Originally Posted by Saxguy1000

If you get the chance and have not seen it, catch the Military Channel's Great Planes: Bell UH-1 Huey. I had DVR'd this from June 29th and just got around to viewing it coincidentally as I rebuild my E-flite UH-1. The program not only gives you the history of the helicopter, but it also gives the history of Lawrence Dale Bell and how he experimented with model helicopters to come up with a working model. The Bell Model 30...
...was working by 1942--which was a lot sooner than I thought. The Bell Model 47...
...is the famous model you saw on M*A*S*H during the Korean war, but it first flew back in 1945. I was interested to see the use of the flybar on the first models. For some reason I always thought that was just for the Blade SR 120.

Very cool Sax! This is the kind of stuff I love! We do not have TV, so I like to see this stuff on the internet.
BD

Originally Posted by Saxguy1000

If you get the chance and have not seen it, catch the Military Channel's Great Planes: Bell UH-1 Huey. I had DVR'd this from June 29th and just got around to viewing it coincidentally as I rebuild my E-flite UH-1. The program not only gives you the history of the helicopter, but it also gives the history of Lawrence Dale Bell and how he experimented with model helicopters to come up with a working model. The Bell Model 30...
...was working by 1942--which was a lot sooner than I thought. The Bell Model 47...

...is the famous model you saw on M*A*S*H during the Korean war, but it first flew back in 1945. I was interested to see the use of the flybar on the first models. For some reason I always thought that was just for the Blade SR 120.

When I was in the USAF, I used to get a lot of rides on this little beast!

Originally Posted by BattleDude

Very cool Sax! This is the kind of stuff I love! We do not have TV, so I like to see this stuff on the internet.
BD

Yeah, it is cool because you can watch the entire program on the net: History Channel

Originally Posted by Jake8131

When I was in the USAF, I used to get a lot of rides on this little beast!

Wow, what was that? And, are those aileron controls I see on the blades?

Originally Posted by Saxguy1000

Wow, what was that? And, are those aileron controls I see on the blades?

Yep..I forget the model number, but we called it PEDRO the Rescue Heli. Use to haul big fire bottles and some other stuff....when they wouldn't use them, they gave us rides over the base...awesome.....

OK, got it...

H-43 Kaman Huskie USAF Rescue Helicopter

No tail rotor, and two main rotors..check out the video.....

Kaman HH-43 Huskie (1 min 29 sec)

Originally Posted by Jake8131

Yep..I forget the model number, but we called it PEDRO the Rescue Heli. Use to haul big fire bottles and some other stuff....when they wouldn't use them, they gave us rides over the base...awesome.....

OK, got it...

H-43 Kaman Huskie USAF Rescue Helicopter

No tail rotor, and two main rotors..check out the video.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SztPlFERpl0

Just as an FYI:

http://www.mmanrow.20m.com/images/CIMG1190_01.JPG

(that should be about the right size for a 120SR)



Even though you would have to actually put it on a CX2 or V4 (which is what it was originally "designed" for anyway ...)

Originally Posted by erdnuckel2

Just as an FYI:

http://www.mmanrow.20m.com/images/CIMG1190_01.JPG

(that should be about the right size for a 120SR)



Even though you would have to actually put it on a CX2 or V4 (which is what it was originally "designed" for anyway ...)

Can't use a video from youtube here anylonger?

Originally Posted by Jake8131

Can't use a video from youtube here anylonger?

It's an image. Well, it was supposed to be

Originally Posted by North_of_49

It's an image. Well, it was supposed to be

Can you upload it to Youtube?

I took her outdoors but the tail blade is flying away. It did it three times after I pushed it all the way back. It is very humid and hot outside. Should I put some CA? I hand held the heli after half hour inside and after several secs running it came out again. Another question when you look the heli from the right the tail turns CCW. Is this the way suppose to be?

You won't get glue to stick. You'll probably want another tail blade. Do you mean that your heli yaws to the right? In other words, heads right? It should be correctable with the trim, however, if it keeps doing it too much, it's either your problem with the tail blade, or the motor itself.

Originally Posted by Thetis

I took her outdoors but the tail blade is flying away. It did it three times after I pushed it all the way back. It is very humid and hot outside. Should I put some CA? I hand held the heli after half hour inside and after several secs running it came out again. Another question when you look the heli from the right the tail turns CCW. Is this the way suppose to be?

Don;t use CA on the back rotor....to many bad things can happen...when my rotor gets loose, I run a strand of dental floss thru it and then stick it on the motor.

Originally Posted by Saxguy1000

You won't get glue to stick. You'll probably want another tail blade. Do you mean that your heli yaws to the right? In other words, heads right? It should be correctable with the trim, however, if it keeps doing it too much, it's either your problem with the tail blade, or the motor itself.

The tail blade just flies away. No yaw to left or right. I guess I need a new tail blade.

Originally Posted by Jake8131

Don;t use CA on the back rotor....to many bad things can happen...when my rotor gets loose, I run a strand of dental floss thru it and then stick it on the motor.

Thanks Jake. I should give It a try if my LHS does not have in stock the tail blade.

Originally Posted by Thetis

Thanks Jake. I should give It a try if my LHS does not have in stock the tail blade.

If it still a little bit loose, double strand it...always worked for me when mine got loose!