Barney Barnett

Many years ago in the RAAF (Australian Air Force) I was testing aircraft seat harness inertia reels with a machine that uses various weights, the young Engineering Officer was very interested in this process until I sent him to the toolstore to get the "long wait", got him out of my hair for about three hours.

Thanks again Gareth, yes, what I referred to as "pedal trim" is yaw trim, when flying full size helicopters the yaw is controlled by the pedals, must get my terminology right. Will have a look at the shafts, meanwhile the Medevac is providing some good stress relief when I get home from work, two batteries and two Bourbons and I calm down enough to go in the house. Some of the confusion regarding model names came from your earlier post (25/10.07) where you said you considered a Falcon 3d but bought a MiniPred after advice from your instructor. Are they the same model from different manufacturers? Regards, Barney.

Thanks Gareth, thought it was but was not certain.

It seems that the model names are different here in Australia, makes it a bit hard to relate to what you guys are saying but I do appreciate the feedback. Now up to three broken lower blades, taped the broken pieces back on and put the same amount of tape on the opposite blade, no noticable difference. Did try to adjust the gyro to get back some pedal trim but found it was already maxed ? This was before the blade band-aids.

Huey is definately the favourite, would like to build a good scale model, Medevac looks very good for a "cheap starter". Would like to build up a bit of experience before destroying something serious. Maybe if I get a bigger model the wife will get some bigger dogs?

Thanks Jonathan, the medevac was an impulse buy, that is why I asked the question here, the medevac is fun but the challenge is wearing off, looking to move on but would rather learn from others mistakes. Will have a look at your suggestions and see what is available here in Australia.

Thanks for the tips Graham, just found the forum tonight, will try and work my way through the earlier threads. Medevac is my first model, when I was in the military I had a lot of stick time on Kiowa, Iroquois and Blackhawk, mode 2 is fairly instinctive and Medevac was fairly easy to fly straight out of the box. So far only damage was one nicked blade when chasing one of the wifes dogs (hope she does not see this).

Both preferably, I have a reasonable size undercover area at home and a large grass area right next door.

What would members reccomend as the next step after mastering the Medevac?