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Great video and commentary of my favourite aircraft,Harrier was only louder whilst in the hovver,Tornado could leave harrier standing in acceleration,I think this was the commander of XV Squ at Lossiemouth,Flt lt Rich Davies,I saw him display at Waddington.
Great to see these 2 great Programmes on here. A mate of mine lent me the sharrks video years ago and I'd been trying to find it since, love the gazelle used to see it all the time as lived near Lisanelly Barracks in Omagh although they most definitely were not red aircraft lol. Thank you for putting this on
Hello , I'm new to Helicopters . I have a 450 SE . My question is the top or large gear spins as it should but the smaller bottom gear witch is the main drive gear doesn't spin at all . Have I forgot part of the Radio commands?. Thanks , Bobby M.
Yep - I've made smaller since the record was set but they cannot fly under control for longer than 6 minutes 56 seconds and therefore not verified by Guinness Records
Excellent. I always wanted an illustration slowed down so I can visualise how this works.❤❤ A simple animation really really is worth its weight in gold here.
But can it turn RIGHT?..or how about a figure "8"...? I smell a possible fraud here...any micro plane properly trimmed could do this with a crude rpm control...true flying would be in a pattern..
Right turns were not easy because the torque from the relatively huge prop made it difficult to control, but I made several after the time set by Guinness World Records. This video was heavily edited by the airplane magazine who verified the event. Watch the whole video, it might clear up your bullshit.
For anyone how's coming up blank trying to find Strimmer brand heli gas engines, strimmer is what we Brits call a weedwhacker, lol. It must have been a thing back then?
Good video. You did leave out what powers the compressor which is the turbine. It’s after the combustion stage and just before the exhaust is shot out creating thrust. The exhaust gasses turn the turbine, in turn turning the compressor which is feeding the high pressure compressed air into the combustion chamber. Add more fuel, the expansion of the combustion gasses increases, forcing the turbine to increase in speed. That causes more air to be forced into the combustion chamber by the compressor, further increasing thrust. If I missed this info being included in the video I apologize. I didn’t hear it mentioned although it was shown in your animation at the end. Great demo of a jet engine though.
Hello, how are you today?I have a brand new helicopter.It won't fly because it won't connect to each other.Receiver and the transmitter will not connect light flashes on both album.But it won't connect to the helicopter.I don't know what's going on.Could you help me out
I have a Trex 450 I hope to get flying soon, so please dont take offence, but the idea of grown men playing with toy helicopters seems kind of ridiculous.I dont like the 2.4 ghz stuff. Too glitchy. With 35mhz even with interference you keep some control, at least enough to dump it somewhere safe.
Good morning I have the same helicopter and I can't get it started, the problem is that the Gyro doesn't work and the LED lights up red and the control is from the TS6i console. Do you have an idea of the problem ?
Did my abinitio training and 3 'A and B' solo flights on a T49 Capstan. Still gliding 56 years later. The T21b that the T49 replaced was modified to remove the central support column on one glider and called the T21c. I flew it at Keevil Wiltshire UK in 1977. Going back to the T49 Capstan there are still some left. One at Challock and one at Lasham at least.
