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    • February 6, 2004 at 9:09 am #12012
      Pork_Hunt
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      I had this idea about 10 seconds after the first time i saw a micro r/c helicopter… How easy/good/cheap could an R/C chinook be done? Anyone have any information on them?

      http://www.simlabs.arc.nasa.gov/vms/vms_images/chinook.jpeg

    • February 6, 2004 at 1:48 pm #49498
      ph2t
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      lol, you’d be wantin’ to get the speed of each rotor matched otherwise it would make for some pretty interesting areobatics…..

    • February 6, 2004 at 2:25 pm #49500
      betty.k
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      awww i dunno, a helicopter that flies like a drop punt would be hysterical!!:D:8ball:

    • February 6, 2004 at 7:39 pm #49506
      oldtamiyaphile
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      You can buy a Micro Chinook style heli, it’s a cottage industry conversion based on two MSC Hornets, cost is something insane like US$1200 (not bad for a heli, but expensive for a micro electric).

    • February 6, 2004 at 10:31 pm #49508
      Pork_Hunt
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      The rotor speeds ain’t supposed to match, that is how you set up a forward and backward control

    • February 6, 2004 at 10:34 pm #49509
      trash
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      Are the rotor’s syncd with a driveshaft like a real eggbeater or are they free.
      It would be messy if they didn’t mesh correctly.
      I saw a glow plug one in wings and things a few years ago. Mmmmm…

    • February 7, 2004 at 9:06 pm #49520
      oldtamiyaphile
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      Each rotor is powered by it’s own motor, essentially, it’s two Hornets back to back. If you went brushless, then you’d have sync’d rpm (roughly at least).

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