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Stolen? Missing Helis or Equip > IMPORTANT: Bert Kammerer 's Helicopters Have Been Stolen. Help Us Find Them
 
 
wattybotts
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Hey Guys

We need your help with this one. Bert and I were at IHOP eating breakfast before heading to the field just now and his Yaris was broken into. The thieves smashed his window and took all of his stuff.

They took

2 Trex 700's. One had his custom canopy scheme from Uneak Designs and the other was the white and blue Pre-production Align canopy.
1 Trex 600 NSP
Spektrum DX 7 SE
Toolbag

It was taken at the IHOP on Semoran Blvd in Orlando, Florida. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated

Thanks
Bobby Watts

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05-17-2009 07:10 PM
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Eco8gator
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Holy Crap!

I hope you find(possibly beat down) the jerks that did this.

C

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05-17-2009 07:14 PM
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jphilli
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Damn that sucks bad.

Bobby, tell Bert to keep an eye out on Ebay and Craig's list. When Joey's helicopter was stolen the dude attempted to sell it on Ebay and Joey setup a meeting so that he could "buy" it back. He brought a police officer to the meeting and was able to recover his stuff.

I doubt the guy is going to be able to pawn this stuff off as no decent pawn shop will be willing to buy that helicopter stuff as they know nothing about it hence why I think they guy will simply Ebay it.

~Caleb
05-17-2009 07:32 PM
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BEEP BEEP
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Location: Alexandria, La.

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Man I hate to hear that. Check and see if any video cameras might have cought it. Hope you guys the best of luck. BEEP,BEEP
05-17-2009 07:39 PM
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AltecLansing
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I'm sorry to hear that. It sucks when people steal.

Man, I miss the eighties.
05-17-2009 07:52 PM
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Dave's Raptor
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Location: Kennett, Mo USA

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Bobby and Bert,
I don't know if you thought about it but if there is a gas station very close you might me able to get video footage from them. Most gas stations have camera's now because of people driving off with out paying. Just a thought but it might help Bert recover his stolen Equipment. Good luck guy's and I hope Bert get's his stuff back.


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05-17-2009 07:59 PM
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Sonic88
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ERGG! I hate thieves with a passion! Good call on the gas station camera. I really hope you find these jerks? Does AMA cover any stolen items, or what? I have always thought that it was your homeowners insurance that covered items stolen from your vehicle. Good luck find these SCUMBAGS!

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05-17-2009 08:22 PM
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USNAviationjay
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omfg.. so lame.. broad daylight in public..

Sorry Bert.. this just sucks.

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05-17-2009 08:23 PM
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Dood
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In an iHOP parking lot in broad daylight on a Sunday afternoon? Unreal.

3 years is enough time wasted. Taking a break for a while.
05-17-2009 08:24 PM
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steffgiguere
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How can people be so bold and do this kind of things is bright day light? Sorry to hear. One good thing is the canopy, the one by U-Neak will be easy to spot, if it's still one of a kind. Good luck.

I wish I could fly 24/7
05-17-2009 08:40 PM
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TheWoodCrafter
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Location: Hesperia, Ca.

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That really sucks.
Some years ago I had my stuff stolen from my apartment.
About a month later a friend of mine saw it in a pawn shop.
I had the police meet me there and got all my stuff back after I proved it was mine. I had the main blades sitting on my kitchen table when they stole the bird.
05-17-2009 08:46 PM
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Jason Bell
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Call all the local hobby shops and have them be on the look out for it as well. Friend had his stuff stolen, got it back the same day because the guy brought it to a hobby shop

My eyes are open.

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05-17-2009 08:56 PM
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Bert Kammerer
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Location: Orlando, Florida

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Thanks for the heads up guys. Here is a list of what was stolen:

2x T-Rex 700's with 8717 servos all around, 8900G tail servo, Spartan DS 760 gyro and Spektrum 7100 receivers with Multigov governor. One had new V-Blades 690's and the other had Align 690 D blades. One had an Align H motor and the other an OS HZ, one had a Hatori SB-18, the other one a Hatori SB-20.

One of the 700's had the blue and white Align scheme that never made it into production. The other one had my "signature series" canopy.

1x T-Rex 600 NSP (blue anodized) with red/yellow canopy. 8717 servos, 8900G tail servo, Spartan DS 760 gyro and Spektrum 7100R receiver. OS Hyper 50 motor and Align pipe. This one also had the new 600mm V-Blades.

Spektrum DX7-SE transmitter in a black Pelican 1400 model case.

2 ThunderPower 2250 3s 40C batteries and 3 Thunderpower 2600 2s Prolite 2 batteries, all inside a small yellow Pelican case.

A lot of tools, all in a "Dremel" type bag.

One of these 700's was an original prototype, you can tell by the fact that most of the head parts (head block, swashplate, etc.) don't have the Align name printed on them. Also, the bottom plate is very wide, much wider than prototype versions.

If anyone sees any of these items out there for sale, please email me at bert@kammerer.name.
05-17-2009 09:13 PM
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ErichF
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Location: Odessa, FL 33556 (Tampa Area)

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Bert,

Sorry to read about this, my friend. Do you have some pics to post of the birds? I'll be keeping a lookout around the Tampa area.

Regards,
Erich
05-17-2009 09:32 PM
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helidevil
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FILE A POLICE REPORT ASAP!

Its not a crash, its an upgrade opportunity!
05-17-2009 09:45 PM
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jphilli
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FILE A POLICE REPORT ASAP!


I'm sure they already did that as the thief broke the window to gain access. Don't think anyone in their right mind wouldn't file a report when roughly $10,000 worth of equipment got stolen.

I just hope that Bert's sponsors will be very giving if he can't get his stuff back. When it comes to this hobby, a lot of the small things are frustrating to replace (like soldering connectors to all the replacement batteries, fitting the Tx to a new Pelican case, resetting up 3 entire helicopters, etc...)

I'm sure that Bert will have replacement equipment in short order but he lost a ton of man hours in that deal and that's what hurts the most.

Bert, if you need some help to get flying again, let me know if there's anything I can do.

-Caleb Phillips
05-17-2009 09:57 PM
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vermonster
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Bert,

Sorry to read about this, my friend. Do you have some pics to post of the birds? I'll be keeping a lookout around the Tampa area.

Regards,
Erich

Team Kyosho Regional

Here are some Pixs. Mark can delete the link if he wants.

http://www.helifreak.com/showthread...298#post1320298

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05-17-2009 10:29 PM
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Justin Barry
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Hey Bert,
SAME thing happed to me a year ago. had all of my stuff stolen, helis, radio, tools the whole 9 yards. I called all the hobby shops and told them to keep an eye out for my stuff, sure enough an hour later it showed up at one of stores. long story short, bad guy went to jail, i got everything back. Call EVERY hobby shop you can think of in town and tell em what happend. it just might show up.

Good luck man



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05-17-2009 10:31 PM
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JetFire
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Vermonster,
I took the liberty and added the photos here for visual if you want to edit and remove the link if Mark hasn't already. Anyway, it sounds like these guys know what there doing so I'm sure they're taking the helis apart as we speak so the sooner we can spot them the better.




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05-17-2009 10:46 PM
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vermonster
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Vermonster,
I took the liberty and added the photos here for visual if you want to edit and remove the link if Mark hasn't already. Anyway, it sounds like these guys know what there doing so I'm sure there taking the helis apart as we speak so the sooner we can spot them the better.

Thank You JetFire. Being a mod on another forum I don't like to step on toes. Being a friend of Jason I feel this is warranted. Thank you for posting the pixs. I really hope we can get get these a$$holes.

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05-17-2009 11:02 PM
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