Some awesome slo-mo footage of my 500 size UH-1C Huey Gunship at the Golden Triangle RC Club’s Heli Fly-In yesterday with some fitting music.. Thanks Raymond Cervantes for the fantastic video!
Some moonlit flying on the 500 size UH-34 this evening
An excellent video of one of my Mercury Recovery flights out at St George, UT:
A few shots of my 500 size UH-34D in the air last week.
A few photos from flying the H-34 yesterday with Alan Shepard’s Freedom 7 Mercury Capsule slung underneath. This was part of the noon demo period at the Warbird event at Bomber Field in Monaville, TX.
Had a great day of flying yesterday. Brought out most of the heli fleet, including the 600 Bell 47, and 500 size H-5, H-34, Apache, and Huey.
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Did a 2nd take on the Mercury capsule recovery today with the 500 size UH-34 Choctaw. Had perfect weather and some nice blue water. Finally got the shot for shot recreation of the original photo of Shepard's Recovery pretty close. Just after that, the magnet let go and left the capsule floating in the water. Luckily, I was able to use the rotor wash to push the capsule back to shore.
Wanted to share a few excellent photos of my 500 size Sikorsky UH-34D Choctaw taken by Chris Wolfe during the Bomber Field B-17 Gathering event in Monaville, TX.
Yesterday morning I finally had the chance to recreate the recovery of Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 Mercury Capsule with my RC UH-34 Choctaw over the water at the Southern Scale Helicopter Challenge. The helicopter was modeled and painted in the scheme of the real Mercury Redstone 3 recovery chopper, so it was tons of fun to actually sling load a capsule underneath it.
Finishing up a commission project, 500 size PKM Bell 412 finished as a Miami Dade Fire Rescue bird. Hoping to get the first flight completed this weekend.
Finished the final touches on the 500 size Miami-Dade Bell 412 and got a few flights on it. Very happy with how it turned out, and it flies quite well.
A few in flight photos of my 500 size UH-1C Huey Gunship.
Got in a few flights today on my latest project, a 500 size UH-34 Choctaw finished in the scheme of the aircraft that retrieved Alan Shepard's Mercury Capsule. Flew excellent! Looking forward to getting it out flying some more.
Putting the final touches on my 500 size UH-34D. Should have everything ready for the trip to IRCHA on Thursday! Paint scheme is modeled after the aircraft that recovered Alan Shepard’s Capsule after the first Mercury Mission.
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