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Bell, RickI just returned from my annual trip to the Westchester Radio Aero Modelers (WRAM) show in White Plains, NY, and want to share the news of some of the new heli products I saw there.
Helicopter World* came all the way from the West Coast with its low-cost, high-performance, .30-size Hawk and .46-size Falcon hells. These offer a great way to get into hells without breaking the bank. The company also introduced its new Schweizer 300, which is based on the proven Hawk mechanics (an optional, scale, 3-blade head really dresses it up) and also offers tools, rotor blades, scale bodies and a complete line of upgrade parts for most helis.
Miniature Aircraft USA* displayed all of its goodies, including some new ones: an aluminum tail-rotor gearbox features CNC-machined parts and a stainless-steel hub. It's standard on the XL-Pro and available as an upgrade for most X-Cells.
Hirobo* displayed its fine line, including the new SST Eagle 2 WC machine, which features a carbonfiber frame and canopy and all-metal construction-truly beautiful-and the new collective-cyclic-pitch mixing (CCPM) Shuttle, which is based on the proven Shuttle design. The Shuttle will be offered as a complete kit and as a Shuttle upgrade. Hirobo's senior product manager, Jeff Green, hinted that some new .60-size scale hells are in the pipeline. I'll keep you posted.
Very exciting was JR's* G5000T-the much-rumored new Head Lock Gyro that Curtis Youngblood has used for some months. It's compact and light (only 1.82 ounces) and features easy setup, rate- and tail-lock modes and patented offset-drift-canceling circuitry. JR's new Vigor is gaining quite a following in the hell circuit and was also on display.
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