This thread has inspired me – anyone know of an RC flying club near Wrexham? I’ve still got a couple of planes hanging in the garage and would be great to get them flying again.

On the question of upside down helicopters, most collective pitch models range from positive pitch on the main blades (blow air down) to negative pitch (blow air up) meaning they will fly upside down with no issues (if the pilot can). It also means some spectacular aerobatics are possible , have a look on YouTube at some of the experts.

Matt- P, Pop into hobby corner I’m sure they’ll be more than happy to point you in the right direction of some clubs.
On a side note are you Mathew Price??

No reason why you couldn’t with a real one if they were set up to do so – it’s just not a particularly useful thing to do, so they don’t. Not exactly rocket science – you just reverse the pitch on the blades.

Once you have a heli set up to fly inverted (as much negative pitch as positive), then it can do all this:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2m451SbvhE[/video]

Can you imagine being in that? Which is pretty much why real ones aren’t set up to fly inverted.

This is as close as a real helicopter gets to the “3D” antics:
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7qCjs-AzXs[/video]

Pop into hobby corner

Aaah, Hobby Corner, the shop that took all my money as a youngster in exchange for lots and lots and lots of Scalextric bits. 😀
Do they still do the model car racing in Hoseley Lane, Marford?

Sadly not Hosely Is all over grown and seen better days, there Is a new track they use on the industrial estate, not sure where though.

Edit: Wrexham [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQnaqBtwcW8[/video]

This is my Hyper 8.5 Pro, with upgraded shock towers, shocks and loads of over upgrades. Savox servo’s, soft compound tyres, Go Tech .21 & .25 engines Jp-3 & JP-4 exhausts. I use a Futaba 3PK transmitter with Spektrum modules.

Buggy by MilkieKula, on Flickr

Ramp Side by MilkieKula, on Flickr

Busted Buggy by MilkieKula, on Flickr

I also have a Walkera 4#3 micro heli, an eleccy TT-01 drifter and a NTC3 nitro touring car… More pics to follow! 😆

Discus Launch Gliders have it for me. No noise and you can fly them pretty much anywhere.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfp0N2bZVy4[/video]

This is a friend of mine at the world air games doing a lame indoor demo…
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyG82XM0EZQ[/video]

Slow-mo launches…
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtCwsGHK7jo[/video]

If anyone wants a helicopter recommendation – get a Blade!

Heli Maintenence by Flamejob, on Flickr
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOAHw_MD56g[/video]

This kid knows how to fly a toy…

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEE9vdPpxvw[/video]

I sort of agree with you aracer, but not quite. I have a fixed pitch heli, two co-ax and 2 collective pitch – although the FP one is slightly easier to fly then the CP ones, it’s not as rewarding; having said that, the two cp ones (a 450 size and .30 nitro) scare the bejaysus out of me 😉

Kind of missed the boat (or helicopter) on this one but going back a page I think that full sized helicopters did not fly inverted due to the rigidity of the blades, turn upside down and cut your tail off problems. I guess updated materials means this is not (always) the case now.

Am loving some of the detailed models 🙂