interested in the Morley Gyro or any ship in their fine line of Helicopters, why don't you drop them a line: Morley Helicopters, P.O. Box 6026, San Pedro, CA 90734.
