Toys for the Boys - Apache AH-64 Radio Control helicopter
Always wanted to be that big kid and fly a model radio control helicopter? Well now you can and here is an excellent model to start with and it benefits your health!
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Always wanted to be that big kid and fly a model radio control helicopter?
We’ve been testing for some time the Apache radio control helicopter made by Chinese producer Colco.
This is a battery operated RC model and we believe is an excellent model to start with as it has a central ex rotation system which means that the central ex-mast controls lift, rudder operations, elevators and aileron movements.
On the mast are attached four blades: two Upper blades (A) and two Lower blades (B). Blades break quite easily and you will go through a ratio of breaking 3:1 bottom(Lower) blades to top(Upper) blades. As you get better your losses will decrease!
The ex-mast system also means it is quite a stable aircraft and ideal to learn to fly with. For the purest or advanced flyer it does not off that much and you are better to stay with the larger models.
Flying model helicopters is not cheap and learning the principals of flight with resorting to a flight simulator means you will be spending a LOT of money.
The Apache is offered by various manufacturers in different configurations. Originally the real AH-64 Apache is an all-weather day-night military attack helicopter with a four-bladed main and tail rotor and a crew of two pilots who sit in tandem.
The main fixed armament is a 30 mm M230 Chain Gun under the aircraft’s nose. It can also carry a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire and Hydra 70 rocket pods on four hard points mounted on its stub-wing pylons. The AH-64 is the principal attack helicopter of the United States Army and is a successor to the AH-1 Cobra.
The model bears little resemblance to the real thing but has some model rockets and armament on the wing pods. These can also break quite easily as we found out!
The biggest issue with the Colco AH-64 Apache RC is that the slightest interference of wind renders control of the aircraft very difficult. No wind days are great but a slight breeze and you will struggle to keep the aircraft aloft.
Stability is excellent and the parts are of a sturdy plastic design that held together with a variety of screws and snap fittings. Upon crashing these will come apart but are easily put back together ready for your next flight lesson.
There is a real benefit to the individual flying RC models and benefits anyone. The neuroscience and dexterity, eye–hand coordination and the small motor skills and muscular movements that occur in the hands controlling the aircraft all improve the pilot.
Another benefit of flying a model RC is that the actual requirements of flight performance on the pilot creates a neural ambidexterity.
This is because at certain points of the flight the aircraft will be at different angles and views to you. You will have "reverse" your thinking and hand movements if you’re to keep your aircraft aloft! All these activities are good, according to specialists, in keeping an active brain and potentially warding off Parkinsons Disease and other neural degenerative diseases.
Other links:
YouTube demo of the PicooZ manufacturer of the Apache:
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