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Charlie BonnellBronze Star Contributor

Ocala, FLUnited States
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Helis. Retired full scale heli pilot B47 R22 B206,L,L1,L2,L3 AS350 AS355 A109 B222 S58T S76 A,B,C,C+ C++ S61N AS332 BV234 flown them all. C150. C172. C310. BE50. DA50. DA900EX
Currently Airbus 321N, and now Retired!

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Flying since
1966
Member since
May 15, 2022
Looking good Evan, glad to see you still at it
On Bell 360 Invictus · Feb 7, 2026
Ball on the tip if you zoom in
On Lama Refurbishment Journey · Aug 17, 2025
Mike these work great for those areas
On Lama Refurbishment Journey · Aug 17, 2025
Looked to be a great time
On Joe Howard Memorial Fun Fly 2025 · Jun 16, 2025
Gotcha
On Blue Thunder (500 size) · May 12, 2025
I want one, looking great Butch
On Sikorsky S-92. Book 2, “Polyphia” · May 12, 2025
Beautiful work, next one needs to be 800 size lol
On Blue Thunder (500 size) · May 12, 2025
What a difference in bearing size you were able to see, beautiful work
On Cobra Project · Mar 20, 2025
Amazing!
On Sikorsky S-92. Book 2, “Polyphia” · Mar 19, 2025
I’ve been watching The Lighter Side of RC for years. This guy is absolutely amazing!
On Roban Apache Build · Nov 27, 2024
Beautiful work!
On Vario Chinook XL · Nov 24, 2024
Fantastic
On 500 size Sikorsky HO3S-1: 3-blade tail mod · Oct 29, 2024
That was hard to watch sorry for the loss
On Vario Lama · Oct 16, 2024
Can never have enough Lama !
On 1.8 Vario Lama, And the Build begins · Oct 12, 2024
Looks great!
On Baby Lama · Oct 11, 2024
Looking good
On Vario Lama · Oct 9, 2024
Did you change the point structure? Example a low pair was 10 now it’s 5 😩
On Gunning For Prizes · Oct 5, 2024
Not yet , trying to get that week off, won’t know for a while
On Mike'd Up Episode: Ka-32 · Oct 5, 2024
Very cool, nice flying !
On Mike'd Up Episode: Ka-32 · Oct 4, 2024
Angels among us ! Both do beautiful work
On Sikorsky S-92. Book 2, “Polyphia” · Sep 30, 2024
Oh the waxed string brings back memories from the wrenching days lol
On Sikorsky S-92. Book 2, “Polyphia” · Sep 30, 2024
Subscribed to the build, looking forward towards it
On 1/4 scale Jet ranger · Sep 30, 2024
Looking good, nice to see you were able to keep the clutch
On Hirobo/Northrup MQ-8c · Sep 17, 2024
Congratulations on the Maiden, amazing accomplishment!
On Sikorsky S-92. Book 2, “Polyphia” · Sep 7, 2024
Such a great flying heli if your looking for a cost effective alternative to the BIG Lama, I just finished converting one from a Alouette to a Lama
On As Dorothy said... · Sep 1, 2024
Congratulations 👍
On Maiden flight of the 500 size CH-54 Skycrane · Sep 1, 2024
What a beast that is, nice clean setup as usual
On Vario Chinook XL · Aug 31, 2024
Best of luck on the maidens, and safe travels amazing job
On Sikorsky S-92 · Aug 27, 2024
Loving it ! Come on royal straight, daddy needs a new Jeti radio lol
On Full House or Two Pair? · Aug 26, 2024
That’s pretty cool, I’m sure you know this but on the real one only the left rear steers the right one castors .
On Vario Chinook XL · Aug 23, 2024
Looking good so far
On 3D Printed Skids Go Poof · Jul 28, 2024
What a shame that happened but looking towards the mods
On 3D Printed Skids Go Poof · Jul 20, 2024
Christoff welcome to the Chinook world, I highly suggest you go thru this post.
On Help with cutting a fibreglass fuselage - Vario Chinook · Jul 4, 2024
I have a new ec130 and they have certainly up there game in the glueing lol from the original ones.
On Roban Bell 429 (700) · Jun 25, 2024
Hi Evan, so my understanding is, 760uS is half the width so you can go double the frequency. Higher frequency is better for the tail since it updates the servo faster.
On Servo knowledge....... · Jun 25, 2024
Gotta love the 222, I flew this one back in the day.
On Building a Vario Bell 230 1:7 800 size · Jun 17, 2024
That’s one beautiful heli, loved flying the real one back in the day
On Fantastic Super Puma · Jun 4, 2024
That looks fantastic sitting on its feet I can see all the pics
On Sikorsky S-92 · May 17, 2024
Joe, Have you seen this from another site? Scroll down to see
On Another Lama Just did Maiden on a vario alouette converted... · Apr 11, 2024
Hey Joe, they actually came with the heli as it was used unfinished, but these are them
On Another Lama Just did Maiden on a vario alouette converted... · Apr 10, 2024