Heli Links

Updated 8/9/2005

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Clubs, Organizations & Mail Lists

Academy of Model Aeronautics on the Internet
International Radio Controlled Helicopter Association
International Miniature Aircraft Association
British Model Flying Association
R/C Helicopter Club Directory
Cascade Rotory Wings - Tailrtrs Web page
Scale Model Helicopters - Mike Ellis's excellent Scale page?? http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/v/a/vario/
Scale-Helis-subscribe@topica.com - send a BLANK email
RunRyder RC Helicopter Community and Forum http://runryder.com/
VOA Silent Flyers http://w3.one.net/~nimwegen/voa/index.html
Greater Cincinati Radio Control Club -- http://www.gcrcc.net/
Miami Valley Radio Contol Club - Lebanon, OH (no web site at this time)
Cincinnati Aeromodelers http://www.geocities.com/cincinnatiaeromodelers/

Flight Training & Sims

Ernie Huber RC Helicopter Flight Training Center http://www.rchelicopter.com/
Clarence Raglands Airplane and Helicopter Flight School http://www.kites.org/rc_instructors/
Computer Flight Simulators! Good list - http://home.planet.nl/~toore015/home.html
Rotary Modeler Reviews http://www.rotory.com/fltsim.html
FMS free flight sim http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/ build an interface ->http://www.heliguy.com/rcheli/home.html
Reflex flight Sim http://www.reflex-sim.de/
CSM flight sim http://www.rcmodels.org/csm/
Realflight G2 http://www.realflight.com http://www.knifeedge.com
Dave Brown RCFS 2001 http://www.dbproducts.com/
AeroFly, easyFly and piccoFly http://www.aerofly.de/ or http://www.horizonhobby.com
RC Helicopter Simulator for Mac OSX http://allmacintosh.xs4all.nl/preview/278379.html
PreFlight http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/atv/preflight001.htm
Blacksphere R/C Sim Sikorsky http://home.zonnet.nl/blacksphere2/rcsim.html
Helix 2 http://www.flightdynamics.demon.co.uk/helix.htm
Tru Flite http://www.tru-flite.co.uk/index.htm
Aerochopper --> need a link!
?? RC Stunt Chopter (Playstation)
?? X-Plane (has a RC in it, but its crap.) The heli may be OK with tx.
?? Microsoft FS98 / 2000 (Helicopter is nothing like RC)

Magazines, Websites and other Publications

Model Helicopter Techniques - THE heli magazine
W3MH (World Wide Web Model Helicopter) Magazine - Select Issue
E-Zone Magazine - Electric Aeromodeling Web Magazine site
RC Universe.com - Full range of RC related info
RC Airplane World - Nice website with heli stuff too. Good for beginners
RC-Online
RC Modeler Magazine http://www.rcmmagazine.com
Radio Control Models & Electronics and RotorSport (New!) http://modelflying.co.uk
Model Airplane News http://modelairplanenews.com
RC Buzz, UK modelers Site including helis - http://www.rcbuzz.com/

Helicopter Companies

Gas/Glow Powered
Robbe Germany | Robbe USA
-----http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Robbe_Schluter
-----http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Schluter-list
-----http://www.bobj.co.uk/ Robbe-Schluter info from Bob Johnson
-----http://members.dodo.net.au/wilsonj/millennium3d/
Bergen RC Helicopters - Larry Bergen's Intrepid and industrial line
Vario Europe
Vario USA - New Vario USA site
Horizon Hobbies - Home of the Vigor/Ergo heli line
Ace Hobbies - Thunder Tiger Helis
Graupner Models
-----http://www.v-eastonline.com/
X-Cell - Minature Aircraft USA
Henseleit Helicopters Germany
-----http://www.fmc-dietzenbach.de/galerie/veranstaltung/jan/ver_jan_gal.htm
HIROBO@Model@HomePage
-----http://members.tripod.com/volkul/index.html
-----http://www.hirobotechnique.com/
-----Hirobo Scale Helicorters
DNHP Helicopters Korea
PHI Helicopter - Hurricane and GMP parts
Lite Machines LMH 100 1/2A powered heli (-:
Century Helicopters
Len Mount Scale Fuselages http://www.lenmountscalefuselages.com/index.htm
Full Size
Bell Helicopter Textron
The Helispot - Lots of full size heli pictures - Awesome
Airliners.net - also has some nice heli pics among the planks!
Electric Powered
Mikado Electric - Logo 10/20/30 helis -more Logo 10 info
-----http://www.homestead.com/ehelicopters/ Mikado info and retail
-----http://www.skylinemodels.co.uk/ more Mikado info and retail
Icarus Helikopters - Eco line of helis see RC-Direct for USA
Gensmantel Helicoters Heaven line
http://www.minicopter.de/ Joker 60 size electric
Keyence Gyrosaucer- The ultimate in indoor RC...?
JR Voyager - Japanese site
Another JR Voyager site - in Japanese (Sirara)
Actro Electric Brushless Rotor motors http://www.actro.de/
Hacker Brushless Motors http://www.hacker-motor.com/
Kontronic Brushless Motors http://www.kontronik.com/
Plettenburg Brushless Motors http://www.plettenberg-motoren.com/
MaxCim Brushless Motors http://www.maxcim.com/
Lithium Polymer Batteries - the best! - http://www.tarabat.com/
Micro Helis
Keyence helis tiny micro heli
Robin 280 and Falcon MIA Sport - new Robin/Flacon and submicro BumbleBee micro helicopter vendor
Pixel micro Pixel Heli Home Page - Smallest heli I've ever seen
HeliStar sub-micro http://www.helihobby.com/ its tiny!
MS - Hornet - http://www.modelsport.cz/ - MC2 R/C Products
GWS Dragonfly - http://www.gws.com.tw/english/product/airfly/2004dragonfly.htm
Century Hummingbird - http://www.centuryheli.com/products/helikits/cn1020_hummingbird/index.htm
Icarus Piccolo Icarus Helicopters - http://www.horizonhobby.com
Piccolo Links
P1: http://desinger-modellbau.de/
P2: http://hem.passagen.se/lobju/proj/piccolo_eng.htm
P3: http://www.logictools.de/modell/heli/piccolo/
P4: http://home.t-online.de/home/michael.rackow/piccolo.htm
The Electric Flight Store - http://www.e-flight.co.uk Micro heli upgrades and accessories
http://www.helihobby.com/ - Nice selection of all the best micro helis and planes
http://www.electricrotors.com/ - British retailer and upgrades for micro-helis
ElectricMicros - http://www.electricmicro.com/index.html - nice tips/links page

Manufacturers Sites

Hitec RCD
OS Engines
Schulze http://www.schulze-elektronik-gmbh.de/index_uk.htm speed controllers and chargers
Orbit chargers http://www.orbitronic.de/e_orbit.html
SR Batteries
Morgan Fuels The Cool Power dudes
CSM Design Consultancy Ltd. Home of the CSM heading Hold Gyro and Flight Sim
Multiplex USA - Radio Controlled Model Planes, Sailplanes, and Accessories
MODELSPORT - MS Composite - RC Helicopter, carbon accessories, RC airplanes
SAB Rotor blades, fins, canopys & bodies - http://www.sab-compositi.it/english/index.htm
Cool Wires for night flying http://www.coolwireusa.com
Telebee Products Ltd. http://www.telebee.com.hk/
AstroFlight http://www.astroflight.com/
FMA Direct https://www.fmadirect.com/site/home.htm

Vendor Sites -- vendors supporting our club in bold -- {short description of image}

*** Star ratings - Recommended vendors

***Rick's R/C Helicopters Wonderful mail order shop...he's got everything!
***CyberHeli great prices from Hong Kong
***HeliProz Quick professional help, good mail order outfit
**GR8 Lakes R/C great bunch of guys...I like em!
**Al's Hobbies - Great hobby shop in the Chicago suburbs
**Hobby Lobby
** Rotor Hobby Enterprise (Walter Lee)- great prices - fast delivery (Singapore)
RC Direct - Schulze chargers & Mikado helis
MC2 R/C Products MS Composite distributor - DNHP Helicopters
TD Enterprises specilizes in night flying acc.
**Skyline Models - Bob Johnson's place
**Revolution Models UK
**Midland Helicopters - All things Heli from across the pond (main dealer of Robbe/Schluter)
Midland Helicopters UK
Martin Briggs Models UK
B&B HobbiesOhio
Quick UK - One of Englands premiere stockests
Helihut
Brett's R/C Helicopter & Engine Service - OS Heli Engine Technical e-Mail...cool
http://www.curtisyoungblood.com/ - need I say more?
Race Craft Bearings - Helicopter Motor Bearings (Marine and Airplane too)
AST Bearing Home Page
International Bearings Networks: Brands Page: Singapore
**Microfastners - nuts and bolts of all sorts - metric and standard
AEROTREND PRODUCTS - Model Airplanes - Remote Control Planes, Cars, Trains
Leisure Tech Product Canadian - LT blades and bodies plus general hobby shop
RWK Hobbies - Graupner/Heim dealer plus general heli stuff -- OFFLINE .. hmmm???
Mr. Carbon - Mr. Carbon

General Heli Links

http://www.natew.com All sorts of interesting goodies - GY501 hidden codes
Dan Monroe's RC PRO - setup tips for the Intrepid
Helicopter Aerodynamics - reference for helicopter aerodynamics
HeliBuf's world
Free For All Link Page
RC Helicopters - Mark Johnson
Helicopter Models Stuff
Flying into the Future -- Micro Air Vehicles at Georgia Tech
Alfalfa's World - R/C Helicopters
Bryce’s R/C Heli Page http://www.byelectric.com/~fribab/
East Coast Model center http://www.ecmc.com/#rc
Heli-fever Web Page http://helifever.com
Netscape Heli Page http://www.metareality.com/~nathan/visit.cgi/heli/
Tailrtr’s R/C Heli Links http://www.pcez.com/%7etailrtr/links.htm

Electric Powered
K.Kataoka's Room of Electric and Scale R/C Helicopters http://agusta.ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp/agusta.html
http://rc-aero.com/biz/bandt/#nicads
Willkommen beim Eco Club
Frank Fickel's Helicopter Hubschrauber Ikarus Eco8 Mikado Logo Hirobo Lama Gensmantel Heaven DMFV Hack
Modellhubschrauber
Modellhubschrauber - in English
B&T R/C Products - Sanyo matched cells at great prices
Kurts Heli Page
Eco™ Club Deutschland
RC Heli (German) http://www.rc-heli.de/
Eco 8 Page http://eco8.homestead.com/home.html
Awesome trick Eco 8http://www.rc-heli.de/images/edeleco2.jpg
Another Eco 8 page http://www.komtek.no/fly/fly.htm
Dutch Eco 8 page http://www.cabb.cistron.nl/eco8/2
Just Helicopters (German) Eco, e-LHM and morehttp://home.t-online.de/home/michael.rackow/frame.htm
JR Voyager page in Japanesehttp://member.nifty.ne.jp/sirara/voyager.htm
Frank Toorenburg Home Page - lots o electrics http://home.planet.nl/~toore015/home.html
Tsuruta's Voyager Pagehttp://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~tsuruta/
Shimizu Electric pagehttp://www.dokidoki.ne.jp/home2/tohrus/index.html
Piccolo page http://www.eaglequest.com/~pgoelz/piccolo1.html
Red's RC Battery Clinic - lots of good info on batteries and other electric stuff
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jmquetin/tipse.htm#bat lit e - Li ion and NiMH battery tips
http://www.magtechinc.net/ - Magellan Technologies - lots of neat products & batteries esp. LiM and NiMH
Radicalrc.com http://members.aol.com/davthacker/radicalrcindex.htm
BatteriesAmerica.com - Bateries Batteries Battereis!! Looks like its associcated with WH Yost
http://www.vdi-mitglieder.de/roeth_ralf/tips/nimh.htm - some tips on batteries
http://www.cadex.com/cfm/index.cfm?Pg=144&Lp=298&Db=&Mo= Great source of battery info
Electric Videos!http://www.flying-free.de/LOGO-Club/Logo-Club_Ubersicht/Videos/videos.html
Electric tips from Ralf Roth (in German)http://www.vdi-mitglieder.de/roeth_ralf/tips/tips_und_tricks.htm
Ralf battery tips NiMH (German)http://www.vdi-mitglieder.de/roeth_ralf/tips/nimh.htm
Cadex battery analyzers and Chargers (plus FAQ's) http://www.cadex.com/
iuvat smartmotion gmbhhttp://www.iuvat.de power/torque measurement systems
Some good info from the car guys on batterieshttp://www.smc-racing.com/Home.htm
Another car guys site but they seem to know batteries http://www.team-orion.com/ techinfo@team-orion.com
Gordon Tarling Electric Flight http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gordon.tarling/index2.htm
Electric Jet Factory http://www.electricjetfactory.com/
Aero-Model http://www.aero-model.com
Cool YF-22 and other e-plane stuffhttp://eam.net/Global/f22_raptor.htm
Jim Ryan's excellent electric airplaneshttp://home.fuse.net/ryan/
ePlanes and motors & controllers - great guy!http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gordon.tarling/index2.htm
RC NiMH battery page - http://www.execpc.com/~struye/nimh.htm
Energizer battery page (GREAT info) http://data.energizer.com/batteryinfo/application_manual_table_of_contents.htm
Motors, Batteries chargers and morehttp://eflightpacks.com/
Esprit Model http://espritmodel.com/
Kool Flight Systems - Home of the Ultimate BEC http://www.koolflightsystems.com/index.htm
Aero Model - Hacker motors and other nice e-stuff http://www.aero-model.com/
http://fxaeromodels.com/ Logo, Eco, Picollo, Hornet and Joker sales
Links to More Links!
http://www.pcez.com/~tailrtr/links.html
http://www.erinet.com/cls/rc-deals/links.html B&B Hobbies site links
Unclassified links
Quantum Leap in Night Blade Technology! http://www.inetport.com/~davisele/fc.html Broken link???
The HeliPad (Peter Sobye) http://www.thehelipad.co.uk/
Heliguys Web site - http://www.heliguy.com/rcheli/
Pacific Rotors - Current Issue
Seans Site
Helicopter Links
JR NEJ-900 Gyro
Free For All Link Page
Flying into the Future -- Micro Air Vehicles at Georgia Tech
CSMsetup
Welcome to HeliFever
My Work
Frogg's Heli Pad
Jerome Laufers Web sitehttp://www.tc99.com/rc
German heli site (some electrichttp://www.rc-heli.de/Java.asp

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