Michael Forsblade (0 followers)
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Roban Scale Hekicopters
Hello, I have 3 Vario scale helicopters. Since retirement, I can no longer afford the prices Vario is asking for their scale kits. I have had Roban before and was not fond of their kits, quality and virtually no part support! Does anyone know if their quality has improved? I had the AS 350 which...
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Michael Kranitz
Hi Michael, I reviewed one of the first models Roban made back in 2012 and I was concerned about the quality. They have definitely improved and there are many hundreds of satisfied pilots. I spoke to Michael Binder, Roban's founder and CEO last week and I can tell you that they are constantly lookin...
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Michael Forsblade
Thank you very much for the response. I truly appreciate it. Helistorm? Never heard of it before, I missed the southern scale rotary challenge this year. Where is the Helistorm event held???
Thanks again
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Michael Kranitz
This is the first year for HeliStorm and nothing like it has ever been held. It’s at the US Air Force Museum front grounds. Go to https://Helistorm.org for all of the details. Also you can use the filters here and bring up every post about it in one click.
I absolutely love scale Helicopters, here is my fleet would like to ask what are the most common pitch curves on scale helis?
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Richard Gibson
Mike, on a flybarred heli like your Lama with the Trex 700 mechanics, your starting point should be 5 to 5.5 at preferred hover stick position, 10 at the top, 2-3 at low stick. thats judging you are running around 1450 - 1500 rpm governed for constant headspeed. On hold, you would increase the top p...
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