Scott
08-19-2006, 11:57 PM
I forgot one of the coolest coolest gadgets that I have.
I own a 60" Airwolf petrol model helicopter. (http://www.centuryheli.com/products/fuselages/airwolf/images/Airwolff.gif)
This has not been enjoyed to the max really, all in all I think it cost around £1000 for everything and it was an Xmas present to me from my partner 5 years ago, so me & my brother built it, poorly.
We almost killed each other trying to fly it, I tell you what, when the rotors spin and it hovers and you flick a button and the 3 wheels go up..hmmmm very cool. We tightened the rotor blades up real tight which we weren't meant to do and took it down to the peat moss where there was a large open space. It was a disaster and she never went higher than maybe 5 feet, it was uncontrollable.
I took it to a professional who looked at it, scratched his head, made lots of ooh, agh, tut tut sounds and said he would set it up professionally for £70, which he did. Then I moved house and its been in storage ever since. He said it can fly at around 40-50mph!
This is the kit (not mine, ebay images)
14
Thankfully I now have mine out of the bodyshell so that maybe someday next year I can test & run it knowing that if I crash it wont destroy the wolf, the theory is if I master flying it I can then put the airwolf bodyshell on and make cool sounds (http://members.tripod.com/~Khaggan/music/airwolf.mid).
For now its upstairs and has not been seen for a long time :o
I own a 60" Airwolf petrol model helicopter. (http://www.centuryheli.com/products/fuselages/airwolf/images/Airwolff.gif)
This has not been enjoyed to the max really, all in all I think it cost around £1000 for everything and it was an Xmas present to me from my partner 5 years ago, so me & my brother built it, poorly.
We almost killed each other trying to fly it, I tell you what, when the rotors spin and it hovers and you flick a button and the 3 wheels go up..hmmmm very cool. We tightened the rotor blades up real tight which we weren't meant to do and took it down to the peat moss where there was a large open space. It was a disaster and she never went higher than maybe 5 feet, it was uncontrollable.
I took it to a professional who looked at it, scratched his head, made lots of ooh, agh, tut tut sounds and said he would set it up professionally for £70, which he did. Then I moved house and its been in storage ever since. He said it can fly at around 40-50mph!
This is the kit (not mine, ebay images)
14
Thankfully I now have mine out of the bodyshell so that maybe someday next year I can test & run it knowing that if I crash it wont destroy the wolf, the theory is if I master flying it I can then put the airwolf bodyshell on and make cool sounds (http://members.tripod.com/~Khaggan/music/airwolf.mid).
For now its upstairs and has not been seen for a long time :o