~ RC Helicopter Movies ~ The selection of videos will change periodically, so save them if you like them (right click and Save As). Some are .mpg, some are .mov ---> download the free .mov player at http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ Can't find the Eric B video you're looking for? Try here. Huey Cobra Movie 1 - This is my Kalt Whisper, with a Huey Cobra fiberglass fuselage. (12.0 mB) Gittin' up to git down Eric showing off his latest takeoff move. (1.9 Mb) Jet Ranger Clip 1 Dave Gardner's first scale helicopter in flight - Raptor 50 with Century Long Ranger fuselage - Excellent work, Dave! (8.6 Mb) Jet Ranger Clip 2 Looking pretty sharp, Dave! (3.8 Mb) Jet Ranger Clip 3 Dave did a really nice job building this model. (3.7 Mb) ~ Crashes ~ Whisper Wreck Here's footage of my Kalt Whisper wrecking because I couldn't hover nose-in. (1.0 Mb) ~ Eric's Collection of the Bizarre ~ ~ MOVIE OF THE MONTH ~ Alan Szabo Jr. in Las Vegas, Jan 2003 (43.1 Mb)

~ RealFlight G2 Simulator models ~ The items below are my "raptor" setups for the Realflight G2 rc simulator. There are two files. One is called Raptor30-Eric.heli and the other is Raptor50-Eric.heli. One flies like my Raptor 30 (with OS 32, Weston pipe, 550mm CMT fiberglass blades, 30 % CP fuel) and the other flies similarly to my Raptor 50 (with TT 50, TT muffler, 600mm Funkey fiberglass blades, 30% CP fuel). All you have to do is copy these files to your directory; c:\programfiles\realflight\planes\ You should be able to pick them from the aircraft list while running G2 after putting the new files into that directory. With this setup, the gyro gain is controlled by the number keys, 1-9 & 0. Just push 0 before taking off and that gives the highest (heading hold) gain. I don't have the G2 "add-ons" which have the "Raptor" helicopter that looks like the real Raptor. These G2 helicopters are the "Dolphin" which I modified the parameters to get it to fly realistically. You might find the models a bit skitterish in a hover. I haven't figured out how to dampen that out. I use G2 mostly for practicing 3d, and so I have set it up to emulate that style of flying. I haven't played around with the parameters enough to get the sim to autorotate well. So, I don't practice those on the sim. They're much easier in real life, although more risky. Please let me know what you think! Eric's RealFlight G2 Raptor 30 model Eric's RealFlight G2 Raptor 50 model

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