Minicopter Acrobat

[Rotor Ruiner]

Has anyone flown one of these ? My LHS has limited experience with helis but is now stocking the Acrobat. It is a 90 that can be built glow or electric powered. It looks like a top notch heli that uses high end materials.

[Rotor Ruiner]

Here is a link to check out the Acrobat.

http://www.minicopter-canada.com/acrobat.htm

[schwa]

i have not seen these before, of course that dosent mean much since i have only been in it for a year now.

the joker with the 45degreee tail looks.....odd

[blax1]

the joker with the 45degreee tail looks.....odd
Yes it does, it must have some jokey pulley set-up to get the tail drive belt angle :cool:

[Rotor Ruiner]

Yes it looks odd. I believe that one is meant for a scale application. Blax you are correct, it does use a system of idler pulleys to redirect the belt. I haven't seen that particular model in person but I was checking out a Acrobat built up with a 611 gyro and OS91 w/pump. It looks like a really cool bird. The owner laughed when I asked if I could take it for a spin. Apparently he has spent in excess of three grand including a DX7, RX and servos. I asked him how it flew and he said he didn't know. It's a hanger queen, he doesn't want to crash it and now it is for sale - never been flown.