i lay-byd a ducted jet turbine heli today guys

[remotebandit]

How are you all , well after months of looking at it , i put the deposit down on it .

Full on ducted jet turbine RC Heli . Over 2 meters long and 2.3Meter rotors .

If all goes well , should have it in the next 2 or so months .

Check the pix .

Adam .

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[Bowling Ball]

****! :D

[opAsx]

your a sick sick sick lucky man adam...

/me looks at piddly rc cars....

I WANT BIG COPTER DAMNIT!!!!

:P

[justo316]

WOW! Can it pull you up with it? hahaha

I was looking at the helis stanbridges had (little ones) and considered it for a minute the other day....

[JD]

holy shit! i want one!!

whats the wallet damage? :D

[opAsx]

can i ask a really rude question?

ballpark figure of cost of something so fking scary...

[remotebandit]

$9500 inc everything .

NO license required but you must be a registered member at a club for public liability purposes .

Guys , this thing smells identical to a 747 , if your within 50 meters of it when its running , you will smell like the airport .

Ive been uhhming and arring for ages over it but it was an impossibility but lets just say i found money as an un expected debt was mostly paid to me that was long gone dead and bueried as this bloke dissapeared , and the misses didnt know about it so i went and lay byd it with a promise of the balance coming in the next few months , hence when i pick it up .

If he doesnt pay me the balance , i can tell the misses this heli if for sale at a 3rd of the price ( thats all i owe on it now and she dont know ive left money on it allready ) and for $3,000 the argument with her will only last a week so its worth it .

You single guys just wont understand ... hehe .

Adam .

[Matt]

can you fly remote control heli's? theyre complicated things.

[remotebandit]

its the GPH 66R King .

THe only info i could find on it is from this website :



90,000 RPM , full computerised control via ECU extrenal unit with display etc .

Its totally off its head .

[JD]

holy moly, expensive :P

But i know how to 'generate' money heheheeeee

does it run on av-gas or something?

looks kinda "plasticy" or is it ment to be like that for some reason that i don;t know

[opAsx]

its too fking scary :D

i can handle crashing $1k no probs but crashing $10k and having to clean the crater it leaves would be a little heartbreaking :P

[remotebandit]

all carbon fibre including the body .

It runs on propane to get it going for the first 30 or so seconds then switches a propine / kerosein mix . Ive seen it startt 3 times and ive shit myself 3 times .

Ive been flying helis since i was 14 and im now 32 so yeah , no issues , just time for something different .

[remotebandit]

sorry , heres the link for the turbine engine its got , its the 66 R

http://www.v-eastonline.com/PAHL-USA.htm

[JD]

yea i see the carbon fibre, but can the gears be upgraded to metal?

[opAsx]

can it fly upside down?

i couldnt think of a more fun way to mow the lawn :D

[remotebandit]

nah JD , you MUST ALWAYS leave any heli gearing as plastic , a gear will cost you $50 - $100 where as if its metal and it doesnt give way if you crash or whatever , the repair on mounts etc would cost you a fortune and most cases youd never be able to lign it up properly again , in fact on this model youd probably crack the shaft off the turbine if it was a metal gear and it didnt give way .

[JD]

Check out the detail on this one, same turbine me thinks



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[JD]

nah JD , you MUST ALWAYS leave any heli gearing as plastic , a gear will cost you $50 - $100 where as if its metal and it doesnt give way if you crash or whatever , the repair on mounts etc would cost you a fortune and most cases youd never be able to lign it up properly again , in fact on this model youd probably crack the shaft off the turbine if it was a metal gear and it didnt give way .


Yeh i thought there would be a reason for it... i just didn;t know what lol

[remotebandit]

i dont mind the looks of those , they look heaps better than mine though

[remotebandit]

some of my other helis ( minus 3 )

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[JD]

heh sweet... and expensive :P

[justo316]

I now know who to turn to if I ever get a heli

[remotebandit]

with pleasure guys and if any of you are out Melbourne way , maybee a tee up on the maiden flight of the turbine will be promising .

[BAGES]

ADAM THAT IS NUCKING FUTS! !silly !lmao !bow

[JD]

attach a camera to the chopper as well :)

[azzachaz]

10 PP

[Matt]

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[justo316]

Seriously Remotebandit, I just woke up from having a dream I bought an RC heli. It was electric powered and only about a foot big, but it went awesome inside and out. A bit sketchy here and there and the controller was the crap of crapola but it was wicked fun!!! Only a dream though.... :(

[Matt]

were your pants wet when you woke?

[justo316]

geez...way to go tell everyone matto

[remotebandit]

lmfao , dreams can come true justo .

[glasstraxx]

dont crash it or i will shoot you

[remotebandit]

thanx for the advice glasstraxx , you smiley face bandit ... hehe .

Should be all good , if i want to get excited all ive got to do it start it up and there my enjoyment but yeah , i wont be getting cocky with it on inverted flights etc as i do with the others . Ill treat this 1 as a real 1 .

Adam .

[jim007]

The owner of my LHS has an awesome chopper too... A couple of weeks ago he landed it upside down.
Pieces of carbon fibre rotors flew every where.
$2500 later and it's almost fixed. LOL
They tell me it looked spectacular!!

And I cried when I snapped my Mini-T chassis.

[4orce]

We've got a guy here on the Tweed who has a 2.4 metre 4 rotor jet turbine scale heli - can't remember the name of it, it's a scale of the largest heli in the world (the original has 8 rotors). To date I believe it's set him back 22K - scratch built. He also has jets worth over 28K - trashed one in a high speed inverted landing, nothing salvagable.

Me I'll stick to my RC planes (and cars), over 20 planes of differing types and 1 electric heli. + 2 iwavers and a TC4.... S*%t no wonder I'm broke... !yikes

[JD]

I've always wanted to get into the gas RC air planes. But they cost too much :P

[BALISTC]

****in hardcore....thats all I have to say!!

[danhfvcsd]

We've got a guy here on the Tweed who has a 2.4 metre 4 rotor jet turbine scale heli - can't remember the name of it, it's a scale of the largest heli in the world (the original has 8 rotors). To date I believe it's set him back 22K - scratch built. He also has jets worth over 28K - trashed one in a high speed inverted landing, nothing salvagable.


HOLY CRAP!!! where does he fly it at? I wanna check it out -lol-

and r/bandit - that thing is incredible!!! Congratulations on the purchase man - the paint job is awesome too :)

[4orce]

He has to fly it at either Evans Heads Nth NSW or Coolum, Sunshine Coast. He does fly hi Heli from time to time at Round Mountain (Cabarita), Sunday mornings if he's there. All of his planes are big and exy. He has 3 or 4 golden era racers all with minimum 100cc twin cyl motors, and a 100cc powered Extra 300S aerobatic plane.

BTW Agree completely, the pain job is awesome. Love to see you fly it. Good heli pilots are great to watch!!!

RC planes don't have to be dear, you can get a complete package for between 300-400 new, includes basic 4 channel radio, trainer (almost ready to fly - minimal building) airframe and 46 size motor, all ideal to start on. Add a batter to start your glow engine and a starter, fuel and you're airborne. You'll always find someone willing to teach you until you can solo at your local club. (takes anything from a day to a couple of months, 1 day a week, min. 3 flights per day)

[danhfvcsd]

send him my email addy and tell him to email me when he's taking it out next -lmao-

[remotebandit]

good heli pilot ???? i dont know , this is a different league so will not be doing tricks , in fact i want to buy a proper body for it so its fully scale .

the paint job is sensational , he wanted $700 for the canopy sprayed but after i told him it was out of the question and to put an unsprayed 1 in for me , he couldnt find 1 so gave it for free ... go figure .

4orce , your spot on in the RC pkane depo , if you join a club ( bout $200 max a year ) there are instructors there that would love to teach for free and infact with todays radio gear , most have a trainer plug on the back so you can keep the transmitter in your hands and if you get into trouble , hell flick the trainer switch on his remote to save it . Its all easy to learn these days . I remember 20 years ago when i learnt on my first plane , half the challenge of learning was to build it correctly , stuff 1 thing up and your flight charectaristics were all over the place but now with the ARF stuff , thats half the battle .

Adam .

[Alan]

I plan to get my first plane in a few months so its good to know theres members to help me fly it with crashing and burning on its first flight.

[remotebandit]

well cheer you on for your maiden crash Alan , just attach pix and well also grade it for you as we have the best bunch of judges here ... hehe .

Welcome to TA mate .

Adam .

[JD]

half the battle or half the fun? :P

[4orce]

This is one of my pylon racing planes. This one gets raced in the sportsman class reaching speeds of about 180kph (5-10metres off the ground). I was lucky enough to win the Qld State titles with this one last year. Scary thing is that I haven't had a chance to fly it since and I'm supposed to defend it in about 6 weeks...no chance !silly

I have faster planes, one does about 250kph (Advanced Sport class), managed to win that class last year too - again haven't flown it since either.

I'm in the process of getting the bits together for a, F400 class racer. 290+kph, 40 size engine, no nitro just 4 to 1 castor to methanol... !devil I'll need to do a little practice before I can fly it though, got to save a few bikkies too just quietly.

See ya...Mark

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[JD]

why havn't you flown it ?!

[4orce]

BTW, I've since changed the poxy wheels on the sport racer to a thin racing wheel made from white nylon discs about 5mm thick.

These guys are in a class called F3D, they reach speeds to 390kph. The guy in the middle on the ground is the current, and last 2 times world champ, from the Sunshine Coast. He was my spotter / caller for me last year at the state champs, he was a big part of me winning. !super

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[4orce]

Caught Legionaires disease early in the year so I wasn't real well for a while and we sold our old house and bought a new one further up the Gold Coast. Just had other things I needed to attend to first. If all is well I'll take my practice race plane, similar to the black and green one, out this weekend. Not such a drama if I put it into the deck (still be pretty ticked though!!!)... It does happen from time to time, you just try to eliminate the probablility by keeping up the maintenance...

[JD]

Wow, sorry to here about that disease, i dunno anything about it, so i don;t know if its a really bad one, or if its one that u can just take medication for. I hope you get better!

and get back out there flying your planes :)

[4orce]

It's a REALLY bad form of pneumonia, no cure just have to let the body fight it. A bacteria called legionella (you catch this from either badly maintained airconditioning, potting mix, or in my case, mulch) gets into your lungs and just renders them useless, basically stops you from breathing and you can suffocate to death. I was lucky, it only affected one lung but I was one REALLY sick puppy for about 6 weeks and even now, 6 months later, I'm still not fit enough to pass my CAMS licence to race the superkart just yet - nearly though...

[JD]

wow, that is lucky only one lung was affected. but very unlucky to catch it.

Can you just ditch that one lung comletely? Because you can survive perfectly fine with only one lung, or is it more complicated than that? or will the lung that was affected slowly heal back to 100%?

[4orce]

Yep it's back clear now, the only prob is, is that the immune system cops such a kick in the guts that you tend to catch every little cold going around for a while. The actual disease itself was cleared in about 6 weeks, it's just getting back to where you can be around someone with a cold again without catching it. Seem to be almost there now though. Been about a month without catching anything.

[JD]

cool, so you have to watch your diet and everything, you gotta become Mr. Healthy lol

[BAGES]

back onto the topic....remote just remember, try to stay in the middle of the air. Do not go near the edges of it. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground, buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there!!! :-)

[remotebandit]

Matto , if this topic drifts in topic , i am the starter of it so can assure you im not fussed so i give you permission to let it go , its all good mate .

Bages , i think i know what you mean there and have re-read a few times but its not sinking in but yeah , ill definately fly within 30 meters and definately keep it under 20 meters ... hehe .

Just had another read and it finally made sense ( my fault in interpetation ) . I will leave it on earth .

[BAGES]

Its a joke dude!!! :-)
.obviously not a funny one :-(

[remotebandit]

lol bages , yeah i did get it and it was infact funny .

Lets just say i blew .092 this morning when i got home at 8.30 ( not driving obviously ) and the braincells were hiding so in reality i should have not replied at all till they came back out ... hehe .

Im now going to bed .

[BAGES]

ha ha ha ha you obviously had a more exciting night than me - I was out for the count at 9:30pm............

[losi xxx4 r sweet]

iam still learning 2 fly planes
my uncle and grandad teach me

[M.J]

yer i fly heli's aswell come in on saturday and ask for a demo if you want i also fly planes sometimes.

Electric is better than petrol in both planes and heli's

[remotebandit]

hehe , MJ , electric is only good for when its raining and you want to fly inside as i do with my Kalt Wisper . Cant beat nitro for helis and Planes just due to the traditional raw power but thats just my opinion ... hehe .

MJ , the turbine has been very delayed now due to the 1:5 scale Bergonzoni and the Nomadio sensor system for it as this has sent me back over $2,500 after all the optional extras for it .




Ill definately keep you posted once i pick it up though and if i sell most of this stuff on ebay , it should be soon .

Adam

[4orce]

Cleaner anyway, nothing beats the sound of the fuel motors though. Bit like the cars, prefer electric cause I'm sick of constantly cleaning the planes but the nitro's sound better...

[remotebandit]

I fly pretty big stuff , 2 meter plus stuff so even if their was a brushless system out there able to give it a push , it would take many cells , and take allong time to recharge where as with nitro , i just need to refill the tank and go again .

4orce your 100% right on the cleaning issue , thats a bitch but on another note for those who havnt flown planes before the plane engines do run allot smoother that the Cars , most probably due to the much larger size engines ( 45 , 61 , 90 and it keeps going ) and also the fact they they have a massive prop that keeps the motor runinng instead of the small flywheel in the cars .

[avablast]

so wats the werd on this turbine heli still a dream or a reality?

[remotebandit]

reality b4 christmas still , only got about another $1000 to pay off on it but another week and a bit is a definate .

[avablast]

Cool as so what do these turbines run on special blend of nitro or proper avgas?

[avablast]

Cool as so what do these turbines run on special blend of nitro or proper avgas?

[JD]

kero i think?

[danhfvcsd]

Dunno if kero is the same - but i know they run on the same stuff as the larger scale turbines..... i think....?? .... -lol-

[remotebandit]

Hey guys , the fuel that runs these turbines is Jet a1 Kerosene

[danhfvcsd]

damn - even SOUNDS expensive - how much is it p/ltr? -lol-

Is it the same stuff they run in full size turbines, or was i given wrong information? -lol-

[remotebandit]

in all honesty dan , ive got no ide what its worth or where to get it at this stage as i havnt looked into it too much . I do know its ALLOT more economical to run than Nitro Fuel as its heaps cheaper but not sure of exact costs .

WHen the bloke ive bought it off fired it up , it smelt exactly like the real Jet planes so id assume the same thing ???? but then ive heard of AV gas being used in planes so is this also another name for Kero or what , im not sure

[remotebandit]

Ok , latest update .

Went to pick up Turbine heli today and guess what , shop shut till Wed 18th Jan . I was only $500 short of picking it up last week and am now shooting myself as i should have borrowed it or not blown money on other things .

Anyway , Heli and pix will be up on 18th . Money has been thrown in an envelope and wont be touched so no more excuses .

[Matt]

but who's going to be there to answer the phone if theyre closed till the 18th Jan ?

[remotebandit]

he did have an answering machine but its a 1 man show , more hobbiyist turned home into hobby shop .

Can only leave so many messages ... lol , ill still try him on Sat , dont want to bust his balls too much incase he gets the wrong idea

[BALISTC]

This is true..

he sold it to me for $500 cash!!

Thanks RemoteBandit ;)

[danhfvcsd]

dammit - so it was you who outbidded me!!!! i had 4hunj on it!
-lol-

[remotebandit]

well the turbine finally gets picked up next Thursday , told the misses ive had enough of saving and buying shit for the house and NOW ITS MY TURN so its coming next pay , shes cracked it big time as she wants curtains but who cares ... hehe , its finally definate for Thursday Guys so watch this space .

[remotebandit]

GUys , its i my hands as of today lunchtime .

Unfortunately major arguments have happened over it being picked up today money wise but ill post pix and even video clip of it firing up after dinner as the wife is going out which gives me time to spend time with the one i really love .

Keep this space open guys , youll die in the ass when you hear it start up , its actually scarey imho and i shit myself each time .

Adam





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[mIKe-]

Cool! I hope you enjoy your baby, your third family member ;)

[remotebandit]

OK guys , just a quick pix for now before i throw on some real detailed engine , electronics pix in it .

I introduce to TA PROUD me and my 4th new family member .

Hello all and all say hello to Mr Turbine $10k + Heli .

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[ned]

HOLY SHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

that thing is so totally awesome.

VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO

the people demand satisfaction

[remotebandit]

some detailed pix .

I have absolutely no idea wot any of it is apart from the servos and receiver .

I will be going out for the next few weeks with the guy it was purchased off to learn exactly how this thing works .

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[JD]

that has a jet turbine? - your gunna have to learn all the ECU setting's on ur turbine to get it to function correctly, and get the best performace out of it without shagging the thing lol

[remotebandit]

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[JD]

looks like fun to take apart and put back together...

NOT! lol - but would be awesome to see in flight

[ned]

yep, it would be a thing of beauty.

should try and carry things with it...

[mIKe-]

LOOKS AWESOME!

Would be cool if you could attatch yourself to it then fly yourself around.

[JD]

so hows the heli going?

[remotebandit]

helis still here . Flown it probably 15 times but only a gentle hover , no mciver flying with it .

Might sell it soon though as theres a bloke in the club very interested and is going to give me a couple of G more than what i paid for it .

Wanna buy a 60 inch plasma and 24 inch rims for the 4wd

[Beev 30]

getto trashing it up..lol dont you have like 20s on it already...tat... black suv...24inch rims..next you will only were pants with the crotch to your knees and a white muscle shirt like a wife beater wears on the jerry springer show...lol

[remotebandit]

come on bev , we all know your jelous cause you want 24s on your baja !2clap

[remotebandit]

man these are off their nut , i hope this bloke comes through on buying this chopper man :


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[JD]

sell it to me RB for mates rates :P

i'll give u $1k for it :)

[JD]

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[remotebandit]

wotever JD , as long as you can get me 4 x 24 inch rims , tyres and a 60 inch plasma for the Thousand dollars you want to give me ... haha

[Beev 30]

no i dont...well after i tried fitting them and they didnt handled i took them straight back...lol i have a ford fairlane with 20's on it but i cant imagine going 24..please post pics if this all works out for ya....and send one to jerry springer as well...then xibit on Gas then one to Bling.com....lol just teasing ya want to be rapper...lol...remotebandit when i grow up i want to be you...or David Tench the animated version.

[RCBash]

A litte late...but that thing is ****en sweet man...