That is an amazing job, well done! It looks great.
Please tell us what is it about the shape that makes it so steady for F3C?


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Thats pretty awesome congratulations

 

The fuselage looks really nice. It would be very unique to see a helicopter do 3d with this type of fuselage. I wonder if the canopy adds to any structural strength? You could make some striking graphic designs for sure. Very well done!

 

That looks great I love the horizontal fin on the boom with the little bit that goes underneath
I can see the resemblance in that to me it looks like the front wing of a Fi car. Nice work that's so cool
for you to be involved in such a creation. Can't wait to see the promo vid.

 

hey mr squiggle, well i am not into f3c, as i said, so i also dont have so much wisdom about shapes and details of aerodynamic for f3c fuselages. but i can post you here the detailed specifications of the heli-center-berlin website:

The Steady Fuselage was constructed from the German champion F3C Uwe Kiesewetter
and is produced by the Heli- Center Berlin. Everything made in Germany!

This fuselage fairing has some features that have been implemented in this form to have no other model helicopters.
The so-called CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics ) is certainly known to many of the formula 1 and can , if used properly , be a very helpful tool in aerodynamic development. The Steady is probably the first model helicopter fuselage , which was developed with it.

The fuselage was designed so that the air resistance from all possible directions is similar in size and therefore figures can be flown very neutral and uniform. In other fuselage´s on the market whose aerodynamic resistance at reverse passages or pirouettes and flip characters increases dramatically.

In developing the steady , care was taken that very well it flies backwards and sideways .

The idea of the double-decker tail combines maximum efficiency of the profile with a very small projected area . Result: The fuselage make perfect flips , making it agile and yet still flies dead straight ahead.

The rear area of the Steady is rather angular than round shaped serve so-called separation edges ( in the automotive industry for some time now usual) to the fact that the fuselage has a low and mainly constant resistance . He will not rear up at once and the like.

The cooling of the controller 's motor and battery is made very efficient through two inlets front and the cooling slots in the area at the rear .

The rear part of the Steady is very delicate , slender and shaped to the effect that it offers from the top look very little air resistance. One must not forget the small edge in the region of the tail rotor , this serves to increase the tail rotor power . This puts a lot of aerodynamic know- how of real aviation behind it. One further treat are provided with aerodynamic profile blades with integrated air intakes (rear) .

 

Haha...well I guess if you apply enough force they will also split into pieces. But the good thing: They also look nice even if they are destroyed

 

This is a really nice canopy. So how are the batteries installed? Does the canopy remove easily or is id done some other way. Also how much are they to buy?

 

different paint job and that could look very nice..

 

Hi LittleSmacker, the canopy is removed with two screws. Then you have full access to nearly the whole mechanics. The battery is installed from the front, as I said before, you have to change two, three little things on the helicopter before putting it into the body. One is to change the body posts and mount another carbon frame part. Now you can slide the battery into the heli from the front. This is even quicker than it was with the trainer

 

The canopy looks exceptionally well made. How much does the canopy weigh? Does it affect Hiclicopter performance much?

 

Well I measured the weight of my Trainer E700 and my Steady E700, both ready to fly but without batteries.
The trainer has a weight of 3,0 kg
The Steady 3,7 kg
So it seems that the fuselage with all its tiny changings has about 0,7 kg

The performance is really good. I get the same flight time (about 6 Minutes) and the heli flies like a trainer.
The most hindering fact is your brain You see that big fat fuselage in the air and you EXPEXT it to fly less agile and more heavy but it doesnt. I am right now flying all my 3D manouvers with the Steady, hurricans backwards inverted, Funnels, piroflips... I didnt get the tail rotor to the limit until now.

 

Nice!... Do you have some videos of you flying with the canopy? I would love to see them...

 

As I said, currently a young video artist is doing a promo video where I present the fuselage and you also see it fly. We did 5 hours of video grabbing for that, so I want to wait until this video is finished. It wouldnt be fair to post a personal video before, because he does so much good work and deserves the first "views". He already works the second week on it, so I guess you wont have to wait long

 

Here it iiiiiiisss:

 

That is one cool looking machine.
Awesome video @Firstlady1985

 

Ahhh.. Looks really nice.. Can we have one with subtitles ? Thanks

 

Very nice looking helicopter there... And it seems to move very well too!