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flyboycpa
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Location: Nashville, TN

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My first chopper was a Hobby Lobby/MFA Sport 500 w/ Collective in 1990. It actually hovered pretty well, but I never took it in FFF.

I used to work there from 1990-1996 (while in HS and College) and did most of the helicopter-guru questions/complaints.

Then bought a Schluter Champion in 1991 and started FFF and basic acro & autos.

Sam
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Raeland
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Location: NE Ohio

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		A Nexus 30 in December 2000. This was by far the best x-mas present I ever bought myself.
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Federico Culzoni
Senior Heliman
Location: Italy,Milan

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		My first hely...



Was a shuttle..it became a monster with missiles,bombs and I don't remind...

www.federicoculzoni.com
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JJsaratogaNY
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Location: Centreville, Virginia

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		my first was the thundertiger raptor30 ARF. 3 years ago. What a trip. Now I am playing with a JR voyager50, and ergo60, and fury60 expert. not enough time in the day to have 3 heli's.
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Malorie
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Location: Paw squared, MI

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		GMP Cricket,
I never did get it to fly for more that a few seconds. Learned on a Nexus Legato three years ago.

Life's a journey, NOT a destination.
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deckerv
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Location: Wellsville, NY

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		MFA Hughes 500

My first heli experience was a fixed pitch, overweight, lead sled that NEVER got off the ground. I had a Fox 50 in it. That thing was sooo heavy that I wish I knew of someone out there that had the full bodied 500 FP and flew?? I offloaded mine @ an auction for a hundred bucks, and gave up on heli's till March of 02 when I bought a Nexus. Can't believe the fun that I was missing.. Finally sold the nexus though

deck
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Federico Culzoni
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Location: Italy,Milan

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Good topic bladerunner!



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Optech
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Location: San Diego, CA.

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Mine was an American Revolution .40, fixed pitch, no gyro, K&B .40 w/heliball muffler. I got to where I could almost hover it if it weren't for the damn bushes. I gave it up for a few years then bought one of those blue Shuttles.

Mike

Viva La Airtronics!
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YSRRider
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Location: Ingleside/Fox Lake, IL

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		MFA SPORT 500, the one HOBBY LOBBY sold, i got rid of it reaaaaaal quick! besides my many hours on REAL FLIGHT, took my first real hover on a used nexus i got in a trade.... sad thing is, I miss flying it, it was always a solid little heli, we had some good crashes togeather
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Doug
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Location: Naples Florida....

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Helibaby here as well. I had a KB 40 in mine I got to where I could "aim" it around the sky Then I got mu Kavan JR and it took a back seat.

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scroller
Senior Heliman
Location: Paradise, CA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Competitor

My first heli was a GMP Competitor.
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Ray Fernandez
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Location: Guam (U.S.A.)

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		My favorite was a Concept SE. Something like a Timex...........

Ray Fernandez - GUAM
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jimmyhua
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Location: Guam

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		First Helicopter

My First Helicopter was bought from Ray Fernandez in March 2002 .

It's a Century Hawk SE v1.

Jimmy
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svanwhy
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Location: Tague, Korea

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Nexus30.

Man that thing was maintenance intensive! The tail drive wire would allways let go on me no matter what I did, and the thing had Z bends in it not ball links! Talk about a sloppy control system!

My second was the Raptor 30.
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Safe_Cracker
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Location: Chicago, IL

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		TSK Mystar 60.

I guess it ruined the experience of quality from other machines.It was one of finest and most durable machine even by todays standards.I had enough with 60's so X-cell 30 stuffed with a 46 is a nice route these days
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Heli-Driver
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Location: Arlington, TX

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Kalt Baron 30, circa 1988? OS engine, no gyro.... woah!



Raymond

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Century Helicopters
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Jagboy69
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Location: Texas

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Quick 30.... nice stable trainer once the small bugs got worked out... also taught me how to crash.....

Jason /// Sceadu50/9chp WWW.Jagboy69.com
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Hughes500Pilot
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Location: Anaheim, CA

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		My first heli was a Kalt Baron 30MX.

No, this is not the "plastic" version from the 90's... The original Kalt Baron 30MX was made with a metal frame and a metal rotor head. Funny, but the servo tray was made out of wood...

I powered it with an OS 28F-H (the OS 32F-H had not been released yet). I used the "brand new, top of the line" Futaba G-153 dual gain gyro. The radio I used was a Futaba 5NLH with 148 servos all the way around.

It was a pretty simple to build except for one thing that bugged me... The engine was mounted with the crankshaft pointed up. That ment you had to buy a special 90 degree exhaust adapter. It took me 2 weeks to to find one and order it. I wish the hobby shop I bought the heli from would have told me up front I would need to get the adapter too...

It flew pretty good and took me all the way through foward flight. But one day I was flying it and the motor died. I did the best autorotation I could do, but I bent the heli in half... Since I was only 14 at the time I lacked the funds to fix it.

-Steve

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metalman
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Location: ada, okla.

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		1st chopper

Dubro Shark with O and R gas converted to glow. Rotor speed was so low and the engine torque so high I never did learn to hover with it. Got a Heli-Baby from Walt Schoonard and learned to hover and sort of fly around. Dubro came out with a 60 conversion for the Shark, and with it I learned to actually fly around. Got a Kavan Jet Ranger and a Heli-boy. With these I learned to loop and roll. Quit about '78 and started again in 2000. Man, this new equipment is like magic!!!
Jim
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Dr.Tim
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Location: Mojave Desert

My Posts This: Topic  Forum		Hele Baby

Had a Hele Baby and a HeleBoy in the early 70's but could never transition from forward flight into hovor so, I added wheels and landed like an airplane!! Gave it up in 74 -- then in November 2001 I gave it another try!! These new radios and Gyros are wonderful things!!

Dr.Tim

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