A hearty congratulations to Cody Smith from Nine Mile Falls, Washington for absolutely blistering everyone in Pilot Poker!
Code wins the Spektrum NX8+ courtesy of the fine folks at Horizon Hobby!
Feel free to continue playing Pilot Poker. It's just fun 🤷🏼♂️
When it's too windy to fly 🤦♂️
I couldn't find this so I am reposting for anyone who missed it the first time! I was goofing around and it came out pretty well!
Thanks for sharing this, Randy!
Here's a music video I created with original lyrics and sound. : ) We can all relate.
Love it! I need to add it to my play list!!!
Have you ever had one of your models catch fire from turbine operation of any type? (Only answer if you fly turbines).
There are all kinds of reasons why a fire might happen and many have little to do with the make. Micro holes in fuel tubing, improper fueling, etc.
Mark Smith has come the closest in our hobby to creating what I got to play with at Verticon!
Highlights from the largest helicopter expo in the world
HeliStorm at Verticon 2025
One of only two in the world designed, built and finished by Matthias Strupf, this badass helicopter now lives in Denver and will be beating the oxygen-deprived airspace as soon as temperatures and winds permit!
It’s that time again! Lube and Loctite to keep the torque monster at bay!
Even though I can't win prizes from myself, I still have fun playing Pilot Poker every day!! Just nailed a good hand! Give it a try yourself. It's free and fun. Pro Tip: BET 5 on every play!
I actually restored the point structure! Low pairs were originally 0 points. For August and September I bumped it to get members playing. I was supposed to back it down on Oct 1 but didn’t get to it until yesterday 😆
Pics from a recent visit to the Technik museum in Speyer Germany . Enjoy!
"There is no place like home"...
For Denver, 10 days of 95+ heat is noteworthy and enough to keep us away from the field (along with wildfires that closed the air space to make way for tankers and fire helis)! That means shop time!
I have been using the time for maintenance! Lube, bolt tightening, hangar rash touch up and general systems checks.
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING? 🤔
Between the heat and the rain, not a lot of flying going on for me. Comanche need a little work and 67 is good to go. Building a couple S-92s and adding new AC to the shop. Working to have things ready for the Southern Scale Challenge in Hindsville GA the first week of September. The tropical storm is heading this was from the Gulf so another rained out weekend however that is good for shop time which I desperately need.
UIH,
B
Ladies and gentlemen. This is what happens if you only get to fly once per month...
Nothing fancy just some flight circuits needing practice.
This is the last time I flew on this field in Belgium as I am relocating once more...
Just to give you some perception... the trees are 40 m from the take off point (25 at the closest point). Behind them is a rather busy canal and behind the canal is the...
Ladies and gentlemen. This is what happens if you only get to fly once per month...
Nothing fancy just some flight circuits needing practice.
This is the last time I flew on this field in Belgium as I am relocating once more...
Just to give you some perception... the trees are 40 m from the take off point (25 at the closest point). Behind them is a rather busy canal and behind the canal is the main highway connecting Paris and Brussels...
I was the only helicopter guy in the club.. the rest are plankers (a merry group of fine gentlemen)...
I still need to paint the main rotorhead... and detail the cockpit. Hopefully I get to do this before I move again. This helicopter is and will be my grab-n-go-fly heli and I never intended to add any scale details... but I failed at that already.
A rather boring 7 min flight is attached to this post.
As you might have noticed the bright yellow fuselage is still hard to see and with the trees as the background I was not comfortable flying the military paint schemes...
GH
Although I said 75th, it’s actually the 50th! Nevertheless, awesome!
Getting setup at the 50th Anniversary Dayton Air Show!
At Heli-Lausanne Open Day, Switzerland.
Now that looks like fun!! Kids are the future of the hobby and the general aviation industry. Getting them interested early is key!
Field maintenance this weekend! Even heli guys have to help patch that long road thing they call a “runway.”
Fixed or rotary? What do you fly?
Beautiful day to fly in Colorado!
How low will you go? What outside temperature is your limit for flying?
Maiden complete 😊 600 size Marvelcraft. Paint scheme honoring the Blue Angels
Any scalers sail this week on Disney Fantasy?
Out in Canton Michigan USA fall phase out air show 09/23/2023 pilot David L Foster & Steve pulley photos, (Red Bandana Dude Photography) Kurt Affholter jkooler@att.net
Representing flingwings at Jets & Props Over Arvada.
Maybe come to Warbirds Over Cherry Creek tomorrow! Going to be great weather!
License to drive (to the flying field)!
Full house at ScaleHeliPilot workshop!
- Full disassembly of Chinook mechanics
- Baby Lama build
- KA-32 maiden next week!
Sticker shock with Eric Balay!
Had a great time getting to know Rene Gotiear from Lawton, OK. Rene is a FANTASTIC builder and a super nice guy. He bought my Mi-24 Hind, which, in turn, helped me acquire the KA-32 in the picture. The Hind was already safely ensconced in Rene’s car (his wife’s, actually).
Flying under one of Gods wonders today Canton Michigan 🙂🌈
I'm salivating now! Next week this beast will be in my shop! HeliClassics KA-32!
Which lane do you fly in?
What do you do MOST in online scale helicopter communities?
Where are you in the world of scale helicopters?
Helicopters Scale Masters here we go!
I'm excited to announce that the ScaleHeliPilot shop is ready for action! I plan to record demo videos from here and post them on the site. The first video will be one that looks at the shop, the choices I made and some of the heartache involved in getting it just right!
What are you building? What’s on deck for the upcoming flying season?
Hero Banner Candidate
I wonder if my heli habit is any different from my wife’s penchant for buying designer sneakers? We could both live perfectly fine with one or two but somehow that’s just not possible!
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IT IS LIVE!!!!!!!
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NH90, French Army TTH version,
The 1.8 meter main rotor is driven by a Graupner mecanic powered by a Jet-Cat PH3 turbine
Sooooo I took my Bell 429 out yesterday to get some flights in. I should have just stayed home because it was WAAAAAY too windy to do any ACTUAL flying and enjoy myself. The 31 MPH wind blowing down from the north had that poor heli bouncing and being blown all over the place every time I turned it east or west. I ended-up just doing a bunch of hovering to drain the batteries so I could head back...
Sooooo I took my Bell 429 out yesterday to get some flights in. I should have just stayed home because it was WAAAAAY too windy to do any ACTUAL flying and enjoy myself. The 31 MPH wind blowing down from the north had that poor heli bouncing and being blown all over the place every time I turned it east or west. I ended-up just doing a bunch of hovering to drain the batteries so I could head back home. Luckily, I live only 3 miles away from the field I fly at, so it's not like it's a huge waste of driving time to get to and from.
With the Vario Bell 429, I found that it really didn't like a cross wind in the turn. The tail would blow around. I found a solution though; sold it. :)
My "puny" 800 size Huey none-to-nose with Michael's Heliclassics Mi-171 at the Warbirds and Classics event at tbe Arvada Associated Aeromodelers field today in Arvada,CO.
Test! - A throwback to a good day on the job at Blade/Horizon
I’m staring out the window trying to figure out what to do today. Something will come to me…
Need I say more?
Uwe B.
Randy C.
Good H.
Rémy F.
David F.
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Tony F.
