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[DrScoles]

Hi Guys,

I wanted to share something I've been doing for a few years now. I fly remote controlled helicopters, and have a passion for fireworks. I incorporated both of these things into something you've never seen before!

I think this could be a wonderful application for fireworks shows.... with the heli, fireworks become directional....I can make them go wherever I want

Check out Helicopters and fireworks

Mike

Edited by DrScoles, 29 September 2004 - 07:49 PM.

[Richard H]

That's excellent! Ever accidentally shot down one of the model choppers with a shell or flack from a mine?

[DrScoles]

That's excellent! Ever accidentally shot down one of the model choppers with a shell or flack from a mine?

hehe, we had a mid air while filming, we also put 22 2" mortar shells on a small heli and set them off all at once... I won't tell you the outcome... The trailer does not show it all....had to tease people a little I spent over $5000 to make this project happen, hope to break even!!!

Mike

[The_Djinn]

What you fly Mike?, I have a Raptor 30 but havnt added any pyro to it.... as yet

Mark

[Creepin_pyro]

Exxcelent work, Mike!

Reminds me of the time I tried to attach a Guncotton cannon to my RC car. Never worked

I'm interested in how you fuse up the chopper - I saw visco in the pictures, but o you use any e-matches? If so, how do you trigger them? I can just imagine adding a few nice militairy style switches to the remote control

[RegimentalPyro]

God that's fabulous.

Do you balance the pyro force vectors, or design them into the display?

[burningbush]

Hi Guys,

I wanted to share something I've been doing for a few years now.  I fly remote controlled helicopters, and have a passion for fireworks.  I incorporated both of these things into something you've never seen before!

I think this could be a wonderful application for fireworks shows.... with the heli, fireworks become directional....I can make them go wherever I want

Check out Helicopters and fireworks

Mike

THATS Awsome!
I'll have to see if I can dig up some footage a budy of mine has shooting rockets off a remote control plane.

[DrScoles]

I am using electric matches with a custom firing sequencer my friend made. He is an electrical engineer. It only requires one channel off the transmitter and I can fire 4 times...

I am a team pilot for Miniature Aircraft, I fly the Fury Tempest...


Trailer is just a little tease, full video shows quite a bit more

Mike

[neo]

haha!
quite funny... maby thats a good way to get rid of those rc planes I tired on.

[adamw]

Nice work. Got me humming the Airwolf theme!

Please bare in mind the safety aspects of such crazyness!!

It would be so wicked to have a dogfight with those choppers (but potentially a bit expensive), chasing each other firing candles off!

[blueflame]

now that is amazing ! reminds me of helicopters in battle,out of interest are some of the fireworks shooting at the helicopters hanging off and following a thin steel twine of sort to give accurate direction?
air wolf nah, paint it black maybe.

[Pretty green flames]

WOW...

That's some pretty cool stuff.

[minalth]

Damn it, you beat me to it!

I have been wanting to make an RC chopper for years, and that was one of the main things i wanted to do

The message blades thing is cool though, does it degrade the performance of the chopper?

Edited by minalth, 10 November 2004 - 08:57 PM.