https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_EmlczRm70

This is clearly outside the realm of scale helis, but if you are a scale heli modeler, you will REALLY appreciate this metal turbofan model!


https://youtu.be/N8cBDYIktPw

The first two steps are as simple as they get. Be careful to align the aluminum servo plates and servo spline correctly inside the plates. Those are the only gotchas in this section of the build.

https://youtu.be/u_y1KLyGtGA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi_D5tBAmNY

After a very soft landing and forward roll, the right main gear of my massive HeliClassics Mi-171 separated from the strut support and caused the helicopter to list violently. In the process, the blades did a good bit of damage to the boom, which is made from Airex, a honeycomb material that is more...