Have to be done, we had a huge swarm of Wasps here in New Zealand until 1998 working on our frigates and support ships, we had NINE of them ! :-) . The main difference of the Wasp from the Scout was that you could fold it up and put it away in a box when you weren't using it. Ok it was called a hanger but it was basically a garage with a high door. The tail folded forwards and the rotors folded back and left you something about the size of a large car on free castoring wheels that you could easily roll into the shed. Also they had inflatable floats.
"It looks like it smells funny..." ... LOL Now tell me - which other reviewer would mention that...?!?!? No one..!!! You are an original if I ever saw one...LOL ... !!! good one...!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I bought it today £8.39. I just had to get it. Flown many times in the scout on patrol in the Army. Literally hedge hoping. What an experience just wow
@@normg2242 - We used to call the Army Air Corps, particularly Scouts, TWA (Teeny Weeny Airways). Compared to the RAF and Navy's bigger beasts, hedge-hopping as a passenger in a scout, with that view ahead, was always an 'exhilarating' (ie exciting/terrifying) ride. I nearly shat a lung out more than once, but loved every second of it.
This one is definitely tons of fun, one that I'll designate my Back Country workhorse. The startup process is definitely interesting, same for the "autopilot" system. Minus the default camera having that weird FOV issue like the 47J, it's a great buy.
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Burstix found an EFB. Click on the bolt NW of the blanking plate and lo! Thanks for the quick tour. At the price impossible to refuse.
Aaah, going to be their usual one with a map and a few bits. They don't mention it in the manual!
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@@AvAngel Haven't seen it for myself yet but the vid mentioned a tasty coffin-style stretcher, various covers and cosies, check lists, removable doors for when the weather's nice, and your predicted map.
It's pretty nice for a tenner. Needs a little bit of work but at that price you can't go wrong. I was over in the UK a few weeks ago for the Paignton airshow and saw a Wasp in action. Really nice chopper
I bought this one the minute I saw it on the marketplace, didn't even wait for your review. You're right, it is very easy to fly and well behaved, contrary to the way it looks...LOL
The real life Westland Wasp had a neat trick and could use negative collective to push itself into the deck of a ship during rough seas. Wondering if this is modelled?
I may buy mfs. I was AAC during the last days of the Scout with 656 Sqn. I can confirm, it had a smell all of its own! Hot refuels was a knack and those little wheels were lethal! It’s a pity they haven’t modelled the CASEVAC pods or the SS-11 mounts. We used them for abseil displays before we transitioned to the Lynx. I can’t remember ever flying in one with the cabin doors on. When we did the abseiling, we were stood on the skids from takeoff to drop, I really miss the adrenaline rush. Happy memories
The Lynx would have probably been the more fitting choice to truly describe a local legend. After all, G-LYNX's record breaking speed flights were timed to coincide with the 1986 Farnborough airshow, and WU17 was also specifically timed for this years Farnborough. We would call that the stars aligning, but alas, the shopping trolley it is. =p I could see the Lynx as something that would need a bit more work and budget to really do justice, so maybe that's something Inibuilds would look at as its own thing down the line.
First flight was very nice. Second starting with engine off made me crazy. Even following the procedure it stays lown on engine rpm. Cannot get it run on high rpm. Terrible. Seems they never manage it to make this work well.
Hello. I've only been doing this for a month or so, so please bear with me :) . Love your vids. and I bought the H125 this morning in the sale before I saw this, think I made the right choice tbh. I obviously have a million questions for you, and the community as a whole. However my burning question right now is do I buy mt. Cook scenery or Milford sound scenery addons? just asking as someone with only 15 squids to spare for this moneypit of a new hobby I seem to be falling in love with. I hope this sale ends soon, so I can do less research and more flying; I kind of understand what a manifold is now and I don't really know why or how :)) Ps.If there did happen to be a Zombie apocalypse tomorrow, I would consider letting you fly me over New Zealand, maybe;)
I am watching the video as I type this but, how anyone figured out how to make the rear wheels on the Wasp point forward? I ask this because all the pictures of the helicopter in the manual have the wheels straight and even the thumbnails have them forward but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this. It's not in the manual, and I haven't seen it explained anywhere else.
I haven't flown the Wasp yet, but probably by taxying forwards. I'm not 100% sure but I believe on the real thing they were (kind of) free castoring, but spring-loaded to return to that position with the weight off the wheels (probably to stop the aircraft moving around on a pitching deck). *update* - New question: does anybody know how to taxi forwards without the rear wheels leaving the ground? 😂 *update2* - Nope. I tried a run-on landing and they still didn't castor. Back to the Scout, my favourite helicopter anyway.
@@otterspocket2826 Yeah I had tried that as well but it didn't work. I like the Scout more myself as well but, I just stymied that all the pics show it with the landing gear parallel with the centerline but nothing I have looked at in and around the helicopter seems to make it happen. I even mapped the tail wheel lock/unlock to my HOTAS and that didn't work either.
