larry flies helicopter to check boat at pond across river

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Nov 15th, wet and cold. 38 deg.F. but the sun came out and made it a beautiful ultralight helicopter flying day - so I flew over to the golf course and then to my boat and found it full of rain water! Thanks to my new cyclic clip I could land, get out, and pull the drain plug without waiting for the rotor to spin down. Never release cyclic with spinning rotors without friction or a clip (see larrys cyclic clip)

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  • Larry-

    I don't know if I mentioned it, but the RC'ers use a 3" thick foam rubber block adhesed to a 'plate', and then the camera attached to the foam. You can use the plate to mount to a hard point on your machine. Because the foam has a good natural oscillation damping, it totally removes the major vibrations from the two stroke motors. The camera 'hangs' from the foam block, so no aircraft vibration is transmitted to the vid. I liked the boat flight!

    -Christian

  • Great idea! I'll try it. Thanks Christian,

  • What type of engine do you run on your helecopter Larry? I fly a Beaver SS ultralight with a Rotax 503. Great flying! Glenn

  • It's a MZ202 by Compact Radial, 60hp, 2 bings, - standard engine for the Mosquito.

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  • All of these videos are terrific !!! I love that line "Lucky I have a helicopter". I don't know too many people that can say that and mean it. LOL.

  • Let the finger hit the mute, let the finger hit the mute....lol Good video though!

  • Perhaps not the best choice of songs  LOL

  • Hi Larry, for me the sound of the engine is better.

  • Cool ride - looks like fun! :-)

  • Awesome view outthere! I like the river colours.. Fall is not that bad afterall :)

  • Looks like you are getting the hang of the little chopper Larry. I like the videos and I love the little boat. I wish it were mine. Where do you live? It sort of reminds me of the Smoky Mountains. It 's beautiful there. Fly safe! Benny

  • I always use a helicopter to pull the plug in my boat :o) I don't know what I would do without it ;o)

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