penumatic controled helicopter

[chewie]

I made this not to long ago i got the helicopter as a set a long time ago for christmats i recently re-built it.!!!!!

so then i had to idea of making the rotors elevate and depres with the control of penumatics!

Pics to come soon!!!!..and maby a video!!!!!

[chewie]

here is a pic

ill find out how to put a video

[Mister Phes]

Does it actually fly? |-D

[SlyOwl]

That looks really intersting - have you ever thought of continuing the posting or this topic?

SlyOwl *y*

[Brickthus]

here is a pic

ill find out how to put a video

Looks good! *y*

You might need the pneumatic parts to stop in the middle, in order to control the direction of flight!

It is possible, but a bit complicated *wacko* : http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=147931

Have you seen my Apache helicopter? http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=147936

I didn't use pneumatics, but the joysticks and collective pitch levers control the pitch of each blade individually, as they rotate. The tail rotor uses clip plates for collective pitch control. I might finish it one day, but I have too many other projects on the go!

Mark