RC heli!

[adibrook]

Hey people.

I picked up a slightly battered heli a few days ago.

To get it was a mission. Going 7hrs on a train, and i needed to change train in London. In london i had to change between the main line train and the regional train, which means getting the Underground between the two normal train stations. And if that wasnt bad enough, the shut the underground line for maintenence so i had to go through like 3 different lines in a massive circle to get to it.

And all that with a suitecase!

Anyway. I got a heli!

It's a Kalt of some kind. Pretty good too. It has an OS 50 engine, some fm reciever (made in japan) and a MECHANICAL(!!!) gyro.

The only parts missing are the main blades, the body shell, one of the tail rotor pitch control turnbuckles, and a screw!

It even has a battery pack installed, although i dont have a charger for it.

I got it mega cheap (doube figures!!!) so i thought, ok, thr tranny will be F'd, the engine will be stuck, the electronics will be fried and there will be a big crack in the shassis somewhere.

But the tranny is fine. And even better. I plugged a LIPO pack from a tiny electric heli into it, got my 6channle TX out and the electronics fired up!

Everythgin seems to be working, even the gyro and mixer.

not sure about the engine, but it turns over allright.

So now i need a bodyshell and a set of main blades.

It's a really advanced heli i think, with a swash plate and collective and cyclic pitch controls and stuff.

I'll post a pic when i find my damn camera download cable!

[adibrook]

[Airpressure]

Yeah man, thats a nice one! If you don't have any expeirience with a heli then I STRONGLY suggest you learn as much as you can on the way it flies before flying it yourself. If you could get someone that knows how to fly them and have him fly it first and show you how it flies that would be smart.

[VGCaged_Emaxx]

Especially since you have a gas one. I've heard that they're REALLY hard to fly.

[adibrook]

I'm one of those people who can fly/drive/control any vehicle within about 20 mins.

I'v flown electric helis alot, but never a nitro one. However, i herd that big heavy nitro helis are more stable than lighter smaller electrics, and are of course more powerfull etc, so will be less resistant to wind.

I think if i get this thign into flying order than it will be cool.

[VGCaged_Emaxx]

Yeah, that'd be great! When you do, shoot a vid or take some pics of it, good luck!

[adibrook]

I'm not sure where to get blades yet.

Kalt isnt in business anymore, and noone can get their parts. However, i'm sure the blades of a raptor of a simular engine size will fit. They are both single-bolt fittings. Because of the nature of helis they can be adjusted to blades i think. I

In fact, this Kalt is very simular to a Raptor. I know that i guess all helis are simular, but i think i know where Raptors come from now . When a Mommy Kalt and a daddy Kalt love each other very much........

I'v never herd of Kalt before, but it means light in german and apparintly they were a cool company before randomly dissapearing.

This thign is pretty beefy. Most of it is either steel, alu or composite.Not sure what...but not your avarage cheap plastic.

What puzzles me tho is this:

When i got it the fuel tank was stained blue, therefore it's been fueled. The cutch shoes (like in rc trucks!) were slightly worn. So the engine has been started and ran. But the main bearing wasnt in place. So the swish plate woudlnt have worked and it would ahve shook like F! So why has the enigne been run? wtf...i dont get it. Without the main bearing in place it's impossible to fly it. The blades would shake so voilently it would rip the shassis appart.

There was no damage to the bearing housing. So it couldnt have just fallen out. It must have been assembled wrong.

[offroadin101]

Looks good. All I have is a Blade CX micro heli for indoors, but my LHS is big into the larger heli's and they all say the bigger the heli, the more stable and easy to fly they are. Looks good, keep up posted!

[adibrook]

Yay! I have a name!!!

It's a Kalt Cyclone 50, either v1 or v2.