Ikarus Airwolf with BladeCP head conversion (video)

[DarkHorse]

Ikarus Airwolf with a BladeCP head conversion 570mm rotor and 30mm stretch DD tail, brushless main motor.

Forward Flight taster (27MB 2.75min 50fps WMV):

...AirWolf-BladeCPhead-570mm.wmv
http://www.darkhorserc.com/piccolo/images/thumb-AirWolf-BladeCPhead-570mm-7.jpg http://www.darkhorserc.com/piccolo/images/thumb-AirWolf-BladeCPhead-570mm-1.jpg
http://www.darkhorserc.com/piccolo/images/thumb-AirWolf-BladeCPhead-570mm-5.jpg http://www.darkhorserc.com/piccolo/images/thumb-AirWolf-BladeCPhead-570mm-6.jpg
http://www.darkhorserc.com/piccolo/images/thumb-AirWolf-BladeCPhead-570mm-4.jpg
...AirWolf-BladeCPhead-570mm.wmv (http://www.darkhorserc.com/piccolo/video/DarkHorse-AirWolf-BladeCPhead-570mm.wmv)
27MB 2.75min 50fps WMV

Let me know if the full info on this conversion is required and I'll repost.

PS. This is a week old and would have posted here earlier but my hosting has poor bandwidth service.

[Pepperpete]

I will admit that your Wolf looks extremely smooth in the air. Very impressive to say the least. :) I was always worried I would not get a nice paintjob out of the Foam material but you have done a great job.

[DarkHorse]

Hi, yes using a larger rotor and some expo helps a lot with smoother flying a squirly micro. I had many technical issues with this setup, half of which were because it was built on the cheap using recycled bits on the shelf, the body is a few years old also. I wouldn't recommend anyone go out of their way unless experienced and determined or the resulting heli will likely frustrate.

The body finish looks better in the video than up close in real life. There is a way to smooth the foam so that it can look like this classic Bell222 Ikarus foam version (from a newzeland flyer?), though I don't know how as I'm not that artistically skilled. Sure looks nice though :cool::
http://dhrc.rchomepage.com/stills/bert.jpg