small heli ?

[eeyore65]

Just curious ,
What is the smallest rotor span r/c heli ?

[Trikster]

The Ikarus Piccolo has a span of about 20 inches. Another small heli is the MS Hornet. Both have their strong and weak points, but from what I have seen, there seems to be a bit more of a market for the Piccolo than the Hornet. (as in hop-ups and exposure)

I have a Piccolo with fixed pitch (collective pitch also available) on the way and I will let you know how it flies when it arrives.

[jandirks]

Hi,

Another helicopter with a small rotor diameter are the Feda and the Skylark.

Go here: Amersfoort Airport (http://www.amersfoortairport.com/indexe.html) and click on the 'Helicopters' button.

Regards,

Jan-Dirk Schuitemaker

[Trikster]

The Feda and Skylark are knock-off's of the Piccolo. Replacement parts are hard to come by for the Feda and Skylark. If that style of heli is what you want, go for the Piccolo. You will have world wide parts support and a much better air-craft (quality). I have flown the Feda, Skylark and the Piccolo. The Piccolo was the easier one to fly and offered a lot more enjoyment (Piccoboard is very easy to use, lighter than seperates).

[nolasco]

Here is a 4oz wonder:

http://www.wes-technik.de/English/helistar.htm


Jun Nolasco

[eeyore65]

I found this small heli , similar to what nolasco posted
http://www.ahc1931.com/cgi-bin/miva?Merchant2/merchant.mv+Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ahc1931&Product_Code=KEY23-610B
13.77 in. rotor span
3.52 Ounces

[jandirks]

Trikster,

Maybe you didn't try to order from us. We ship parts for the Feda and Skylark to customers all over the world every day again.

@all,
Follow the Helicopters link on our website and choose for the Feda parts or Skylark parts link on the top of the new page. Select the items you need.

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Regards,

Jan-Dirk Schuitemaker

[genovia]

Hello,

Here's my two cents, I'm the type of buyer that like what he sees and gets what he wants. Money in not an object in this hobby, just as long, as it is spend correctly.

Feda. I have seen Feda Helicopters on Ebay, and some have reported that Feda helicopters are a great little flyer. I made a thread on the on the other board, with one simple question. Service and parts.....

I called some hobby stores, outside and within US... One question in mind. Service and Parts.........

I balance things out. I got a Piccolo.

Before one post, a response to my post. Please sit back and think and ask one simple question....... I am buying an expensive heli. because it's inexpensive or am I buying it because it's proven to fly and hassle free with 100% service and Parts, loaded in stock here in the USA.

I was a pinky shy from buying a Humming bird, but I asked the same question that I would like to ask yourself. Do you want to fly with stress or with loads of Fun:)

Yours,
genovia

**We ship parts for the Feda and Skylark to customers all over the world every day again.****

again?:eek:

[Trikster]

You know Genovia, we are two peas in a pod... Scary... That is why I chose the Piccolo.

[jandirks]

Genovia,

Originally posted by genovia

**We ship parts for the Feda and Skylark to customers all over the world every day again.****

again?:eek:

Maybe I didn't translate correctly from Dutch to English, but I assume you understood what I meant to say.

Trikster said:
Replacement parts are hard to come by for the Feda and Skylark

And that is NOT true!

Regards,

Jan-Dirk

[Trikster]

What I meant by that statement is that noone that I have found in the US carries parts for those heli's. You are the first business that I know of outside of Asia that carries parts for them.

[genovia]

Aus. sells the Feda, and my cousins in the Philippines flies them. From what they told me. The Feda is a hit down in Europe and Asia.

I just wish, that there's a distributor, that sells them here. The Ikarus Humming bird comes in a Feda box, but then again even Ikarus is having a hard time. Keeping up with the Humming bird costumers demands for parts. (Helicopter World.com..... SUCKSSSSSS...)

I am not against this heli. I just wish there is more of it here and the availablity of the parts are accessable here in the States.

[HouseFLY]

Smallest rotor span heli right now is uner 6" rotor diameter.

See my PALM SIZE heli posts on the E-Zone.

See also "House FLY" DIY, Commercial, Limited edittions here in this forum, E-Zone, www.microrotors.com, Yahoo Groups "microhelicopters" , www.micro-flight.com.

Stay tunned for a newer tiny heli I will soon release.

Mario I. Arguello
MIA Micro-FLIGHT (Pioneering micro helis since 1985)
www.micro-flight.com

[HouseFLY]

I forgot to include this link in my previous post.

http://www.radiocontrolzone.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1795

Enyjoy!

Mario

[genovia]

Mario,

I have read your post on the other side, to keep the fun alive, can you start a post here? I know that this forum is slow, but as a vendor, wouldn't you like to start and build a follower here in RCzone? That would be a cool thing to do.

Your palm size heli? I like it:)

genovia

[HouseFLY]

OK, See my Palm Size Heli Post .

Enjoy!.

Mario I. Arguello
www.micro-flight.com