More helicopters than fixed wing aircraft at the field this morning.

Steve brought his heli out but suffered intermittent radio failure, possibly a dry joint somewhere.

It was good to see Charlie and his helicopter at the field.

Gary's electric Zero.

George's quadcopter

Needs some support technology at the field 

Here's a clip of it in the air.

Peter working on his helicopter. There was some problem with getting the system to bind.

Turned out to be low rx battery voltage -- only 3,5 volts.

Durban Deep Radio Flyers, wetting of new runway and get together

We went to DDRF by invitation for the "Wetting of the New Runway". Ted and his grandson went as well.

More photos here

Here's a short clip of some of the DDRF helicopters.

 

A bunch of helicopters

Not sure who the pilot is, but as you can see, it was quite windy.

It's easy to get disorientated if your helicopter goes inverted.

Ask Steve.

Model helicopters are works of miniature engineering art.

Here's Gerald's Cabrinha, now with a four cell battery.

Windsock mast stolen, what next?

George's new big T Rex, no fly bar. Gyros give a degree of automatic stabilization. Fly-By-Wire comes to model aircraft.

Here's a short clip.

These are the real owners of the flying field.

Some work on the wind sock.

Someone asked me today why there were so few photos of helicopters on the BLOG. So Steve, here's a picture of yours.

Peter's Hirobo. A strange plastic bag visible.

Spring is here.

Here's a clip of some of the flying.

A plague of locus... er, helicopters

Two stalwarts and an Ultra Stick.

Here's Charlie with this helicopter.

I make no apology for including another clip of Ken's marvellous scale Slingsby Sky.

Charlie and Co with helicopters.

What's the collective noun for helicopters? A plague perhaps?