Michael Roznick

Thanks Butch!

Agree with Michael. I generally configure my collective setup so it is -3 deg on the low side and +11.5 deg on the high side. That’s pretty much all there is too it.

Very cool! Will look forward to seeing it!

Thanks Tim!

Very nice! Love that smooth slow start, and looks great in the air!

It is. I’ve bought stuff from them pretty often if I can’t find it elsewhere. No issues so far.

Thanks, it is one of my favorite machines. Super stable, and really long flight times.

Thanks Butch!

Congratulations!

Looks like a good. turnout and lots of great looking models! Any chance you might make it down to Hinesville this year?

I’ve got about a 50/50 mix. I love anything that flies, especially if it’s scale. On the bench now are both a 500 size Skycrane, and a 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft which will eventually carry the Shuttle Enterprise.

Event moved to Sunday April 7 due to weather

Here is the event flyer for anyone else interested:

Looking forward to seeing you there!

The SAB Goblin 700 ball links are excellent. Much better than the stock links.

It’s so dependent on size and aircraft type.. It varies so much. With some models like my 500 size Sikorsky S-51, no ballast is needed. For others, like my 500 size Apache and UH-34, the noses are stuffed with lead. It definitely tends to be more problematic for aircraft with short nose sections,...

I’m a big fan of the 500-600 sizes. Big enough to fly scale and handle wind, small enough to store and transport without much effort.

I’ve been doing scale helis for a fairly short period compared to some of you guys, but I’ve been at it since 2014. All electric so far, and mostly in the sub 800 size.

I’ve purchased direct from them. I own their 500 size UH-1C, UH-1D, UH-34, and OH-58A. Communication can be a bit troublesome, best done through Facebook messenger to their page, but they’ve always come through. The great thing is, they custom build to your request. So, you can specify finish and...

60 seems a bit on the low side. I run a HobbyWing 120 in mine. Are you planning on the 4 blade head? The 1200kv is definitely on the high side. I run the scorpion 900KV 3226 motor in mine with the 4 blade head and tail.

Motion RC and Heli Baumann also sell the Roban fuselages. PKM hobby also sells a variety of unique fuselages as well.

Searched around and seems everyone is out of stock, as usual. Consider hitting up Mike Spinner. He custom builds skids that are a lot nicer and far more detailed/durable than the stock units. If you still want the Roban parts, try sending a message to zyhobby on eBay. A few folks I know have been...

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Working on a 500 size Tandem kit, planning on building an H-21 fuselage for it.

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I’ve converted quite a few 500 size helis to multiblade heads in scale conversions. For all of my projects, I’ve used equivalent or sometimes longer blades than stock. The main change that I recommend is the motor. I usually change the motor to target a headspeed of ~1700 rpm for a 5 blade head....

No problem! Also, I’ve typically used the Scorpion 3226 900kv motor with 14 or 15T pinion on 6S to get that headspeed

I’m a bit late to respond to this post, but I’ve converted quite a few 500 size helis to multiblade heads in scale conversions. For all of my projects, I’ve used equivalent or sometimes longer blades than stock. The main change that I recommend is the motor. I usually change the motor to target a...

Thanks Butch!

Looking great! Making a lot of progress. Definitely an intense cycle of sanding and priming to get that perfect smooth finish.

I can see that being annoying to some, but it’s also standard practice in some places. In Bell test, most of our test aircraft are referred to by sequential number of the prototype. A lot easier to talk about Ship 1 or Ship 2, than Bell 525 serial number 62002.

Thanks! I used the Align 4 blade head and unfortunately the blades are discontinued. They used to be available on Aliexpress. If you are in Europe, HeliTec makes some excellent 430mm blades that would work great, but you can’t get them in the USA.

Thanks! It’s a PKM Hobby Fuselage.

That’s fantastic, it’s not me in the video, that’s my Dad. I’ll have to let him know! He also ended up flying a 47, but it was a night sign bird in Seattle.

A bit of history on the family helicopter:

Thanks! This one will be a long project. The body is the easy part. The difficult part will be the scale mechanics and head with internally routed pitch links.

Thanks! It was fun and interesting to do a deep dive into the history of one airframe. I’ve even been able to get some photos of the data plate, which I will add to the model in decals form. As for the text, I don’t believe so, but I’ll double check. The way I saw it, there was not an “i” present.

Thanks! For this project, the background research has almost been more intensive than the actual build. What started as a simple project has snowballed into a lot more..

Thanks!