head speed?

[Dennis]

Every now and then I see a reference to head speed of a heli, as in- 1800rpm
etc.
What I would like to know is..how do you find out what speed its at in the
first place? My venture 50 only shows as ...nice blades....nice
blurr...wheres my blades?
Dont think I can fix the cars tacho to it....lol
Dennis

[Steve R.]

Check this out:
http://www.ronlund.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=heli&Product_Code=MA0524

It's not cheap and you'll need a friend to work it for you while you fly the
helicopter but it works very well. There may be other brands on the market
but this is the one that I'm most familiar with.

Fly Safe,
Steve R.


"Dennis" <tugboat@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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> Every now and then I see a reference to head speed of a heli, as in-
> 1800rpm
> etc.
> What I would like to know is..how do you find out what speed its at in the
> first place? My venture 50 only shows as ...nice blades....nice
> blurr...wheres my blades?
> Dont think I can fix the cars tacho to it....lol
> Dennis
>
>

[Paul Woodsford]

http://www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk/Micro%5FTacho-1803.htm

The above Tachometer works very well at 19.99 GBP + postage.

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"Dennis" <tugboat@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
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> Every now and then I see a reference to head speed of a heli, as in-
> 1800rpm
> etc.
> What I would like to know is..how do you find out what speed its at in the
> first place? My venture 50 only shows as ...nice blades....nice
> blurr...wheres my blades?
> Dont think I can fix the cars tacho to it....lol
> Dennis
>
>

[Steve R.]

Yeah, that will work, but you've got to stand way to close to the model to
use it.

JMO!

Fly Safe,
Steve R.


"Paul Woodsford" <paul.woodsford@NO SPAMvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> http://www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk/Micro%5FTacho-1803.htm
>
> The above Tachometer works very well at 19.99 GBP + postage.
>
> --
> Paul Woodsford
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[Paul Woodsford]

Not too close if the blade tips are coloured white and you have a darkish
background.

I've also used it with header blades on my Raptor 30 with good effect.

On the same site there is a heli tail boom mounted tachometer. How that
works I have no idea. Well I guess how it works but how do you read it?
http://www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk/Digital+Mini+Tacho-2346.htm
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"Steve R." <srhodes13@houston.rr.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Yeah, that will work, but you've got to stand way to close to the model to
> use it.
>
> JMO!
>
> Fly Safe,
> Steve R.
>
>
> "Paul Woodsford" <paul.woodsford@NO SPAMvirgin.net> wrote in message
> news:TmHre.9631$q46.1288@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>> http://www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk/Micro%5FTacho-1803.htm
>>
>> The above Tachometer works very well at 19.99 GBP + postage.
>>
>> --
>> Paul Woodsford
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>
>

[Steve R.]

Ok! I stand corrected! :-D

The tail boom mounted unit looks interesting. I've not seen anything like
that before. If you've got good enough eye sight to see the model at any
distance, I'd think that reading the display shouldn't be too much trouble.
I could be wrong. I don't know if it's got this feature but it would be
nice if it would store the highest rpm reading until powered down.

Just a thought!
Fly Safe,
Steve R.


"Paul Woodsford" <paul.woodsford@NO SPAMvirgin.net> wrote in message
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> Not too close if the blade tips are coloured white and you have a darkish
> background.
>
> I've also used it with header blades on my Raptor 30 with good effect.
>
> On the same site there is a heli tail boom mounted tachometer. How that
> works I have no idea. Well I guess how it works but how do you read it?
> http://www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk/Digital+Mini+Tacho-2346.htm
> --
> Paul Woodsford
> Remove NOSPAM to reply.
>
> "Steve R." <srhodes13@houston.rr.nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:JpIre.53806$PR6.36626@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> Yeah, that will work, but you've got to stand way to close to the model
>> to use it.
>>
>> JMO!
>>
>> Fly Safe,
>> Steve R.
>>
>>
>> "Paul Woodsford" <paul.woodsford@NO SPAMvirgin.net> wrote in message
>> news:TmHre.9631$q46.1288@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>>> http://www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk/Micro%5FTacho-1803.htm
>>>
>>> The above Tachometer works very well at 19.99 GBP + postage.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Paul Woodsford
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>>
>>
>
>

[Dennis]

$US135.....ouch
Thats about $200AUST
Heli gears almost expensive as my fishing gear.
Thanks
Dennis
"Steve R." <srhodes13@houston.rr.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Check this out:
>
http://www.ronlund.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=heli&Pro
duct_Code=MA0524
>
> It's not cheap and you'll need a friend to work it for you while you fly
the
> helicopter but it works very well. There may be other brands on the
market
> but this is the one that I'm most familiar with.
>
> Fly Safe,
> Steve R.
>
>
> "Dennis" <tugboat@iinet.net.au> wrote in message
> news:42aed9f2$0$22928$5a62ac22@per-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...
> > Every now and then I see a reference to head speed of a heli, as in-
> > 1800rpm
> > etc.
> > What I would like to know is..how do you find out what speed its at in
the
> > first place? My venture 50 only shows as ...nice blades....nice
> > blurr...wheres my blades?
> > Dont think I can fix the cars tacho to it....lol
> > Dennis
> >
> >
>
>

[The OTHER Kevin in San Diego]

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:26:53 +0800, "Dennis" <tugboat@iinet.net.au>
wrote:

>$US135.....ouch
>Thats about $200AUST
>Heli gears almost expensive as my fishing gear.

hehe, you should try flying full scale helis..