Scratch build Mil Mi-24

[MARS]

Hi Guy's

Here is a follow up on my project. Last fall I did a couple of flight test that was not very good I add a lot of resonance in the fuse. This weekend I decided to have a go at it, Here is a couple of picture of it before is flight.

http://usera.imagecave.com/helibuff/mi24D_assemblage/HInd_D_2.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/helibuff/mi24D_assemblage/Hind_D_1.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/helibuff/mi24D_assemblage/Hind_D.jpg

I did 2 flight to adjust the curves and the head speed, I found that if I go higher than 1500 rpm on the head it will vibrate,
The last 2 flight was some slow and fast circuit.

My friend add is video camera with him and he took some shoot of it, I might have a video of it to upload in a couple of day's.

Mars
Yvon

[MARS]

Hi Guy's

Here is the Hind in flight

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=yT6_iLArE4Q


Mars
Yvon

[Buzzkill]

Very nice !! Great job and great looking heli !! :thumbup:

[ginnz]

thats a nice scratch build!

but the smoke really kills it for me..... would look better in flight "E" powered :-) IMO.

[MARS]

Hi guy's I did some more work on the Hind since the last post of the maiden flight, I added the turbine outlet,gun turret, 4 canon, and a rockets pods.

I was asking from my OS 70 about 80% power just to hover it and at 1450 rpm for the rotor the power was at is best very marginal so I decided to by a
OS 91SZ and some NHP 800MM rotor blade.

I did my first test flight yesterday and boy there is a big difference in the flight characteristic
a lot more stable and now I am hovering it at just a air below mid stick at the same head speed.

Heres a picture of it with the extra details.

http://usera.imagecave.com/helibuff/mi24D_assemblage/mil008.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/helibuff/mi24D_assemblage/mil009.jpg

Yvon
Mars