The BIG Chinook will be coming soon. Mark Smith and Kirsten Zodtner attended...

The BIG Chinook will be coming soon.
Mark Smith and Kirsten Zodtner attended the Jets and Props event in Donauwörth Germany where Vario showed their new project - a Chinook with 2,3m rotor disc. This project was started in Holland with Theo van Houten. Theo created this detailed model helicopter and he supplied interested modelers in limited quantity. Theo searched for a partner to develop a product to make it accessible to even more people in the future.
Vario will do this development within the next year. Besides the new mechanics, Vario will also create adapted heads for this model. The mechanics will be for electric mainly, but Vario will also foresee the potential installation of a turbine for people who are interested. For the electric version the goal is to stay below 25kg (55lbs)
It is not yet decided if the model will have all the rivets like Theo van Houten supplied the fuselage in the past. It is 1/7.5 about 7 1/2 feet electric and turbine version. The new mechanics and rotor heads will be going under testing for several months so we’re looking at about 12 months before the complete kit is ready. If you own the smaller Vario chinook then you know how smooth and well they fly. Expect the same flight characteristics but much larger.