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12-02-2005, 06:42 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
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|  Into helis? Check this out!! I work as a machinist for a helicopter company in AZ. One of our customers from across the pond somewhere sent us this to check out. From what I was told, he built this from scratch himself! (Including the turbine engine  Well, except for maybe the plastic main drive assy. and tail rotor assy. I thought it was pretty awesome and thought some of you might like to see it.The airframe is roughly 4' long (didn't think to grap a tape measure) to give you an idea of size. He didn't send the main blades or a radio, or else I would have fired this thing up already! (that is, when management wasn't looking...  ...I know I'd crash the thing). I just wanna hear it run!-WRM Last edited by WRMorrison; 12-02-2005 at 06:45 PM. |
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12-02-2005, 06:43 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
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12-02-2005, 06:53 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Paradise City Where The Girls Are Pretty
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| Thats pretty sweet. Wonder how much hes got wrapped up in that. Nice machining job though. We NEED vids when he gets it all done and flying. nate |
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12-02-2005, 10:45 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Newbie general!!!
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| whoa... sweet. The turbine motors like flames at high speed spinnin a little propellor round right? |
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12-03-2005, 11:44 AM
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| TEAM MODERATOR   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Chit Chat
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| He's on this level ______ I'm down here somewhere ______ Oh well. |
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12-03-2005, 02:50 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Land of the Free, because of the Brave
Posts: 896
| I think it's pretty sick looking myself. I'm not sure when we're going to send it back, but I'll make sure to enclose a note with the packing slip asking him to email a vid of it flying. I've never owned anything but electric stuff (well, except for that nitro TC3, but I got rid of that after the first 10 minutes of owning it... ), does a turbine burn nitro fuel as well, or something different?-WRM |
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12-03-2005, 10:06 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Paradise City Where The Girls Are Pretty
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| I believe that they start on Propane and then switch to high % nitro. im not really sure about the main gas but i know for a fact that it starts on Propane. Maby even run propane. nate |
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12-04-2005, 12:31 AM
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| Pebble Pounder  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I need MORE GIGGLE JUICE
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| The scale turbines I have seen start on Propane and run on turbine fuel....jp5. just low grade kerosine with additives. |
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