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RC Helicopters

If you want to buy a helicopter, the internet has become a great source of information and contacts. Many manufacturers have websites describing their helicopter models in detail, and sometimes rare bargains can be found when helicopters are sold at government or police auctions. New helicopters range from around $200,000 for a small chopper with two seats, to a larger, multi-passenger model for $400,000 and more. Used helicopters for sale vary in size, price and year. It depends on whether you are looking for a domestic or work helicopter or if you desire a used military helicopter. If you find buying a new helicopter is a bit beyond your budget, you might consider leasing one, or looking for an auctioned one. Some benefits of leasing are: enjoying benefits of ownership without a huge expenditure. However, leasing incurs significant running and insurance costs, and the helicopter technically does not belong to you.

Some of the most widespread and popular helicopters include the Robinson R22 and R44 series, or Bell and Hughes helicopters for those with a larger budget. Helicopter auctions often also feature used military and police helicopters such as the Bell UH-1. More generally, light civil helicopters can be divided into three categories:

Light piston-engined types - if you want a cheap personal helicopter for two, the Schweizer 300 or the Robinson R22 would be your choice. They can fly at about 80-110 mph. With a minimal seating capacity and small size, these helicopters are light, easy to fly, and easy to maneuver. Surprisingly, the light piston-engined helicopters use a more expensive fuel than that of the kerosine based turbine engines but they consume less fuel. However, the Schweizer 300 or the Robinson R22 are less interesting for for charter and corporate use. They are more popular, however, for training and personal use.

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Who hasn't dreamt of flying an RC model in the living room, or having one that loops above the kitchen table and drops a sugar cube into your coffee with just a flick of the transmitter switch?

In 1996, European modeling magazines started reporting on a new wave in our hobby: slow flight. Some very inventive people had broken all the rules with planes that weighed no more than 100 grams or so. They called it "slow flight" because the planes flew slower than walking speed. I researched the new technologies and learned about 2.4-gram proportional servos, 10-gram propulsion motors, 0.5-gram speed controllers and 4-gram receivers. Most of these components were marketed by WES-Technik.

As a veteran modeler and RC helicopter freak, I started dreaming about a tiny RC helicopter. I picked up the phone and called Walter Scholl, who heads up WES-Technik. An idea was born, and about a year and a half later, I had managed to design, build and successfully fly four prototype Pixels.

The Pixels are all my own design. All the mechanical pieces, including rotor head, swashplate, etc., are handmade. The tools I used are plain, standard stuff: mainly a Dremel, a hobby knife and some files. Roughly 99 percent of the frames are carbon. The first blades were balsa covered with fiberglass; now, they are fully carbon molded and the tail-rotor blades are carbon, too. Most of my time went into designing the rotor head and transmission system. It was crucial to determine the correct combination of rotor dimensions (span and chord), pitch, rpm, gear reduction ratio, motor and battery selection.

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