[andreas]

My homemade helicopter is finished. I just have to make a cnanopy for it now.

The gyro I'm using now is very bad so I only fly carefully around and don't want to push it by doing any stunts until I get a good gyro. here's a video from today:
http://www.enrarot.net/videos/eco16/eco1603.wmv

The finished model:


My E-penis where I design helicopter parts:


A screenshot from Plasma showing outlines for a canopy, I havent' started building it in 3D yet, just planning. It's going to be badass:


It has a rotor diameter of 112 cm now but it was made for 550 mm blades which mean a 122 cm rotor diameter. The motor is very strong and can do 1500 W and probably peak over 2000 W, but I probably won't hit more than 1000-1100 W. It weighs 1900 g with batteries and everything which is very light for a 30-size helicopter. When I get the gyro I'll be able to make a proper video.

[andreas]

And here's a video from yesterday with my other helicopter, the one I'm confident with. Just flying around and having a blast:

http://www.enrarot.net/videos/eco8/eco13.wmv



And one I made sunday evening with an on-board camera. It has music because there's just a constant gear and motor whine:

http://www.enrarot.net/videos/eco8/obeco16.wmv

[tobaccoman]

Wow, this is friggin awesome man! Where do you live BTW? It looks absolutely pristine there [thumbup].

Also, about how much did it cost you to make this thing? It looks terribly fun, I might have to make a project out of it someday

[andreas]

This is northern Norway. It's nice here when the weather is good.

I didn't save much money by making it myself because the electronics are the expensive bits. It's very rewarding though. My design can be bought from this guy soon: http://members.shaw.ca/rdheli/



I got a new gyro today but am still a little apprehensive about doing anything crazy. the new gyro is fantastic though. This video is a little more spirited than the previous one though. It kind of looks like a shark when you see it from above/below. http://www.enrarot.net/videos/eco16/eco1604.wmv

[ImmimiFruff]

Awesome [thumbup] i would never have the time for it

This is northern Norway. It's nice here when the weather is good.

You have like 24hour sun-days and 24hour no-sun days and stuff??

[andreas]

Yeah we have daylight 24/7 now in the summer.

[ImmimiFruff]

Yeah we have daylight 24/7 now in the summer.

That sucks.. i'd love to have 2 weeks with no sun though[thumbup]

[andreas]

We have a couple of months without sunlight in the winter.

[VladFal]

Cool helli vids! I have heard about places that have daytime for months and nighttime for months...that's gotta be really wierd. Does it make u nuts sometimes?? I mean living in night time scenery for a few months at a time....does crime go up? lol