Andy48 Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Wonder what sort of BMFA licence you need for this one? Edited By Andy48 on 31/01/2016 22:14:46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Hi , Reminds me of a R/C toy i bought some years ago . Mine did not have the lights on but is the same as the video above . Then again i am always interested in something a bit different am i not Steve Edited By Stephen Jones on 31/01/2016 23:58:44 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Colbourne Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Hi Andy, Thanks for the uploading that. A fascinating video. I saw one fly at Old Warden some years ago, launched off a hand held screwdriver... It inspired me enough to start building 'Chip Chopper', a Cox Pee Wee 0.020 powered version. I got a as far as making all the bits but never assembled them, so that must go on this years 'to do ' list'. With electric power, someone who knows what they are doing should be able to incorporate a compass linked to the speed controller, so more power could be applied on one side of the rotation than the other, to give a modicum of steering. Here's the Charles McCutcheon's original article and plan: **LINK** and one for a Cox 0.010 **LINK** I can't find the Chip Chopper plan at the moment, but its in the 'Fifty Years of Aeromodeller' Book fi you have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Etherton Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 While we are on the subject anyone remember this one? Another free design from Aeromodeller. Original was made from corrugated cardboard but they only last a season before they become fuel soaked and soggy. The one above is made from balsa reinforced with carbon fibre sheet around the edges. A little heavier but almost bulletproof. Some of you may have seen it at the Nationals in previous years. Makes a characteristic whom whom whom sound as it climbs like a bullet until the motor cuts, similar to the charybdis. Great fun as long as you have a fetcher mite along with you. The only model I have which you launch downwind!!!!!!!!! Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Well, apart from the fact that there's no such thing as a BMFA 'licence' that looks, for want of a better word 'interesting' Is there any sort of control (apart from motor, perhaps)? It looks rather like those things that look like flying walking sticks with diesel engine at one end that intrepid people fly at the chuck and duck at the Nats. They look very amusing and not as lethal as they appear Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lee Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I built one many years ago launched overhead from a screwdriver. It flew straight off, which was just as well as I didn't have a clue as to how to trim it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chip-Chopper-McCutcheon-Flying-Machine-Free-Flight-/222009592628?hash=item33b0cd8b34:gThere's one on ebay Edited By Bob Cotsford on 01/02/2016 15:26:32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 ok, I'll try again - maybe the link is too long: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chip-Chopper-McCutcheon-Flying-Machine-Free-Flight-/222009592628?hash=item33b0cd8b34:gWwAAOSwnLdWq7KA edit - ah hell, search ebay for 'chip chopper' in toys and games Edited By Bob Cotsford on 01/02/2016 15:28:55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Hat Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 this is a lot more fun: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Jones Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Hi , The wow wee toy that i had was fully rc controllable , I had control of height by power. and then i could move it left, right forward or backwards . i guess that as it was controlled by ir lights it knew where i was . Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David perry 1 Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Andy, that firework is very good D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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