Photos with tag "helicopter"

2007-11-28: Gatlinburg Airport

A quick trip over to the Gatlinburg airport to explore somewhere I've never been

2006-04-08: Goo And Flying Machines

A sad farewell to the Raptor 50

2006-03-17: Selling The Raptor 50

Battery level meter	Carbon fiber main rotor blades	Original receipt	Surface rust on flybar
Spare parts	Blades stowed	Gyro	Body detail
Carbon fiber tail fins		It's time to say goodbye

2004-11-20: Dan Flies The Raptor

Defueling

Uh oh, I think Christian is gonna kick your ass

Oops, I broke it

Hovering in a strong headwind

2004-11-13: Raptor 50 - Second Flight

Closeup of the Dirk	Nothing but helis today	Luis and his Dirk	My good ole' not-yet-crashed Raptor 50
Harold's Raptor 90	The heli is a Venture 50, but I didn't catch his name	Luis flies his Kyosho Nexus 30 with scale fuselage (DIRK!)

2004-11-06: Raptor 50 - First Flight

Harold shows off with his Raptor 50	...Another Guy... flying his Venture 50 (The one guy whose name I did learn, Luis, is not in any of these pictures)	The crashed Raptor 50. Not much damage visible from this far away	My heli runs through its first tank of fuel on the ground to break-in the new engine
The Raptor 30 in flight	Harold takes up another student's Raptor 30	Harold's heavily modified Raptor, my stock one, and the other student's crashed one (I really need to learn people's names)

2004-10-21: Raptor 50

I think it would have been worth it to invest in that pair of ball link pliers.	Beautiful, useful piece of technology	It's just a little naked now, is all	Blades extended
Blades stowed for storage	Now THAT'S a helicopter.	Completed rotor head assembly	It's safe to stop squinting now.
Whoever invented the helicopter probably went through the same self-doubt as the guy that invented the automatic transmision. "That's so complicated I've already forgotten how it's supposed to work."	The main shaft makes it look a little closer. But not really.	Progress continues. Still doesn't really look like a helicopter.	That sort of looks like a helicopter, if you squint. And while you're squinting you look at a picture of a helicopter.
Hmm, it might take a while to make this resemble a helicopter	The newest addition to the RC stable - TT Raptor 50 V2

2003-08-12: El Yunque