450 Huey Build

[akent]

That's awesome!

I have an MD500 fuselage that I had mounted to another 450 (I sold the heli but not the fuselage). It had a very unique sound too! It definitely reverberates through the fiberglass and to me, it sounded a lot like a turbine!
Kent

[19000rpm]

Well I guess Ray and I aren't crazy. It does sound much like a Turbine.

I got it outside for a few minutes before it started to rain and my photographer got a few quick shots. It was really cloudy so the lighting isn't good.

The wind was blowing 5-7, but the Huey didn't even notice. This thing flies great.

[Raygun]

That last shot looks almost like the real thing!! If those soccer nets where not in the way. I need to make it flybarless.... Thanks Ray

[19000rpm]

There are so many soccer nets on the fields here I think they must have one for each player...Then a half dozen or so more for the visiting team.

So, when you hear me say I've flown into a soccer net, and are thinking, "What's the chance of that?", my answer will be, "It's almost a certainty; sooner or later."

That being said, I'm going to make sure the Huey isn't a net victim. I'm flying it off the end of the track and the goal in the background is farther away than it may seem.

[Raygun]

If you imagine the Huey flying over the trees it looks huge!!!

[Dave]

Well there is so much to say here about this build that I am lost for words.
Ray this by far has to be one of the best looking helicopters that I have ever seen. I can not even imagine what she must look like in person. 19k you are one lucky man to have been the first to fly her.

Ray IMO you have a long way to go to beat this one buddy

By far my most favor right photo, hope you don't mind the edit.

[19000rpm]

Yes, I'm a lucky one. Good job on the cropping of the photo too. My "photographer" did her best. I might be able to hook up with my video guy in the future.

[McKrackin]

Aug 30, 2011 11:53:53 GMT -6 Raygun said:

That last shot looks almost like the real thing!! If those soccer nets where not in the way. I need to make flybarless.... Thanks Ray

The real UH1 has a flybar.....Just sayin ;D

Looks great

[Raygun]

Yes the real one does have a stubby flybar as Ernie pointed out Heliartist did offer a scale one but pulled it from the market because it did not work very well. If I had one coupled with a flybarless system I think it would have worked fine.. I could make a fake one that was there just for looks...Ray

There are some still in stock but very spendy.

www.fast-lad.co.uk/store/heliartist_scale_rotor_head_hauh1450sh-p-14030.html

[smaug067]

She's a beaut!!!

Smaug

[akphill]

Nice looks really good
Glad she fly's good.
That one brings back memories of filling sand bags LOL

[19000rpm]

Happy to say the Huey is certified for active flight duty and ready to deliver to the Raygun Skunk works.

I had some issues with getting it back to the original settings and it turns out that I was having a binding problem. It seems to be fine now.

I played with it a lot, and really, it was just a matter of getting a little more aggressive on the T&P curve to get it flying just like Ray described he wanted it.

The DDVP has a lot of authority and even the cheap little gyro seems to being its' job well.

Have fun with it Ray!

[Raygun]

Thanks 19000 for your help on this project but its not over till the fat lady sings and the fat lady (Dave) told me she wants a flybarless Huey so you might just be test flying it again. I am practicing on the Blade Sr and Ernie advised me to get a MCPX to practice on as well so I did. I think that if I can fly the SR the Huey should be a walk in the park... Ray

[19000rpm]

Why would a fat lady want FBL heli? Is she going to eat it?

You'll be able to fly the SR, the mCPX and the Huey.

[Raygun]

The Fat Lady (Dave) wants to convert the flybar into a BBQ spit for cray fish and needs the parts.